India’s only daily art newspaper
On the night of July 25, 1964, Andy Warhol and filmmaker Jonas Mekas set up a camera on the forty-fourth floor of the Time-Life Building, dedicating six hours to filming the Empire State Building. The result, Empire, is an eight-hour-long stationary shot of the iconic skyscraper, capturing its subtle transformations under changing light and shadow. […]
Empire: Andy Warhol’s Tribute to the Empire State Building Read More »
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
Unseen Truths: Valerie Solanas, Radical Feminism, and the Andy Warhol Shooting Read More »
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.
Thirty Years After its Founding, the Andy Warhol Museum Still hasn’t Defined its Role Read More »
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.
The Art of Andy Warhol in 10 Pictures Read More »
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
11 Things You Didn’t Know About Andy Warhol Read More »
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
Why Andy Warhol Painted Ten Jews of the Twentieth Century? Read More »
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,
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
Pop-ping out of art history like no other — Andy Warhol was born on August 6 Read More »
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
The assassination attempt on Andy Warhol today, 53 years ago Read More »
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
Andy Warhol And His Mysterious Death Read More »