A Conversation with Sterling Ruby on Andy Warhol’s Shadows

Event details Saturday, June 6, 2026 2 pm Dia Beacon 3 Beekman Street Beacon, New York Free with museum admission. To mark the closing of Andy Warhol: Shadows, artist Sterling Ruby will be in conversation with Dia senior adjunct curator Donna De Salvo about Warhol’s most abstract work. Considering the inspiration for and process behind the canvases as explored in the latest volume of the Andy Warhol Catalogue Raisonné, they will discuss how Shadows substantiates Warhol’s genuine interest in the practice of painting while simultaneously marrying it with his interests in various other media, including photography, filmmaking, and screenprinting. Sterling Ruby is a Dutch American artist who grew up in rural Pennsylvania. Across his interdisciplinary practice, he integrates materials like spray paint, fabric, cardboard, and ceramic to create complex works that explore the possibilities of abstraction while considering themes such as power, violence, and urban and industrial development. Ruby studied at the Pennsylvania College of Art and Design in Lancaster before receiving a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2002, followed by an MFA from the ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, California, in 2005. Recent solo exhibitions have taken place at institutions such as the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston (2020); Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens (2021); and MAMO – Centre d’art de la Cité radieuse de Marseille (2025). Ruby lives in Los Angeles.