Nasher to showcase Andy Warhol’s ‘Big Shot’ Polaroids

The Nasher Museum of Art will host a collection of artist Andy Warhol’s Polaroid photographs beginning Nov. 12.

“Big Shots: Andy Warhol Polaroids” is an arrangement of approximately 250 Polaroids and 75 black and white images Warhol took over 17 years through the 1970s and ’80s. The exhibition features images of celebrities such as skater Dorothy Hamill and golfer Jack Nicklaus, and is a collaborative effort among the Nasher, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Ackland Art Museum and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro’s Weatherspoon Art Museum.

The exhibition will also feature several of the artist’s films and a discussion with art critic Dave Hickey. A presentation of the musical performance “13 Most Beautiful Songs for Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests” will accompany several silent-film portraits.

“Big Shots: Andy Warhol Polaroids” will move to the Weatherspoon June 6, 2010 and the Ackland Oct. 2, 2010.