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His family were Slovakian immigrants — their original name was Warhola. He had an entourage of artists and hipsters. Warhol was also gay, and a lot of his work dealt with his sexuality.

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Jose Diaz, the Pittsburgh art curator, shows me a painting of a muscular bodybuilder with his arms crossed over his chest. Something that may have shocked his friends and colleagues. Explore Andy Warhol's life as a Pop Art and gay icon. Play Live Radio.

Off the Path. The tours trace Warhol’s romantic relationships and queer identity against the backdrop of the historical gay rights movement in the United States. He did have what might be described as a religious epiphany in After that, he went to church every Sunday, his closest friends said — maybe every day, depending on whom you ask.

About Us. Show Search Search Query. Like saint cards, the family prayer book and his certificate of baptism. Who were Andy Warhol's boyfriend? Here's what we know. Warhol not only attended church regularly, he volunteered at a church-run soup kitchen — and spent Christmas and Thanksgivings there with the homeless.

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By Davis Dunavin. Warhol grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh; Founding Collection, Contribution The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. In Netflix's 'The Andy Warhol Diaries' we are given a rare glimpse into the artist's notoriously colorful life.

Carmen walks me through a room in the museum full of Warhol trinkets. And every week, his mother took him to a Byzantine Catholic Church. Warhol moved from Pittsburgh to New York in He hung out with celebrities like Truman Capote and Liza Minnelli.

His public image was an aloof guru with his finger on the pulse of both avant-garde and pop culture. The priest at St. Search Query Show Search. No one was ever sure when he was serious. See how his art and identity shaped his legacy and still inspire queer creatives today.

It was not soppy social consciousness or guilt that prompted Andy's good works; it was atavism as personified by his adored and adoring mother, the pious Julia.