Carlisle’s Tullie to feature Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe artwork

Andy Warhol’s famous Marilyn Monroe artwork will feature as part of a new exhibition celebrating colour.

Tullie in Carlisle, Cumbria, is opening Colour: A Season of Shades, Tints and Tones on Saturday, showing a display on how colour is linked to power and prejudice and how its meaning changed over time.

Works from abstract painter Wassily Kandinsky, pop artist Roy Lichtenstein and Japanese printmaker Katsushika Hokusai will also feature in the display, on show until 25 January.

“The exhibition reveals how colour is far more than just something we see,” a Tullie spokesman said.

“It is something we feel, express, celebrate, and sometimes even fear.”

Works by American artist Kaffe Fassett, who is known for his colourful paintings and textile pieces, will also be featured in the exhibition.

He is due to give a talk at the museum in the new year, with details to be announced.

Bronze Age gold jewellery from Tullie’s own collection will feature as part of the exhibition alongside “everyday uses of colour, from cosmetics to Cadbury’s purple”, the gallery said.