Andy Warhol

How the famously famous never fade from view

2013-03-28 05:00:00

Whoever said fame was fleeting had no idea what they were talking about. Just ask Oprah Winfrey, Tom Cruise, Donald Trump, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Jordan or Bill Murray. They've been soaking up the spotlight for years. In fact, not only does fame...

Basquiat book in the works to feature unseen archives, art

2013-03-27 10:42:00

Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat is back -- despite dying in 1988 at age 27. On the first day it was open, more than 4,000 people turned out to see a show of his work at Gagosian Gallery in New York in February. His notebooks will be exhibited at Paris'...

Boris Berezovsky dies at 67; outspoken Russian tycoon, enemy of Putin

2013-03-23 15:38:00

LONDON — Boris Berezovsky, a self-exiled and outspoken Russian tycoon who had a bitter falling out with Russian President Vladimir Putin, has been found dead in southeast England. He was 67. In recent years, the one-time Kremlin powerbroker-...

Letters: A stand-alone MOCA

2013-03-16 00:00:00

Re "Art marriage may yield L.A. mega-museum," March 8 The great cities of the world have always been centers of culture as well as commerce. For Los Angeles to attain true greatness, it must support cultural institutions of excellence like the Museum of...

For LACMA, the chance to snap up MOCA is a deal too good to shelve

2013-03-09 05:00:00

Everybody loves a bargain. Here's a big one. If you were a wealthy major art collector, and for the price of one classic Jackson Pollock drip-painting or Andy Warhol's 1963 silk-screen "Eight Elvises" you could acquire a few billion dollars worth of...

Marilyn Monroe's lips get top bid in Andy Warhol online auction

2013-03-06 08:00:00

Marilyn Monroe, one of America’s most beloved pop cultural icons, and New Coke, one of its most despised, commanded the biggest bids in the first in a series of online Christie’s auctions of Andy Warhol artworks that ended Tuesday. The...

Paris Fashion Week fall 2013: Dior review [Updated]

2013-03-01 09:40:00

PARIS -- The Dior fall 2013 collection by Raf Simons was such a triumph that the question is, will anyone want to wear anything else? For his second ready-to-wear outing for Dior on Friday afternoon during Paris Fashion Week, Simons created a runway set...

Andy Warhol online auction is prime turf for celebrity-gawking

2013-03-01 07:32:00

Andy Warhol famously said that in the future, everyone would have 15 minutes of fame. But that didn't stop him from focusing his camera lenses and other image-making implements on folks whose ride on the wagon of celebrity figured to last somewhat...

Eyes as Pop art

2013-03-03 00:00:00

In sync with the '60s spirit in fashion, eye makeup is going Mod. Think shadows in bold Pop art brights, feathered liner, mega lashes and graphic brows. Makeup artist Fran�ois Nars channeled the signature look of Edie Sedgwick, Andy Warhol's muse and...

Retail Boom: A slew of store openings in time for the holidays

2012-11-25 00:00:00

BEAUTY / HOME ACCESSORIES D.L. & Co.: 417 N. Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills, (310) 205-0025), dlcompany.com. Candles in enamel apple-shaped boxes, Madame Pompadour candle busts, pocket watches with solid perfume inside, diffusers and curiosities such as...

He'll be adding his voice to a program of Mozart's final works

2013-01-30 09:55:00

This week’s spate of Mozart concerts in Costa Mesa by the Pacific Symphony and Pacific Chorale, in conjunction with Sunday’s 257th anniversary of the composer's birth, hold special interest for this reporter. Yes, I will be at the Ren�e and...

Nudists welcome to tour 'Nude Men' art exhibition in Vienna

2013-01-30 07:16:00

An art exhibition in�Vienna dedicated to the male nude is reportedly welcoming nudists to experience the galleries au naturel after public hours.� A spokesman for the Leopold Museum in Vienna told Reuters that there was a request by an association...

A 1964 Andy Warhol lithograph of Marilyn Monroe's lips, "I Love Your Kiss Forever Forever," fetched $90,000 in an online Christie's auction of Warhol works that ended Tuesday.

2013-03-05 18:35:45

Andy Warhol's 1986 Polaroid self-portrait is up for bid in a Christie's online auction through Tuesday morning. Proceeds go to the visual arts foundation Warhol set up in his will.

2013-02-28 22:17:56

Cash in your chips and spend an afternoon with Monet at the Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art (pictured) through the end of the year. See more than 20 works by the Impressionist master for the $15 price of admission.

2013-02-21 00:00:00

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