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Unseen Truths: Valerie Solanas, Radical Feminism, and the Andy Warhol Shooting

Do You Know?, Uncategorized / 30/04/2024

Introduction In the summer of 1968, Valerie Solanas made a dramatic entrance into Andy Warhol’s sixth-floor office at 33 Union Square West, armed with two guns and harbouring a deep-seated grudge. Warhol was wounded so badly that it was a miracle he survived. The bullet struck his abdomen and impacted the vital organs. But at […]

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Thirty Years After its Founding, the Andy Warhol Museum Still hasn’t Defined its Role

News / 08/04/2024

Art museums often project an air of exclusivity, operating in a manner akin to private corporations until the tenure of their directors and staff is securely settled. This observation becomes apparent when considering the candid account presented by Thomas Hoving, former director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, in his 2009 autobiography.

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The Art of Andy Warhol in 10 Pictures

Photo Gallery / 11/09/2023

Through renowned silkscreen prints of Marilyn Monroe, Campbell’s Soup Cans, and other mass-media icons from the 1960s, Andy Warhol, a leading artist in the Pop Art movement, embraced popular culture. He was born in Pittsburgh in 1928, and after studying commercial illustration in New York, he founded “The Factory” as a creative hub in 1964.

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11 Things You Didn’t Know About Andy Warhol

Do You Know? / 11/09/2023

Andy Warhol If you want to know all about Andy Warhol, just look at the surface of my paintings and films and me, and there I am. There’s nothing behind it. – Andy Warhol Andy Warhol, the renowned pop artist and leader of the visual art movement, rose to fame for fusing art with the

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Why Andy Warhol Painted Ten Jews of the Twentieth Century?

Do You Know? / 29/07/2023

Andy Warhol is one of the late twentieth century’s great artists and the God of Pop Art. Andy Warhol’s Artwork is often stated as a significant intervention in the Capitalist concept of Art. Andy Warhol’s work, The Ten Portraits of Jews of the Twentieth Century, is valuable and arguably considered the most critical piece in

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Supreme Court Ruling: Andy Warhol’s Prince Illustration Infringed Photographer’s Copyright

News / 25/05/2023

Iftikar Ahmed In a landmark ruling with far-reaching implications for copyright infringement and fair-use law, the Supreme Court has determined that renowned Pop artist Andy Warhol infringed on photographer Lynn Goldsmith’s copyright when he created an illustration of musician Prince in the 1980s. The court’s decision was supported by seven out of the nine justices,

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Pop-ping out of art history like no other — Andy Warhol was born on August 6

On This Day / 06/08/2022

August 6, On This Day Andrew Warhola — more popularly known as Andy Warhol — has an artistic legacy that seems almost too vast to describe. Born on August 6, 1928, Warhol was a pioneer of pop art (mass-produced art that apotheosized the supposed banality of the commercial culture of the US), visual artist, film

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The assassination attempt on Andy Warhol today, 53 years ago

On This Day / 03/06/2021

June 3, On This Day The shot that killed an artist 19 years later At the time he was shot, Andy Warhol was one of the most recognized and popular artists in America. On June 3, 1968, Valerie Solanas entered Andy Warhol’s sixth-floor office at 33 Union Square West in New York City. With a

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Andy Warhol And His Mysterious Death

On This Day / 22/02/2021

The most famous voice of of Pop Art, Andy Warhol, died in Manhattan at 6:32 am on February 22, 1987. He was 58. While he had been recuperating well from a gallbladder surgery at New York Hospital, he suddenly died in his sleep from a sudden post-operative irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia). Prior to his diagnosis and

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Espionage, Art, and Intrigue: Mr. & Mrs. Smith Takes on Warhol’s Silver Car Crash

News / 08/02/2024

In 2013, Andy Warhol‘s iconic painting “Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster)” made headlines when it sold at Sotheby’s for a staggering $104.5 million, marking a pinnacle in the Pop artist’s auction history. However, in an alternate reality portrayed in the new Amazon television series, “Mr. & Mrs. Smith,” the painting fetches an even higher price

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