Biggest Andy Warhol exhibition in Catalonia kicks off today

If there’s any contemporary artist truly deserving of the word “iconic,” it’s Andy Warhol. Starting today, visitors will be able to see the most ambitious and “complete” collection of his works ever to have been brought to Spain.

Held in the CaixaForum space, the event is called 'Andy Warhol. The Mechanical Art,' and it's set to run from September 14 to December 31. It features 352 pieces by the American artist, including paintings, sculptures, screen printings, audiovisual installations, artist books and films.

Special to the history of audiovisual arts and culture

The exhibition kicked off today with a lecture by José Lebrero Stals, artistic director of the Picasso Museum in Málaga and curator of the exhibition. Lebrero, previously the curator of the Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art (MACBA), noted that his pieces have “the great capacity to reproduce themselves,” adding that “this gives them a very special place in the history of audiovisual arts and culture of the last 100 years.”

The exhibition will follow the creative development of the artist from his beginnings as a graphic designer in New York up until his death in 1987, focusing on inviting the visitor into the underground world that Warhol played an essential part in creating.