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​New exhibition explores vinyl album artwork by Warhol, Basquiat, Picasso

More than one hundred rare and important examples

The Fraenkel Gallery in San Francisco is hosting a new exhibition that explores vinyl album artwork made by a collection of iconic artists over the past 70 years.

The exhibition, dubbed Art & Vinyl, features over 100 pieces curated by Antoine de Beaupré and is said to be the first in-depth exhibition focusing on art specifically created for an album, composer or musician.

Featured artists include Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Barbara Kruger, Cindy Sherman, Yves Klein and many more.

The exhibition is also accompanied by a 464-pag book of the same name.

Art & Vinyl takes place at the Fraenkel Gallery from January 4 through March 8 2018. Find more information here

View a collection of photos from the exhibition below.

[Above photo credit: Christopher Makos]

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JIM DINE & ANDY WARHOL, Catalogue and Record of Interviews for The Popular Image exhibition at The Washington Gallery of Modern Art, 1963 © 2017 Andy Warhol Foundation / ARS, NY, courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco

JOAN MIRÓ, Quan L’aigua Es Queixa, 1979 © 2017 Successió Miró / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris, courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco

JIM DINE & ANDY WARHOL, Catalogue and Record of Interviews for The Popular Image exhibition at The Washington Gallery of Modern Art, 1963 © 2017 Andy Warhol Foundation / ARS, NY, courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco

GERHARD RICHTER, Goldberg Variations, 1984 © Gerhard Richter, courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco

CY TWOMBLY, Ma l’amore No by Lucio Amelio, 1990 © 2017 Cy Twombly Foundation, courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco

WOLFGANG TILLMANS, 2016/1986 EP, 2016 © 2017 Wolfgang Tillmans, courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco