Andy Warhol

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 The Velvet...Read Full Story