Andy Warhol Silver coin 2011 is one of the coins that I had missed in my last year post. The 2011 France €10 Silver Proof "Andy Warhol" minted by Monnaie de Paris or France Mint. The coin is created to commemorate 25th anniversary of his death. It minted in .900 Silver Proof quality with only 10,000 pieces available worldwide. Andy Warhol was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. He worked in a range of mediums, including painting, sculpture, film, and music. I love...Read Full Story
JUDGING ANDY Signed by the artist, certified by his estate - it’s got to be an original Andy Warhol, right? Not unless the Warhol authentication board says so. But dealers and collectors are crying foul over the four-member board’s perplexing verdicts, which have turned high-priced art into wall decoration BY MICHAEL SHNAYERSON They tend to look nervous as they come, bearing their packages, to the red-brick warehouse on far-west 20th Street in Manhattan’s Chelsea district. Up on...Read Full Story
IN RESPONSE TO: What Is an Andy Warhol? from the October 22, 2009 issue To the Editors: Richard Dorment’s admirably and concisely written analysis of Warhol’s art and his artistic and conceptual techniques [ NYR , October 22, 2009] was much more brilliant and got closer to the essence of Warhol’s radical reinvention of image-making than anything I have read in many years. However, I was shocked and appalled to learn how the Andy Warhol...Read Full Story
UC Berkeley Art Museum presents an installation of polaroids taken by Andy Warhol during the period of 1970 to 1987. The collection donated to the university museum is one of portraits depicting people of varied backgrounds including royalty, athletes, and musicians in addition to unknown individuals all photographed against a plain white backdrop. similar to the techniques of antiquated portraiture, several sitters are pictured with a prop indicative of their personality. the series of...Read Full Story
making the rounds on various music sites:
Vinyl Cover Art Twins
The artwork for Van Halen's new album 'A Different Kind Of Truth' is placed side by side with an album from the 70's. The cover utilizes the same train image to the one on 'Movin' On,' the 1975 album by the Commodores .......it's just a train...... =============
i've said this before about this album cover....it's just a banana folks....
Velvet Underground Suing Andy Warhol Foundation Over Banana
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In celebration of Black History Month, 10 screen prints and collages by Romare Bearden are being exhibited at The Andy Warhol Museum, 117 Sandusky St., North Side, through Feb. 29. Also being shown are five Warhol works. The late artist lived in New York but frequently visited relatives in Pittsburgh and graduated from Peabody High School in 1929.
Many of these images served as inspiration for his famous repetitive silkscreens. This exhibition, a project of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, brings a striking collection out into the open for the first time. The collection ...
What would Andy Warhol have thought of the McNay's opening of his Fame and Misfortune exhibit last week? Of the leaning banana table centerpieces, Campbell's Soup label vases holding tomato-pocked carnations, or the rendition of Marilyn Monroe, a la Warhol ...
There is nothing more banal than death it happens to everyone. But for collectors, death is the best career move an artist can make. It limits supply, driving prices up. And being dead, the artist is not able to diminish his legacy by making unacceptable art.... From San Antonio Current.
An original BMW M-1 racing car that was hand-painted by Warhol is on display in the entrance gallery. A film of Warhol painting a BMW in 1979 as part of the BMW Art Race Car Projects introduced by French race car driver Herve Poulin is on view during the exhibition.
A community portal about Andy Warhol with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Andrew Warhola, better known as Andy Warhol, was an American artist, avant-garde filmmaker, writer and celebrity. Warhol also worked as a publisher, music producer and actor. He had experience in commercial art, and was one of the founders of the Pop...more
A community portal about Andy Warhol with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Andrew Warhola, better known as Andy Warhol, was an American artist, avant-garde filmmaker, writer and celebrity. Warhol also worked as a publisher, music producer and actor. He had experience in commercial art, and was one of the founders of the Pop art movement in the United States in the 1950s.