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Death and Death and Death by Warhol
Andy Warhol, “Twelve Electric Chairs” (1964), acrylic and silkscreen ink on canvas, 92 x 88 1/3 in (all images courtesy Venus Over Manhattan unless indicated otherwise) (click to enlarge) Venus Over...
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Looking and Being Looked At in the New International Center of Photography
The exterior of the new International Center of Photography at 250 Bowery (photo © Saul Metnick, courtesy the International Center of Photography) I expected to stare at many things at the...
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From Warhol’s Grave to Elvis’s Front Door, 10 Museum Webcams to Watch
The world’s oldest ham when it was P.D. Gwaltney, Jr.’s pet (courtesy Isle of Wight County Museum) From the world’s oldest ham to corvettes crushed in a sinkhole, some of the greatest wonders of our...
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A Velvet Underground Extravaganza Where Images Drown Out the Music
Timeline of ‘The Velvet Underground: New York Extravaganza,’ installation view (all photos by and © William Beaucardet, courtesy Philharmonie de Paris, unless indicated otherwise) (click to enlarge)...
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Best of 2016: Our Top 15 Exhibitions Across the United States
(photo of Hélio Oiticica: To Organize Delirium at Carnegie Museum of Art by Elisa Wouk Almino/Hyperallergic) This year, Hyperallergic writers and editors combed Philadelphia, Denver, Miami,...
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Andy Warhol’s Self-Conscious and Perfect Bodies
Installation view of My Perfect Body at the Andy Warhol Museum (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic unless otherwise noted) PITTSBURGH — Young men and women recline on their backs, some...
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Unmet Promises: Gay Gotham at the Museum of the City of New York
New York City street photograph taken by anonymous photographer (c. 1960s), collection of Philip Aarons and Shelley Fox Aarons, New York Touted as an exploration of New York’s role as a beacon for...
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Warhol Foundation Moves to Preempt Lawsuit Over Prints of Pop Star Prince
One of Andy Warhol’s Prince prints was used to illustrate an article about the musician in Vanity Fair in 1984. (image via Andy Warhol Foundation legal document) The Andy Warhol Foundation filed a...
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Books, Wefts, and Black Lives Matter at the Baltimore Museum of Art
Kiki Smith, “Tidal” (1998), on view as part of “Off the Shelf: Modern & Contemporary Artists’ Books” (2017), The Baltimore Museum of Art (photo by Mitro Hood) Fog enveloped Phan-Xi-Pang,...
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At the Broad, an Evening of Performances Inspired by Nico
Geneva Jacuzzi (photo by Sabina Bonde Jacobson) When the Broad Museum opened in downtown Los Angeles almost two years ago, its goal was to give public access to one of the most formidable collections...
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Watch the New Documentary that Follows the Life of an Andy Warhol Brillo Box
Baby Lisanne Skyler on the Brillo Box (1969) (photo © the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Brillo trademark used with permission of Armaly Brands, Inc., photo courtesy HBO) Few works...
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Tracking a Warhol Brillo Box’s Journey Through the Art Market
Still from Brillo Box (3ç off) (Brillo trademark used with permission of Armaly Brands, Inc.; screenshot by the author via YouTube) In 2010, one of just 17 known yellow Brillo box sculptures by Andy...
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Andy Warhol’s Whimsical Drawings Before He Went Pop
Spread from Wild Raspberries by Andy Warhol and Suzie Frankfurt (all images courtesy TASCHEN unless otherwise noted) Sweet cats, coy angels, and shoes, shoes, shoes — these were some of the things Andy...
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The Women in Andy Warhol’s Life, as Imagined by Hilton Als
Andy Warhol in Isfahan, Iran in the 1970s (photo by Farah Pahlavi, via Wikimedia Commons) When most people write about Andy Warhol, the artist is center stage, with the worlds of his childhood in...
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Andy Warhol’s Photography During the Last Decade of His Life, Examined for...
Andy Warhol U.S.A. (1928–1987), Contact Sheet, [Andy Warhol photo shoot with Liza Minnelli, Victor Hugo, and John Lennon] ( 1978). “A picture means I know where I was every minute. That’s why I take...
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Andy Warhol’s Friends Reminisce About the Artist at the Whitney Museum
Andy Warhol, “Self-Portrait” (1964), acrylic and silkscreen ink on linen, 20 x 16 inches, (image courtesy The Art Institute of Chicago, © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Artists...
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Warhol Ate Burger King in a Super Bowl Commercial, But He Was a McDonald’s Fan
Screenshot from Burger King and Jørgen Leth’s “Eat Like Andy” In the early 1980s, Danish director Jørgen Leth filmed Andy Warhol eating a Burger King Whopper at his Factory in New York City. The...
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Andy, Andy Everywhere
Andy Warhol, “Feet with Campbell’s Soup Can,” (c. 1961) (courtesy of Paul Kasmin, collection of Paul Kasmin) Andy Warhol left much more than his iconic paintings and films behind when he died; he was...
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The Radical Proposition of Dan Robbins
Dan Robbins (top) pictured with his first hire, Adam Grant, who was also a well-respected figure painter (image courtesy Sarah Robbins) A well-respected New York artist can reasonably expect an...
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Reenacting the Wild Art Salons of Gay Camp Icon, Paul Swan
Tony Torn in Paul Swan is Dead and Gone at Torn Page (2019) (All images by Maria Baranova, courtesy of The Civilians) “I am the most famous unknown person in New York,” says a portly, berobed Paul Swan...
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Andy Warhol Dreams of God
Andy Warhol, “sunset” (film still, 1967), 16mm, color, sound, 33 min, with Nico (voice) (© The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a museum of Carnegie Institute; all rights reserved, all...
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When the Exhibition Becomes a Work of Art
“Food” at Yoshii Gallery, New York: installation view; photo: Chiu Ng (all images courtesy Yoshii Gallery) Many contemporary still lifes depict food. The 22 works on display at Yoshii Gallery under the...
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A Model Who Shunned Celebrity for Marxism
Benedetta Barzini in a scene from The Disappearance of My Mother, dir. Beniamino Barrese (all images courtesy Kino Lorber) A woman walks alone in the woods, lowers her pants, and squats. A spindly...
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My Argument With Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol, 1928–1987 at Tate Modern, London, installation view (photo © Tate photography, Andrew Dunkley, all images courtesy Tate Modern, London) LONDON — This all started with the briefest of brief...
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The Prophecies of Deborah Kass
Deborah Kass, “Vote Hillary” (2016), silkscreen on Stonehenge 320 gram paper, 42 × 42 inches (courtesy Artist Rights Society/ ARS and Kavi Gupta Gallery) In 1972, Andy Warhol created “Vote McGovern,” a...
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Andy Warhol on Race and Ethnicity
Andy Warhol, “Mao” (1972) (image via Flickr) Andy Warhol is widely credited as the artist who broke down the barrier between high art and mass culture. He demystified art and turned out products — his...
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Keith Haring’s Personal Collection Will Be Sold to Benefit New York’s LGBT...
Andy Warhol, “Portrait of Keith Haring and Juan DuBose” (all images courtesy Sotheby’s) The Keith Haring Foundation is selling over 140 objects from Haring’s personal collection via Sotheby’s to...
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Baltimore Museum Will Sell Major Warhol as Part of Equity Initiative
Andy Warhol, “The Last Supper” (1986), synthetic polymer paint and silkscreen ink on canvas, 78 x 306 inches (© The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New...
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Andy Warhol’s Defiant Hopes for Queer Art
This essay is excerpted from Andy Warhol: Love, Sex, and Desire. Drawings 1950–1962 published by TASCHEN. Andy Warhol. Love, Sex, and Desire. Drawings 1950–1962 by Michael Dayton Hermann, Drew Zeiba,...
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The Velvet Underground Brings the New York of the ’60s Back to Life
With dense split-screen use of period artifacts and a killer Velvets soundtrack, Todd Haynes’s documentary is a loving tribute to his favorite band.
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Whitney Museum Transfers an Expansive Archive of Andy Warhol Film Archives to...
From 1963 through 1968, Warhol produced nearly 650 films, including hundreds of Screen Tests and dozens of full-length movies.
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How Marisol, “the True Trailblazer,” Paved the Way for Andy Warhol
In 1962, Andy Warhol desperately wanted to be like his accomplished new pal, Marisol.
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Does A Pairing With Warhol Do Marisol Any Favors?
Does an attempt to lift up the art of Marisol backfire?
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AI-Generated Andy Warhol Will Star in Forthcoming Netflix Docuseries
The Andy Warhol Diaries will be narrated by the artist himself — sort of.
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An AI-Generated Andy Warhol Confides In Us
The extensive Netflix docuseries, based on Warhol’s memoirs, won’t fully satisfy either casual viewers or fans of the Pop icon.
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Iconic Warhol Marilyn Could Fetch $200 Million, Set Records for 20th-Century Art
Christie's says the sale will benefit a foundation "dedicated to improving the lives of children."
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Long-Running Andy Warhol Copyright Dispute Reaches Supreme Court
The court will decide whether the pop artist infringed on the copyrights of photographer Lynn Goldsmith in using her portrait of the singer Prince.
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The “Witch” Who Shot Andy Warhol’s Marilyns
Dorothy Podber should at least be acknowledged as the co-author of Warhol's multi-million dollar Shot Marilyns series.
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Warhol’s “Blue Marilyn” Breaks Records With $195M Sale
The painting, which bears the bullet holes shot by performance artist Dorothy Podber, is now the most expensive 20th-century artwork to sell at auction.
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The Andy Warhol Lecture That Never Happened
It's been 55 years since Warhol hired a lookalike to prank students at the University of Utah. What lessons on celebrity and capitalist consumption did his hoax reveal?
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The Fake Art Industry Is Booming Online
From exhibition catalogue pages marketed as original prints to brazenly fake "authorized" copies of Harings and Warhols, we're living in a golden age of art piracy.
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Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Warhol Copyright Case
A lawsuit over how much Andy Warhol “transformed” Lynn Goldsmith’s photographs of Prince may change how courts look at art.
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Lil Nas X’s “I Will Avenge U Mr Van Gogh” Meme Goes Viral
The rapper posted an image miming an attack on one of Andy Warhol’s tomato soup cans, and as usual, his fans ate it up.
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For $60K a Month, You Can Now Rent Basquiat’s Former Home
The Noho unit, where artist lived and worked between 1983 and 1988, was owned by Andy Warhol.
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Why I Won’t Be Visiting the Warhol Show in Saudi Arabia
I couldn’t in good conscience accept an invitation to an exhibition hosted and sponsored by a brutal regime.
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How Not to Artwash Saudi Arabia’s Gruesome Human Rights Record
Under which conditions should an art museum ethically and responsibly do business with a repressive authoritarian government?
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Supreme Court Rules Against Warhol Foundation in Copyright Case
After years of legal wrangling, the court ruled in favor of photographer Lynn Goldsmith, who was not compensated for the 2016 publication of a print from Warhol’s Prince series.
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The Warhol Authentication Debacle That Launched an Antitrust Case
Richard Dorment's upcoming book Warhol After Warhol delves into the sordid history of the Andy Warhol Foundation.
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How the Andy Warhol Museum Lost Its Way
Thirty years after its founding, the Pittsburgh institution still hasn’t defined a role for itself.
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Warhol “Mao” Screenprint Mysteriously Missing From California School
The 1972 work was last seen in a secure vault at the Orange Coast College's Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavilion before workers reported it unaccounted for.
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