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THE WARHOL QUESTIONNAIRE: Tabitha Simmons

“If I’m not going to wear it then why would anyone else?” Tabitha Simmons muses in an interview last year with Elle. The English shoe designer and contributing editor at Vogue has been busy these past few months, even finding time to collaborate with Toms to create a signature design for the popular shoe-tailer . This […]

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GUESS WHO? An All-Star Roundup of Warhol’s Fashion Icons

Andy Warhol was known for being a man about town, and the following photos prove it. In the early 1980s, the King of Pop Art snapped Polaroids of top fashion icons, from former Interview intern André Leon Talley to the dashing éminence grise, Giorgio Armani, along with the captivating shot of Caroline, Princess of Monaco below, […]

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THE WARHOL QUESTIONNAIRE: Christene Barberich

“The most fashionable girls around town now are the girls of the night. They wear the most fashionable clothes,” Andy Warhol wrote in The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again. Christene Barberich, the editor-in-chief of Refinery 29, knows a thing or two about the latest trends, being that she runs “a lifestyle platform that delivers […]

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The Warhol Questionnaire: Ari Seth Cohen

Ari Seth Cohen, the founder of Advanced Style — the blog, book, and now a glorious coloring book  — gives us a glimpse into a world where clothes pop at any age. (We’re guessing Andy would approve of this message.) As Cohen writes on his blog, “Respect your elders and let these ladies and gents teach you a thing or […]

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Diana Vreeland Shows Her Napoleonic Side In Vintage Vogue

Image: © 2013 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York   Andy turns Jacques-Louis David’s iconic 1803 painting of Napoleon Bonaparte crossing the Alps on its head with Diana Vreeland as the French military leader in Diana Vreeland Rampart (After Jacques Louis David, Napoleon at St. […]

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POP-UP FASHION: Warhol’s Illustrations and Portraits At The Tribeca Grand

Christie’s is presenting an innovative pop-up exhibit of Warhol’s photographs and illustrations just in time for #NYFW. From September 4-22, patrons at the Tribeca Grand can use tricked out tablets in the lobby to see Andy’s intimate portraits of Gianni Versace, André Leon Talley, Giorgio Armani, Princess Caroline of Monaco, and more.  Meet the fashion icons on the available […]

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Andy Warhol and the Business of Art

Andy Warhol understood that artistic success in the modern world requires not just talent and hard work, it requires business savvy. As he once said, “Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art.” Preparation for that professional art world — the one Warhol understood so well — is exactly what Christie’s Education courses […]

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Five Ways To Celebrate Warhol on His 85th Birthday

We’re obviously big fans of Andy Warhol here at Christie’s, and we wanted to share some things you can do to celebrate the Pop King’s 85th birthday this August 6th. Here’s five ways to spend the day in style. 1. SEE ANDY’S RESTING PLACE IN REAL TIME: “I always thought I’d like my own tombstone to be blank. […]

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VIRAL: ANDY WARHOL AND THE IMAGE BEFORE THE INTERNET AGE June 24-27

OPENING RECEPTION Monday, June 24 5:00 pm Cocktails 6:30 pm “Collecting 101” – a panel discussion featuring Sabrina Buell, Art Advisor Sebastian Cwilich, President and COO of Artsy Ron Johnson, Vice President, Specialty Finance Group, Wells Fargo Marc Porter, Chairman, Christie’s Jessica Silverman, Owner and Director of Jessica Silverman Gallery COMPUTER HISTORY MUSEUM Hahn Auditorium […]

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THE WARHOLIAN QUESTIONNAIRE:
Aaron Hicklin

As editor-in-chief of Out, America’s largest gay men’s magazine, Aaron Hicklin knows a thing or two about gay culture. And while Andy Warhol wasn’t the first openly-gay celebrity in American history, he was certainly one of the first to gain such mainstream acceptance: Indeed, it’s hard to imagine popular culture today without him. In conjunction […]

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