Where can you see Andy Warhol in London?

At the Tate Modern: Marilyn Diptych. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

What is Andy Warhol's most famous work in London?

Marilyn Diptych, of 1962, at the Tate Modern. Two panels of twenty-five faces each. On the left they are printed in garish colour. On the right, in black and white, they smear and fade until she has almost gone.

When and where was Andy Warhol born?

On 6 August 1928, at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Andy Warhol died on 22 February 1987, at New York, aged about 59.

What is Andy Warhol known for?

Made in 1962, within weeks of Marilyn Monroe's death. Every image comes from one publicity photograph for the film Niagara. Andy Warhol was an American painter, of Pop art.

Painter, 1928 to 1987

Andy Warhol

Warhol made the Marilyn Diptych in 1962, the year he found his method. It has been in the Tate's collection since 1980 and is one of the works most people come to Tate Modern to see.

Born: 1928, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Died: 1987, New York
Movement: Pop art
In London: 1 work in 1 museum

Where to see Andy Warhol in London

Each work with the museum it hangs in. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

Tate Modern1 work

Marilyn Diptych
1962
Two panels of twenty-five faces each. On the left they are printed in garish colour. On the right, in black and white, they smear and fade until she has almost gone.

The life of Andy Warhol

Warhol was born in Pittsburgh in 1928, the son of immigrants from what is now Slovakia, and was a successful commercial artist through the 1950s. In 1962 he showed thirty-two canvases of Campbell's soup, one for each variety, lined up on a shelf like goods in a shop. The same year he began to print his pictures by silkscreen, so that they could be repeated without end.

His studio, which he called the Factory, turned out paintings, films, a magazine and a rock band. He was shot and nearly killed there in 1968. He died in a New York hospital in 1987 after routine surgery. His works are still under copyright and are not pictured here.

What to know

Made in 1962, within weeks of Marilyn Monroe's death
Every image comes from one publicity photograph for the film Niagara

Born: 6 August 1928, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Died: 22 February 1987, New York

Andy Warhol: common questions

Where can you see Andy Warhol in London?: At the Tate Modern: Marilyn Diptych. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.
What is Andy Warhol's most famous work in London?: Marilyn Diptych, of 1962, at the Tate Modern. Two panels of twenty-five faces each. On the left they are printed in garish colour. On the right, in black and white, they smear and fade until she has almost gone.
When and where was Andy Warhol born?: On 6 August 1928, at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Andy Warhol died on 22 February 1987, at New York, aged about 59.
What is Andy Warhol known for?: Made in 1962, within weeks of Marilyn Monroe's death. Every image comes from one publicity photograph for the film Niagara. Andy Warhol was an American painter, of Pop art.