Dead celebrities rake in the money Oct 29, 2009
Andy Warhol, who has been as high as No.4 (2005) in six Lucky 13 appearances, is No.13 at $US6 million ($6. 7 million), on the list released on Wednesday. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Celebs rake in millions, even from the grave Oct 28, 2009
Pittsburgh native Andy Warhol, who has been as high as No. 4 (2005) in six Lucky 13 appearances, is No. 13 at $6 million, on the list released today ... Andy Warhol ($6 million) ... GreenLight, a Los Angeles-based firm that has managed the rights property of Andy Warhol for about three years, recently contracted the use of Warhol's image in print ads for a bank in Hong Kong. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Valley museums seek homes for pieces Oct 27, 2009
Former curator and current volunteer Geroge Palovich looks at the 1950s Andy Warhol "Chairman Mao" lithograph. More on this topic. (AZCentral -- News)
Performa 09: Join Us On Opening Night! Oct 27, 2009
Major Funding and Support for Performa 09 has been provided by : The TOBY Fund, The Rockefeller Foundation's New York City Cultural Innovation Fund, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Starry Night Fund of Tides Foundation, the David & Elaine Potter Charitable Trust, Peter Norton Family Foundation, The Orentreich Family Foundation and the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts. 100 W 23rd Street, 5th Floor New York, NY 10011 Tel: 212-366-5700. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Ludovica Gioscia at the Andy Warhol Museum Oct 27, 2009
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Breakfast With ... Oct 26, 2009
John Colombo Shepard Fairey -- His work on display at The Andy Warhol Museum through Jan. 31. He created the iconic HOPE poster with the image of Barack Obama based on an Associated Press photograph. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Author Arthur Danto provides a provocative look at Andy Warhol Oct 25, 2009
ANDY WARHOL By Arthur C. Danto Yale University, 192 pp ... Arthur C. Danto, philosopher and art critic, takes Andy Warhol very seriously as an artist, activist, filmmaker, critic of pop and high culture, and celebrity icon. (Boston Globe)
Art.view: Climbing back Oct 25, 2009
The 13-foot-wide depiction of the bar that attracted David Bowie, Iggy Pop and Andy Warhol was consigned by Charles Saatchi and has never been seen at auction before. Readers' comments. (The Economist)
Warhol portrait of Michael Jackson up for auction Oct 24, 2009
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Christie's auction house will offer up a portrait of Michael Jackson by Andy Warhol in New York on Nov. 10 ... Deputy chairman Brett Gorvy says the seller is an anonymous private collector in New York who bought it from the Andy Warhol Foundation in the 1990s. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Texting Andy Warhol: How artists are using words to create art Oct 22, 2009
Texting Andy Warhol - An Exploration of Writing in Art is broadcast Thursday 22 October, 1130 BST, on BBC Radio 4. Bookmark with. (BBC News -- UK)
Paul Tschinkel at Freies Museum Berlin Oct 21, 2009
Paul Tschinkel @ Freies Museum Oct. 20 2009 - Oct. 21 2009 Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Louise Bourgeois, Cindy Sherman, Nam June Paik, Mark Kostabi and others by Paul Tschinkel ... Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Cindy Sherman, Jeff Koons, Louise Bourgeois, Kiki Smith, Laurie Anderson, Nam June Paik, Robert Mapplethorpe, Lee Krasner and Mark Kostabi are just a few of the artists that Tschinkel accompanied in the last thirty years. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Masterpieces of the Universe Oct 21, 2009
com 3 of 7 Citigroup: $9, Andy Warhol ... Goldman Sachs-VP-turned-author Lisa Endlich that s (GS) art collection is unusual," including enormous weathervanes, daguerreotypes and a wide variety of patchwork quilts. Another book that pieces by Andy Warhol, Frank Stella, and Mel Bochner dot the halls. A former art consultant a work by Jenny Holzer, placed near the cafeteria, that read buckets of blood/corporate greed, and was taken down (but not sold) after two weeks. Credit:... (Slate)
Man who reported stolen Warhols waives insurance Oct 16, 2009
A prominent art collector who reported stolen 11 original silk screen paintings by Andy Warhol has waived the insurance policy he owns to protect the art, authorities said Thursday ... A prominent art collector who reported stolen 11 original silk screen paintings by Andy Warhol has waived the insurance policy he owns to protect the art, authorities said Thursday ... LOS ANGELES -- Authorities say a prominent art collecter who reported stolen several original silk screen paintings by Andy Warhol... (Fresno Bee -- State)
‘Chelsea on the Rocks’ recalls woozy nights at a memorable hotel Oct 16, 2009
Andy Warhol shot Chelsea Girls in its rooms. Janis Joplin performed an act on Leonard Cohen he later memorialized in the song Chelsea Hotel. (Boston Globe)
The diagnosis? Hypochondria Oct 15, 2009
In famous cases such as the pianist Glenn Gould or Andy Warhol, the problem seems to be a reluctance to engage with the real world. In recent decades, that fear has been characterised as an anxiety disorder: a pattern of would-be controlling responses (just like obsessive-compulsive disorder) that can be broken with cognitive-behavioural therapy. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Dali's dreamlike art featured at ETSU Oct 12, 2009
"It's controversial, which I think is great, especially for this region. We need some controversy. There is even an Andy Warhol exhibit that I helped frame in the next room. Both of these artists are fairly explicit. I think it's great.". The Reece Museum is a part of the Center for Appalachian Studies and Services at ETSU. All exhibits are free and open to everyone, and the Dali exhibit can be seen until Nov. 12. (East Tennessean, TN)
Shake It :An Instant History of the Polaroid Oct 12, 2009
Included in this exhibition are works by Nobuyoshi Araki -Rut Blees Luxemburg - Guy Bourdin - Tim Braden - Roe Ethridge - Walker Evans - Richard Hamilton - David Hockney - Andr Kertsz - Robert Mapplethorpe - Jonathan Monk -Lisa Oppenheim - Lucas Samaras - Michael Snow-Juergen Teller - Andy Warhol - Wim Wenders ... Other highlights include Andy Warhol's still-lifes of perfume bottles and shoes; the photographs that an avid shoe collector sticks on to her shoeboxes for ease of... (AbsoluteArts.com)
Pow! Home décor gets pop art punch Oct 9, 2009
Think of Roy Lichtenstein s blown-up comic book art; 2001: A Space Odyssey ; Andy Warhol s Campbell s soup can. The style is characterized by emphatic colors, strong graphics and bold furniture. (Carroll County Times, MD)
Hip-Hop Block presents 'Gaga's influence on hip hop' Oct 7, 2009
Not only does she do her thing vocally, but she brings musical theatre to the stage every time she performs, resembling an Andy Warhol adaptation of one of your favorite Shakespeare plays. Page 1 of 2. (The Loyola Greyhound, MD)
Lecture explores Warhol's art Oct 2, 2009
Dana Kletchka introduced Thomas Sokolowski as director of The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, curator of several prestigious art institutions, a former professor at various universities and eyeglass connoisseur of the highest class. Sokolowski -- who took the podium wearing thick, purple-rimmed glasses -- gave a lecture Thursday titled "Andy Warhol: Camouflage Man." More than 100 students, faculty, and community members filled the seats of the Palmer Museum's Lipcon Auditorium ... After... (Daily Collegian, PA)
Ransom Note Found In Pebble Beach Art Heist Oct 1, 2009
Earlier this month, a collection of 11 Andy Warhol paintings was stolen from a home in West Los Angeles. The collection included portraits of O.J. Simpson, Muhammad Ali, Pele and Chris Evert. (KSBW 8, CA)
What world leaders ate at the G-20 summit Oct 1, 2009
"They asked us to keep it under wraps," says Mr. Sendall, who also catered the lunch Michelle Obama hosted at The Andy Warhol Museum on Friday. But now that everyone's left town. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Fireworks in the Fens Sep 26, 2009
And look, there s that iconic silk-screened image from 1980 by Andy Warhol of our late Senator Ted Kennedy, and across from it is Shepard Fairey s now famous portrait of President Barack Obama. And hey, isn t that the foul-mouthed, pasta-loving, retired manager of the Dodgers, Tommy Lasorda. (Boston Globe)
Museum is a fine home for Fisher collection Sep 26, 2009
The Fishers and museum leaders are planning on a new wing to the Yerba Buena-area institution to showcase the extensive collection of 20th century work by art legends such as Alexander Calder, Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol. More work remains, such as moving operations of a firehouse, pushing building plans through the city bureaucracy and raising the construction funds. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
PMoA Exhibits Examine Ideas of Beauty Sep 25, 2009
In the art world it is known as serigraphy and gained prominence in the 1970s due to its use by artist Andy Warhol. Now it used by major and emerging artists as a useful media for producing original prints. (Bartow Polk County Democrat, FL)
Visitors can spend a night at the museums Sep 24, 2009
Art, history and science enjoy places of honor in the 'Burgh, the land where Andy Warhol spent his formative years and Jonas Salk developed the polio vaccine, where Lewis & Clark launched their expedition west and President Washington led troops against the Whiskey Rebellion ... You'll want to spend more than just a day, though, checking out the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh -- Art and Natural History in the city's Oakland neighborhood and the Science Center and Andy Warhol Museum on the North... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Milwaukee Art Museum Organizes First U.S. Museum Exhibition of Warhol's Late Works Sep 23, 2009
-Andy Warhol: The Last Decade opens September 26; challenges preconceptions of Pop icon ... MILWAUKEE, Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- This week, the Milwaukee Art Museum premieres the first U.S. museum exhibition to explore the late work of Andy Warhol ... Organized by the Milwaukee Art Museum, Andy Warhol: The Last Decade opens September 26 and runs through January 3, 2010 before a national tour. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Through the lens of time Sep 22, 2009
The company recruited the world s best-known photographers, such as Ansel Adams, William Wegman, and Andy Warhol, provided them with free film and studio space, and said: Have a ball. When you are finished, please give us a few prints, which we will include in our corporate collection. (Boston Globe)
Art.view: Bedfellows Sep 21, 2009
Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art, said Andy Warhol. Making money is art. (The Economist)
Closings prevail as city welcomes G-20 Sep 21, 2009
The Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History, the Carnegie Science Center, the Andy Warhol Museum and the Children's Museum will all close Sept. 24 and 25. Phipps Conservatory will close Sept. 23 and 24, and the National Aviary will close Sept. 24 and 25. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Private Warhol collection stolen from L.A. home Sep 13, 2009
Thieves made off with 11 Andy Warhol pieces from a private residence last week ... LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Authorities are looking for art thieves who made off with a collection of Andy Warhol paintings from a private residence last week, police in Los Angeles, California, said Friday ... Three of the Andy Warhol works stolen from a private collection: Chris Evert, Muhammad Ali and Pele. (CNN)
Warhol Artwork Stolen Sep 13, 2009
Multimillion-Dollar Andy Warhol Collection Stolen in L.A. ... Sept. 11: This image provided by the Los Angeles Police Department shows stolen works of art by Andy Warhol in Los Angeles ... Sept. 11: This image provided by the Los Angeles Police Department shows stolen works of art by Andy Warhol in Los Angeles. (Fox News)
Unusual objects Sep 13, 2009
Along with objects, the artists have many other influences on their work, from Andy Warhol to painters like Giorgio Morandi, Peter Doig or Philip Guston. Their interest in art is something that stretches back to a childhood interest in drawing. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
$1 Million Reward for Stolen Andy Warhol Portraits of AthletesUnique collection of 10 paintings stolen from a Los Angeles home. Sep 13, 2009
$1 Million Reward for Stolen Andy Warhol Portraits of Athletes - ABC News ... $1 Million Reward for Stolen Andy Warhol Portraits of Athletes ... Described by Los Angeles police as one of the city's in more than a decade, thieves made off with millions of dollars worth of Andy Warhol paintings depicting some of the greatest athletes of the 1970s. (ABC News)
Warhol Paintings Stolen From Home In LA Sep 13, 2009
LOS ANGELES (September 12, 2009)Police say a multimillion-dollar collection of Andy Warhol paintings has been stolen from a home in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Police Department said 10 paintings, each 40 inches square, were taken from the home of businessman Richard Weisman. (KWTX.com, TX)
Warhol Art Caper Sep 13, 2009
LOS ANGELES -- A multimillion dollar collection of Andy Warhol artwork depicting famous sporting figures was stolen from a West Los Angeles home, police said Friday. The 10 pictures, each 40 inches square, were taken from businessman Richard Weisman's home sometime between Sept. 2 and 3, said Detective Mark Sommer of the Los Angeles Police Department's art theft detail. (KCRA 3, CA)
Valuable Warhol sports paintings stolen in L.A. Sep 12, 2009
10 Andy Warhol sports paintings stolen in L.A. - More Sports - SI.com ... LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A multimillion dollar collection of Andy Warhol portraits of Muhammad Ali and other sports superstars was stolen from a Los Angeles home, police said Friday. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- More)
Warhol art collection is stolen Sep 12, 2009
Police in Los Angeles say a multi-million dollar Andy Warhol art collection has been stolen from a private home in the city ... Andy Warhol, who died in 1987, became internationally famous in the 1960s for his iconic image of a Campbell's soup can and the social gatherings at his New York studio, "The Factory". (BBC News -- Americas)
Multi-million dollar Warhol... Sep 12, 2009
Some of the artwork of US pop art artist Andy Warhol is pictured prior an exhibition in July. A collection of original Warhol artwork worth millions of dollars has reportedly been stolen from a private collector's home in Los Angeles. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Warhol’s sport superstar art stolen from LA home Sep 12, 2009
Warhol s sport superstar art stolen from LA home - Somerset - Daily American. The 11 color screenprints, each 40 inches square, were taken from businessman Richard Weisman s home sometime between Sept. 2 and 3, said Detective Mark Sommer of the Los Angeles Police Department s art theft detail. (Somerset Daily American, PA)
Leaves and pages turn in the fall books preview Sep 7, 2009
I Sold Andy Warhol (Too Soon) ... The Sausalito writer's follow-up to "I Bought Andy Warhol.". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
ART + AUCTION Is Celebrating Its 30th Anniversary 1979 - 2009 Sep 5, 2009
Among the events and people highlighted: the once astounding $82 million van Gogh, the embattled auction head Simon de Pury, the Getty's indicted former director Marion True, the Gallic art world magnates Francois Pinault and Bernard Arnault, the late photography collector Samuel Wagstaff, the artist and shape-shifter Matthew Barney, and, of course, Andy Warhol. Louise Blouin, president of Louise Blouin Media, concurs. (PR Newswire)
Art imitating life: Poster sale trends reflect interests of the time Sep 4, 2009
Andy Warhol posters and Beyond the Wall's tapestries have also sold well, Garlick said. Page 1 of 2. (Daily Orange, NY)
Sculptor plugs Greek classics into iPod Age Sep 4, 2009
" Art is an industry not unlike many others with fierce competition, and the ability to promote oneself on the Internet is vital, according to Reeder. "Andy Warhol wanted to say that we're essentially like Bloomingdales, and he couldn't be more right," said Erik Blome, a faculty member at the Academy of Art in San Francisco, where an exhibit of Reeder's work ends Monday. "Adam doesn't quite realize how much he owes to Warhol; mass production, technology, those were all his messages. " Blome... (Channelnewsasia.com)
Did Mexico beat it? Fans go for 'Thriller' record Aug 30, 2009
A New York art gallery has sold an Andy Warhol portrait of Michael Jackson, but won't reveal the purchase price or the buyer. The Vered Gallery in East Hampton sold the 30-by-26-inch painting showing a smiling Jackson in a red jacket from his 1980s "Thriller" days to a buyer who requested anonymity. (Fresno Bee)
Warhol Portrait of Kennedy Draws Admirers Aug 29, 2009
As she walked by Andy Warhol s portrait of Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass. (Roll Call)
Kennedy portrait by Warhol Aug 28, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The National Portrait Gallery in Washington is installing an Andy Warhol portrait of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy in its remembrance gallery. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Palmer exhibits Warhol photos Aug 26, 2009
What: Big Shot Shuffle: Photographs by Andy Warhol When: 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesdays -Saturdays and noon to 4 p.m. Sundays, Aug. 18, 2009 - Jan. 24, 2010 Details: free admission Where: Palmer Museum of Art ... Andy Warhol, the artist who claimed that "in the future, everyone will be world famous for 15 minutes," will have several months of his own fame at the Palmer Museum of Art ... Warhol's work is being displayed in a special exhibit titled "Big Shot Shuffle: Photographs by Andy Warhol,"... (Daily Collegian, PA)
Three gallery exhibits with pop craft, experimental, and young artists’ works Aug 26, 2009
Andy Warhol s 32 Campbell s Soup Cans shocked the art world in 1962. Warhol had produced the paintings with a semi-mechanized silkscreen process, and his commercial subject matter spat in the eye of abstract expressionism s soulful evocations of its artists ids. (Boston Globe)
Major exhibit on Egypt heads to Ark. Arts Center Aug 25, 2009
The Arkansas Arts Center, known for its impressionist collection, has hosted other large exhibitions, including works of Andy Warhol that concluded this year and glass works by Dale Chihuly in 2000. An audio tour of the Egyptian exhibit will be available. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Michael Jackson, Woodstock Spark Surge In Music Memorabilia Aug 23, 2009
By Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009 Michael Jackson appears in a 1984 painting by Andy Warhol. Andy Warhol / AFP / Getty. (Time.com)
* And now, an exhibition from our sponsor Aug 23, 2009
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Santa Clara University's de Saisset Museum to Offer Eclectic Mix of Landscapes, Prints, and Sculptures This Fall Aug 20, 2009
It includes the cartoon parodies of Roy Lichtenstein and the print of the Campbell soup can by Andy Warhol. Also represented are prints by the surrealist Ren Magritte, a chessboard by Man Ray, and a number of examples of Op Art by Bridget Riley and others. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
What would Warhol blog? Aug 19, 2009
The universe of notoriety is bigger than it was in 1968 when Andy Warhol proclaimed, "In the future everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes." What would Warhol blog ... The universe of notoriety is bigger than it was in 1968 when Andy Warhol proclaimed, "In the future everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes." ... "The Internet would have suited his voice very well," says Bob Colacello, author of "Holy Terror: Andy Warhol Close Up," who worked with Warhol for 13 years. (Juneau Empire)
Warhol's Jackson Portrait Gets Sold Aug 19, 2009
(EAST HAMPTON) A New York art gallery has sold an Andy Warhol portrait of Michael Jackson, but won't reveal the purchase price or the buyer. The Vered Gallery in East Hampton sold the 30-by-26-inch painting showing a smiling Jackson in a red jacket from his 1980s "Thriller" days to a buyer who requested anonymity. (Time.com)
Click to read: Warhol Painting of MJ May Fetch Millions Aug 18, 2009
Michael Jackson painting, left, by Andy Warhol, right (CBS) ... (CBS) A rare Andy Warhol painting of Michael Jackson hits the online auction block Tuesday. (CBS News -- Early Show)
Netroots Nation brings annual meeting here Aug 9, 2009
org is hosting a fete for graphic artist Shepard Fairey, who created the Obama "Hope" poster, Friday at the Andy Warhol Museum. DailyKos plans to hold a party for bloggers at Altar Bar in the Strip -- with Pittsburghers, certainly, but mostly with other bloggers and the politicians, pollsters, and special interest groups they blog about. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Farewell to the first black supermodel Aug 7, 2009
Her acquaintances included Salvador Dali and Andy Warhol. By 1972 Hollywood had begun to take an interest in her, and she was offered the title role in the film Cleopatra Jones (1973). (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Naomi Sims, 61, pioneering cover girl, is dead Aug 5, 2009
Her foster parents influenceIn addition to pursuing studies at F.I.T., Ms. Sims took night courses in psychology at New York University but gave them up when her modeling career took off and she became a celebrity, running in a glamorous crowd that included Salvador Dal and Andy Warhol. She retained, however, the sense of propriety that her foster parents had instilled in her. (MSNBC -- News)
$100 Million Payday Poses Problem for Pay Czar... Aug 4, 2009
It includes pieces by Andy Warhol, David Salle, Bruce Nauman and Julian Schnabel. The son of a British Airways employee who trained pilots, Mr. Hall was raised near London, and he graduated from Oxford University with a degree in chemistry. (The Drudge Report)
Real patriots support art Aug 2, 2009
It helps me one-up my boastful friends in the Lower 48 to say that I live in a city capable of hosting an exhibit of Andy Warhol art or staging a production of "Eugene Onegin.". What's more, the level of public involvement with these institutions is also high. (Anchorage Daily News)
Under One Roof Jul 30, 2009
Ben Silverman wants to be the capitalist version of Andy Warhol. According to multiple sources with direct knowledge of his plans, Silverman is pitching his unnamed new venture with Barry Diller as an entrepreneurial version of Warhol's famous "Factory," the aluminum foil-wrapped workspace where artists, musicians and hangers-on gathered to create art in the 1960s. (New York Post -- Business)
From Water Skiing to Warhol: Historic Renaissance Vinoy has Something for Everyone Jul 23, 2009
From now until August 16, 2009, the St. Petersburg Museum of Art is featuring the Andy Warhol Portfolios: Life and Legends exhibit. Featuring over 70 prints from some of his most celebrated series, this exhibit is organized by the Bank of America Corporate Art Program. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
* [ART JOURNAL] Adaptation of the artistic Jul 22, 2009
encapsulates many sectors of the art bubble: Blue-chip artists such as Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein; speculators darlings Richard Prince and Murakami; young overnight sensations Barnaby Furnas and Hope Atherton; veterans John Wesley and Marilyn Minter; Chinese artists Huang Yan () and Zhang Dali (ijO). While there are no masterpieces here, several works are appealing and priced to sell. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Infotainment Jul 19, 2009
A portrait of a beaming Michael Jackson by pop art legend Andy Warhol, purchased just weeks ago for less than $300,000, could fetch as much as $10 million at auction next month, art connoisseurs said. Since Jacksons June 25 death, anything related to the King of Pop has soared in value as. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
