Olivia Laing on Warhol's Time Capsules for 'The Lonely City' 10th Anniversary

To mark the 10th anniversary edition of Olivia Laing's 'The Lonely City', the author shares a favorite excerpt about Andy Warhol's Time Capsules. The 610 sealed boxes, filled over Warhol's last 13 years with Factory detritus—postcards, pizza, a mummified foot—are housed at the Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh. Laing spent five days viewing their contents, including Julia Warhola's clothes, Basquiat's birth certificate, and a drawing of Warhol. The excerpt explores the capsules as ontological objects, blurring trash and treasure. The anniversary edition publishes June 4; Laing speaks at Union Chapel on June 23.