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Glenn O’Brien (1947–2017), Gone to the TV Party in Heaven

On April 7, 2017, Andy Warhol fans received the very sad, shocking news that yet another member of the rarefied circle had passed away. Most of Glenn O’Brien’s professional career…

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A Modest Memoir of a Cultural Giant, David Bowie

David Bowie was a huge fan of Andy Warhol. About 20 years different in age, both men often transformed their physical appearance (Bowie more radically so than Warhol) and were…

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In Memory of Leee Black Childers

The Warhol Museum commemorates the life and work of our friend, photographer Leee Black Childers, who passed away on April 6 at the age of 68. He was hospitalized after…

Four people sit on a stage with two tables and a three microphones.

Rest in Peace, Shirley

“I never wanted to be a painter; I wanted to be a tap-dancer.” Warhol’s oft-quoted statement is most likely a reference to the work of the child star he adored.…

Studio portrait of Shirley Temple with handwritten inscription: To Andrew Worhola from Shirley Temple.

The Rene Ricard Story Goes Dark

“Boulevardier,” poet, critic, and painter, Rene Ricard was a somewhat reclusive yet significant figure in the cultural worlds of New York City. Andy Warhol referred to him in 1984 as…

Artist Rene Ricard stands next to an art piece depicting a pig on its side.

Paul Warhola: First to Arrive, Last to Leave | June 26, 1922 – January 30, 2014

The Warhol mourns the passing of Andy Warhol’s last surviving brother, Paul Warhola. By birth, he was the first of the three Warhola brothers, each birth separated by three years:…

Brothers John, Andy, and Paul Warhola photographed near their home on Dawson Street in Pittsburgh, 1942.

Tribute to Lou Reed

“After the Beatles, the Velvet Underground is the most influential group in post-1968 rock history” (from Roundup Record Magazine, Cambridge, MA) I wrote those words in 1994 when reviewing the…

Reflecting on Lou Reed

I suppose it was in a way appropriate that when I received texts and news feeds on Sunday morning about Lou Reed’s passing, I was about to fly home from…

A four piece band plays in from of a glass wall through which a nighttime city-scape is visible. A large image a man wearing sunglasses hangs on the glass wall.