Andy Warhol

PATRIOT GAMES

Catch Myra Breckenridge at the Dirty Looks Fest

Downtown

"Stardom Comes Too Fast Now! It's Too Disposable"

Those thoughts were articulated by a show biz legend, explaining why she feels she's one of the last vaudeville stars: "I don't think it's because people aren't as talented," she said. "I think it's because it's the nature of the game now. "It [used to] take years to become a really polished star, ... More >>

STOP-N-GO

Warhol gets his 15, and more

Penny Arcade: NARS Makeup Is Ripping Off My Name!

NARS puts out a Warhol collection of lip glosses, including a raspberry one named after performer Penny Arcade. (If they really had guts, they would have named it Bitch! Dyke! Faghag! Whore!") Well, Penny is suitably pissed. She wrote on Facebook:

DARK & TWISTED

The hippie era: not as 
free as we thought

FACTORY GIRL

Patti Smith pays tribute 
to Andy Warhol

WARHOL’S CHILDREN

Going beyond soup cans 
and Marilyns

Buy Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans For $0.75 At Target

Campbell Soup is channeling Andy Warhol for a limited-edition series at Target. Each can is only $0.75. The collection was issued to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first showing of Warhol's paintings, and the labels come in four color combinations, like blue with orange or teal with hot pink ... More >>

Andy Warhol's Wigs: Guy Trebay's Thoroughly Entertaining Takedown of the Icon's Late-Period Hairpieces

This past Wednesday, February 22, 2012, marked the 25th anniversary of Andy Warhol's death, which we remembered with this week's cover. As an institution, the Village Voice has a history of Warhol interactions, from the pop artist's many cameos in Jonas Mekas's seminal "Movie Journal" column to Warh ... More >>

Andy Warhol's New York, 25 Years On

Looking for signs of the artist a quarter-century after he disappeared

Andy Warhol's Thoughts On Sex

"I have found that it's too much work. "But if you have the time for it, and if you need that exercise -- then you should do it.

The Return of Mario Montez, Warhol Legend

WHO ARE YOU, REALLY?

The truth about Andy Warhol and you

Hedy

Candy Darling and Jeremiah Newton: Q&A with the Man Behind Beautiful Darling

Beautiful Darling is a new documentary about the late James Lawrence Slattery, better known to the world as the Andy Warhol superstar Candy Darling. The most interesting aspect of Beautiful Darling is the life story of Jeremiah Newton. As a young gay man, Newton was in awe of Candy and was alternat ... More >>

'Andy Warhol: Motion Pictures'—A MOMA Film Fest Without Any Popcorn

Lou Reed, Nico, and a pretty blowjob

CAMERA, LIGHTS . . .PARTY!

Be a star for a night—or at least for 60 seconds

WARHOL IN SLOW MOTION

Screening work the way Andy wanted

My Out 100 Photo Redone, Warhol-Style

​The above image was flashed on a large screen at the Out 100 party last week at the IAC Building as thousands cheered. It's me, filmmaker Kimberly Reed, and VH1's Laverne Cox, all striped and strobed and repeated as if Andy Warhol was still alive and kissing my ass.

Sleep

Hotel Chelsea Now on the Market, Will Probably Go Upscale (Sigh)

​It's the end of an era. The Hotel Chelsea, which opened in 1884 -- where Sid Vicious may or may not have killed Nancy Spungen, Andy Warhol directed Chelsea Girls, and the names of residents frequently read like a who's who of '60s counterculture -- is now up for sale, reports the Wall Street ... More >>

Andy Warhol's Piss Paintings Aren't Exactly Number One

The brand plays on at the Brooklyn Museum

Interview: Dean Wareham on Warhol, Dennis Hopper, And Revisiting Galaxie 500

​Three years ago, I spoke with ex-Galaxie 500/Luna principle Dean Wareham about jumping into a full-time band with his wife (and Luna bassist) Britta Phillips and releasing their sultry, French-pop inspired Back Numbers, which was Wareham's first major post-Luna effort. Since then he's release ... More >>

John Lennon and Yoko Ono Nudity Seriously Freaking People Out

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. January 23, 1969, Vol. XIV, No. 15 Scenes by Howard Smith VALERIE [SOLANAS] was back in court last Friday. This time to find out whether the court psychiatric clinic report agreed with Mattawan State Hospital's verdict when it release ... More >>

WARHOL FOREVER

15 minutes extends into infinity

Previously Unseen Andy Warhol Images Debut in East Hampton This Weekend

Photo by Dennis Hopper, Courtesy of Eric Firestone Gallery.Andy Warhol, Henry Geldzahler, David Hockney, and Jeff Goodman in 1963.​Warhol fans won't want to miss the largest ever collection of Andy images -- including 100 previously unseen photos of one of our favorite quintessential New Yorke ... More >>

Andy Warhol Is Alive and Well

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. September 12, 1968, Vol. XIII, No. 48 Andy Warhol: 'I Thought Everyone Was Kidding' by Leticia Kent Andy Warhol is alive and well. Last Thursday, accompanied by the inevitable coterie of business associates and superstars, Warhol went ... More >>

Callie Angell (1948-2010)

​The film world last week lost a great historian, an irreplaceable resource and, for many, a cherished colleague with the sudden, untimely passing of Callie Angell. A woman of considerable intelligence, passionate dedication, fierce integrity, and wry humor, Callie devoted her life to avant-ga ... More >>

Andy Warhol Shot by Factory Actress Valerie Solanis

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. June 6, 1968, Vol. XIII, No. 34 The Shot That Shattered The Velvet Underground by Howard Smith It was an ordinary afternoon at The Factory, the huge, new loft on the north side of Union Square which is the center of the Warhol scene. S ... More >>

Andy Warhol's Book Party: Put-On, Pop-Out, Blow-Up

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. December 21, 1967, Vol. XIII, No. 10 Andy Warhol's Book Party: Put-On, Pop-Out, Blow-Up by Sally Kempton and Ross Wetzsteon "Do you think pop art is..." "No." "What?" "No." "Do you think pop art is..." "No...No, I don't." Andy Warhol h ... More >>

THE PAST RETURNS

Get spooked in the Guggenheim’s rotunda

IS IT GETTING HOT IN HERE?

Two Andy Warhol films gets a high-octane soundtrack

A Musical About Holly Woodlawn

​It's coming to an off-Broadway theater near you, mamacita. I hear the show has been authorized by the campily funny Andy Warhol superstar herself, and it will be co-written by Penny Rockwell (Sam's mother) and will costar downtown favorite Brandon Olson as fellow drag icon Jackie Curtis.

'Beyond the Absurd: Ronald Tavel & Andy Warhol' at Anthology

The man behind some of Warhol's best work

Vinyl

Andrew Sarris Considers Andy Warhol

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. December 9, 1965, Vol. XI, No. 8 Films By Andrew Sarris I have been intrigued in recent months by the sheer number of Voice columnists who have decided to define the proper role of the critic. In each instance, the traditional father ... More >>

Clip Job: Warhol Causes a Near-Riot in Philly!

​ October 14, 1965, Vol. X, No. 52 Help! By David Bourdon The latest Arthurian exploit of the legendary Andy Warhol occurred last Friday at the public opening of his first comprehensive exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art on the University of Pennsylvania campus. (The show clos ... More >>

Good Morning, Mick Jagger's 1969 Letter to Andy Warhol

​That right there is a lovely bit of correspondence between Mick Jagger and Andy Warhol, the man who would later design the super-iconic cover to the Rolling Stones' Sticky Fingers. Although really, they could've just printed this letter verbatim and called it a day. [Letters of Note]

LOOK OUT, BROADWAY

Here comes this year's New York Musical Theatre Festival

Clip Job: Mekas Raves About Andy's "Rich Girl"

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives April 29, 1965, Vol. X, No. 28 Movie Journal By Jonas Mekas Here is another column of ramblings. My head is rambling because I have seen a beautiful movie and I have plenty to think about. My readers, particularly those who think that ... More >>

Clip Job: Andy Warhol's Silk-Screened Flowers

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesDecember 3, 1964, Vol. X, No. 7ArtBy David BourdonANDY WARHOLIn "Creation of the Humanoids," the survivors of World War III solve their labor shortage by creating humanoid robots. These "clickers" are blue, hairless, and often dangerously good ... More >>

Factory Whirl

The same ingénues, one new soundtrack

WARHOL’S GANG

The script called for G-strings, really

ALL TOMORROW'S PARTIES

A look back on Warhol's Factory

Clip Job: Mekas Screens Warhol's Six-Hour 'Sleep'

Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesJanuary 30, 1964, Vol. IX, No. 15Movie JournalBy Jonas MekasWhat does Warhol's "Sleep" do? What doesn't it do? Is it cinema? Is this the ultimate extension of pop art? The slowing down, stretching a detail to its limit, to what maximum effect? Us ... More >>

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