Jessica Fahy Art Historian

Image: Andy Warhol (American, 1928–1987), Untitled from Marilyn Monroe, 1967, One from a portfolio of ten screenprints, 91.5 x 91.5 cm, MoMA, New York. © 2025 Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York https://www.moma.org/collection/works/61239

Description: This era of American art from 1950 to 1990 could be considered a Golden age, it certainly sees the USA take centre stage in the development of many 20^th century art movements from abstraction, conceptualism, performance, identity politics, and the rise of postmodern aesthetics. This course explores key movements, artists, and socio-political contexts shaping American art from the post-WWII period to the end of the Cold War. Artists to be discussed include: Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Jasper Johns, Carolee Schneemann, Agnes Martin, Sol LeWitt, Judy Chicago, Yoko Ono, Jeff Koons, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring

You can attend in-person, live online or catch up with the recordings which will remain available for two months after the end of the course.