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Andy Warhol

The $24 Million Soup Can

David Galenson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
David Galenson

Don't think of it as a large painting of a soup can. Think of it as a piece of one of the most important innovations in the history of modern art.

PHOTOS: FEMME FATALE: 13 Artists's Work, From Andy Warhol to Aerosmith, Inspired By Marilyn Monroe

Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts

From pop portraits to street graffiti, from amateur sketches to robot art, Marilyn Monroe's famous face and tragic life has inspired artists for gener...

Along for the Ride: Upstate New York

Andrea R. Vaucher | Posted 05.25.2011 | Travel
Andrea R. Vaucher

This year, I headed upstate New York to see the Dia:Beacon and Storm King. I hung out with old friends, ate amazing food and saw the big art shows that traditionally open during this season.

PHOTO: Warhol Coke Bottle Sells For Over $35 Million

The Huffington Post | Adam J. Rose | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts

What do you get when you combine soda pop with pop art? An eye-popping auction for $35.36 million. Andy Warhol's "Coca-Cola (4) (Large Coca-Cola...

Andy Warhol and Jack Armstrong: One Artist's Soup Can Is Another's Harley-Davidson

Ellen Sterling | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Ellen Sterling

Tonight at Christie's in Manhattan, Andy Warhol's painting of a Campbell's Vegetable Soup can with a steel combination corkscrew-slash-can opener cla...

Simon Says, It's Open House

Spread ArtCulture | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Spread ArtCulture

Let the drum-rolls begin -- Simon dePury, the market-savvy chairman of Phillips de Pury & Company, was at hand to christen the new Park Avenue location for the inaugural preview of the Part 1-Contemporary Art Evening Sale.

PLAN ForYourArt October 28-November 3

Bettina Korek | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Bettina Korek

There has never been more worldwide attention on the creative culture of Los Angeles. Each Week, ForYourArt highlights select cultural offerings throughout the week ahead to help you.

EMERGING ARTIST SHOWCASE: Sybil Sage's Functional Art Addressing Politics

Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts

ABOUT THE ARTIST: After a successful career as a prime time television writer, in 2009 Sybil Sage transformed what had been a hobby, pique assiette, t...

On Arts Patronage, Corporate America Should Take a Hint From Hint Mint

Mat Gleason | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Mat Gleason

Today's patronage is tomorrow's art history, be it the church and royalty in the Middle Ages, the railroad tycoons in the late nineteenth century or socially responsible confectioners today.

SOLD OUT: American Pop Artists

Constantin Bjerke | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Constantin Bjerke

Walking past all the glaringly obtrusive "SOLD OUT" signs outside London's renowned Olyvia Fine Art Gallery, you'd think there was no more reason for ...

Relish the Art That Surrounds You

Agnes Gund | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Agnes Gund

The visual revelation that a city -- big though it may be -- is simultaneously a village, a "neighborhood," just as Jane Jacobs always told us.

ART AND TECHNOLOGY: Warhol Would Love Augmented Reality App About Warhol

Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts

"I don't know where the artificial stops and the real starts." - Andy Warhol When we first saw the pictures from the Andy Warhol Museum's new augmente...

DEAD ARTIST NEWS: Art World Lusts For Later Works Of Monet, Warhol, Picasso, Dali

wsj.com | By KELLY CROW | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts

Did Salvador Dali, the mustachioed master of Surrealism, paint anything good during the last five decades of his life? Until recently, the art establi...

illy issimo Perks Up the Arts

Fabio Periera | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Fabio Periera

"Oh, art is too hard," Andy Warhol once sighed, perhaps hinting at the struggle most artists endure to create. After all, one's talents and gifts may ...

PHOTOS: FOUND ART: Where's Waldo? Dan Wilbur Finds Waldo In Classic Paintings

Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts

Dan Wilbur and Anya Garrett have created, er "found," Waldo in a number of classic paintings. As their story goes, Waldo was "desperate" for some sel...

After It's Launched October 21, Jack Armstrong's "Cosmic Starship" Harley Can Be Yours For $1.1 Million

Ellen Sterling | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Ellen Sterling

Question: Is cosmic artist Jack Armstrong the best American painter today? Answer: It's up to you to decide but you should know that there are peopl...

ART WORLD: 11 Hopped-Up Anecdotes from the "Max's Kansas City" Book

ARTINFO | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
ARTINFO

ARTINFO perused the new book, Max's Kansas City: Art, Glamour, Rock and Roll to cull 11 things you didn't know about Max's. And boy, are they Grade-A juicy.

Being There -- the Artists of Max's Kansas City

Mark Wiener and Linda DiGusta | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Mark Wiener and Linda DiGusta

2010-09-15-maxsnyc.jpg There never was a Max, it was nowhere near Kansas City, but 40 years ago Max's Kansas City was as "real" as it got.

"Jackson Pollock, I Know You're Out There"

Tom Gregory | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Tom Gregory

Whether the curve of a mermaid, the muscled back of a donkey, or the quiet pride of a fisherman at sea, Paton Miller's paintings speak to the "we" that ties humanity together.

Lady Gaga, Tiger Woods, Andy Warhol

Bloomberg | Mark Beech | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books

Celebrity painters such as Andy Warhol are the heirs of Joshua Reynolds; Tiger Woods and Richard Gere follow Lord Byron. This is the view of writer Fr...

WATCH: Tamra Davis On Capturing 'The Radiant Child,' Jean-Michel Basquiat

Michael Kurcfeld | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Michael Kurcfeld

Today we take it for granted when seeing graffiti art in a posh gallery, but arguably the first artist to channel the urban street frequencies of his ...

AUCTION NEWS: Winners, Losers, And Surprises So Far This Year At Christie's, Sotheby's

Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts

Last week brought news of Christie's record-breaking sales for the first half of this year. We're happy to report that news from the art continues to ...

AUCTION NEWS: Round-Up Of Christie's Record Auctions In 2010

Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts

The art market has spoken: the first half of 2010 has been a success for Christie's. Worldwide sales have been up 46% compared to the same period last...

NEW YORK: Top Ten Shows On Now That You Can't Miss

ARTINFO | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
ARTINFO

ARTINFO shares its top ten picks for where to while away the hours before September kicks the next art season into gear.

Gerard Malanga's Journey From Andy Warhol's Stage Dancer To Factory Poet

Posted 05.25.2011 | Books

Screen Test Superstar: How Gerard Malanga's poetry defined the early Andy Warhol era Chelsea Weathers Poetry Foundation By the time Gerard Malang...