Three to see: New York

Warhol’s dancers at Westwood Gallery
Victoria Stapley-Brown, Art Newspaper, 8 Dec 2016

If you’re in search of a lighter (and smaller-scale) exhibition, head to WESTWOOD GALLERY for Andy Warhol: Drawn to Dance  (until 29 December), a show of 49 ink drawings by the artist from 1955-67, all of which were given as gifts to the dancer Lydia Joel, who was the editor-in-chief of Dance magazine.

 

Many of the works, naturally, depict dancers: a ballerina en pointe; jolly groups, holding hands in a circle; a simplified but expressive series of a girl with a ponytail at the barre.

 

The works are arranged in small groups, each with its own quote from the artist, including this bit of wisdom: “It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.”