Magazine and History
{{Short description|1983 painting by Andy Warhol}}
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Magazine and History is a 4.3-meter-high painting by Andy Warhol completed in 1983 and part of the Hubert Burda Media collection.{{Cite web|url=https://www.burda.com/de/news/die-bunte-art/|title=Die BUNTE ART|website=www.burda.com|language=de|access-date=2018-08-19}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.schirn.de/en/magazine/context/snapshots_stars_and_headlines_andy_warhol_and_the_media_world/|title=SNAPSHOTS, STARS, AND HEADLINES: ANDY WARHOL AND THE MEDIA WORLD|last=Beckmann|first=Marie|date=2014-09-25|work=SCHIRN KUNSTHALLE FRANKFURT|access-date=2018-08-19|language=en-us}}
It represent 25 covers of Bunte Magazine, a German weekly magazine that covers celebrity, gossip, news, and lifestyle matters.
Hubert Burda, owner of Bunte and Hubert Burda Media commissioned Warhol to create the artwork for the inauguration of the new offices of Bunte in Munich Arabellapark. The inauguration took place on December 4, 1983 in presence of Andy Warhol.{{Cite news|url=https://www.focus.de/fotos/kuenstler-andy-warhol-und-verleger-hubert-burda-im-jahr-1983-damals-war-er-selbst-bunte-chefredakteur_id_7832366.html|title=Künstler Andy Warhol und Verleger Hubert Burda im Jahr 1983 - damals war er selbst Bunte-Chefredakteur - Foto|work=FOCUS Online|access-date=2018-08-19|language=de}}
Hubert Burda had visited Warhol in New York City and commissioned him with several portraits.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bo.de/kultur/kultur-regional/andy-warhol-und-die-offenburger-verlegerfamilie-burda|title=Andy Warhol und die Offenburger Verlegerfamilie Burda|work=Nachrichten der Ortenau - Offenburger Tageblatt|access-date=2018-08-19|language=de}} He was impressed by his approach and his magazine Interview founded in 1969. It inspired him to modernize the format of Bunte magazine.{{Cite news|url=https://www.zeit.de/2010/52/Burda/seite-2|title=Hubert Burda|work=ZEIT ONLINE|access-date=2018-08-19|language=de}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.tz.de/stars/hubert-burda-erfolg-bunten-andy-warhol-verdanken-2604950.html|title=Burda: Erfolg der "Bunten" dank Andy Warhol|date=2012-11-09|work=tz.de|access-date=2018-08-19|language=de}}
In this print, each magazine cover is represented in a different color, acting as individual tesserae forming a different sort of multi-colored mosaic.
The painting was exhibited at the Museum of Urban and Contemporary Art (MUCA) of Munich in Die BUNTE Art exhibition in June 2018. Along Andy Warhol artwork, the exhibition included contemporary artists and photographers: Mirko Borsche, Carsten Fock, Roger Fritz, Hell Gette, Michael von Hassel, Olaf Nicolai, Anselm Reyle, Benjamin Roeder, Stefan Strumbel, {{Interlanguage link|Laurence de Valmy|lt=Laurence de Valmy|fr|Laurence de Valmy}}, Mia Florentine Weiss and Wolfgang Wilde.{{Cite news|url=https://www.ovb-online.de/weltspiegel/kultur-tv/sind-kunst-oder-koennen-weg-9953553.html|title=Sind Sie Kunst oder konnen Sie weg?|last=Kraft|first=Katja|date=June 2018|work=Merkur Munchen}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.bunte.de/panorama/bunte-art-die-highlights-der-schillernden-eroeffnung.html|title=BUNTE Art: Die Highlights der schillernden Eröffnung|work=BUNTE.de|access-date=2018-08-19|language=de}}