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January 2009
(to December 2008)
The National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. will be hosting an exhibition on Marcel Duchamp and portraiture, including work by Andy Warhol, from March 27, 2009 to August 2, 2009.
Details at: http://www.npg.si.edu/exhibit/curex30.htm.
The U.S. premiere of the new documentary on Fluxus artist Al Hansen will take place at the Anthology Film Archives on Sunday, January 4th, at 6:00 pm. Hansen was the father of Warhol star Bibbe Hansen who appeared with Edie Sedgwick in Prison and Restaurant. (Bibbe also recently participated in a panel discussion at the South Bank Centre in London in conjunction with the Hayward Gallery's current Warhol exhibition, "Andy Warhol: Other Voices Other Rooms.") During the '60s Warhol contributed to Hansen's underground newspaper Kiss - "the paper you read with one hand."
Details at: http://www.alhansen.net/matchstick.htm.
The Independent newspaper in England featured an article on the battle for the Chelsea in their Sunday, January 4th issue.
The article can be found at:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/boho-blues-the-battle-to-save-the-chelsea-hotel-1219707.html.
I have today added to the site an 'interview with Andy Warhol' originally published in Cavalier magazine in 1966 under the title "Inside Andy Warhol." In the interview Warhol mentions the films Sleep, Empire, Eat, Tarzan and Jane Regained Sort of, Jane Eyre and something called 'Breathe.' He also refers to the Norelco video equipment that was loaned to him that year (which he used in the filming of Outer and Inner Space), but which had been returned by the time of the interview.
Chuck Wein and Ondine also show up during the interview. Wein, who refers to himself as Warhol's scriptwriter in the interview, mentions Poor Little Rich Girl and films apparently titled 'Party" and 'It Isn't Just Another Afternoon.'
The interview is at: http://www.warholstars.org/andy_warhol.html.
Billy Name (r) with his agent Kevin Kushel (l) and Factory People producer
Patrick Nagle (c) during the filming of Factory People in 2005
The three-part documentary on Warhol and his cohorts, Factory People, will be broadcast on Sky Arts in the U.K. beginning January 7, 2009. Interviewees include Gerard Malanga, Victor Bockris, Billy Name, Taylor Mead, Jonas Mekas, Ultra Violet, Holly Woodlawn and the usual cast of characters. A review of the film appeared in the Los Angeles Times when it was broadcast on Ovation TV in the states in November 2008. The review can be found at: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-andywarhol24-2008nov24,0,1028080.story.
The documentary will also be released in DVD format in the U.S. on March 2009 - the Amazon page is here
Details of the U.K. broadcast can be found at: http://www.skyarts.co.uk/art-design/article/andy-warhols-factory-people.
An exhibition of Stephen Sprouse's work opens at Deitch on Wooster Street in Manhattan on January 9, 2009 - the same day that a Liz Renay exhibition opens at the Grand Street location.
Details on the Deitch website at: http://www.deitch.com/projects/upcoming_projects.php.
Freddy Herko
(Photo: George Herms)
I have added to the site a page for Warhol star Freddy Herko whose films for Warhol included Rollerskate, Haircut and Thirteen Most Beautiful Boys.
Andy Warhol (via Pat Hackett in POPism: The Warhol Sixties)
:
"The people I loved were the ones like Freddy, the leftovers of show business, turned down at auditions all over town. They couldn't do something more than once, but their one time was better than anyone else's."
The Freddy Herko page can be found at: http://warholstars.org/indfoto/freddy_herko.html. (Once you get to the page, scroll down for links to Freddy Herko info.)
Candy Darling - a a confectionary shop named after the Warhol superstar - opened in San Francisco in December.
The shop, located at 798 Sutter Street, features Candy Darling truffles, caramels, dipped fruits and other sweets, all made on the premises, for the bargain price of $10 a pound.
Details at: http://blogs.sfweekly.com/foodie/2008/12/grand_opening_candy_darling.php.
The Grand Palais in Paris (pictured above) will be presenting "Le grand Monde d'Andy Warhol" from March 18 - July 6, 2009. The exhibition will consist of almost 150 works by the artist including Self-Portraits, Screen Tests, Mao, Disaster and Last Supper paintings.
The website for the Grand Palais is at:
http://www.grandpalais.fr/en/Homepage/p-617-Homepage.htm.
Front cover of John Cale's biography
by Cale and Victor Bockris
Ex-Velvet Underground member, John Cale, is to represent Wales in the Venice Biennale in 2009. Cale will produce a specially commissioned installation for the exhibition - an audio-visual work made in Wales in collaboration with other artists, filmmakers and poets. The work will fill the Capannone space at the Ex-Birreria, an old brewery building on the island of Giudecca.
Details on Wales Online.
Front cover of the exhibition catalogue
for
Andy Warhol: Motion Pictures
"Andy Warhol: Motion Pictures" opens at the Galerie Rudolfinum in Prague on January 29, 2009 and runs until April 5, 2009. The show features about twenty of Warhol's non-narrative films including Eat, Sleep, Kiss, Blow Job and a selection of Screen Tests.
Details on the gallery's website at:
http://www2.rudolfinum.org/index.php?site=vystavy%2Fvystavy-archiv&id=88&lang=en.
The catalogue for the traveling exhibition - including text by Callie Angell and Thomas Sokolowski is available from Amazon here
Taiwan News has announced that "A retrospective exhibit of 121 works by Andy Warhol, the father of American pop art, will open at the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei on January 1, 2009."
Details at: http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=821739&lang=eng_news.
The traveling exhibition, "Warhol Live," opens at the De Young Museum in San Francisco on February 14, 2009 and continues until May 17, 2009.
Details at:
http://www.famsf.org/deyoung/exhibitions/exhibition.asp?exhibitionkey=998.
Interview magazine has re-launched its website. Although sections of the site are yet to be introduced, it promises archives, a calendar of events, blogs, a "just captured" section where you can upload photos from your cellphone and "cultural roulette" where you can click a button and an article is chosen randomly for you.
The site can be found at: http://www.interviewmagazine.com.
The Victoria Mansion in Portland Maine
Warhol star Billy Name has served as the creative director for The Kymara Gallery's Christmas installation in the dining room of The Victoria Mansion Portland, Maine. The mansion is a Victorian era house museum designed in the Italianate style with original interiors by Gustave Herter.
A fantasy masked Christmas eve dinner has been created in the Victorian Turkish style. Billy's unique sense of design was the driving force in the creation of the room's decorative concept as well as its focal point, a period style gown boasting a train of 800 peacock feathers. He has also designed the tree's unique lavish moon and star ornaments.
The room may be viewed at The Victoria Mansion, 109 Danforth St. Portland, Maine, November 28-December 31, 2008 11-5 Tuesday- Sunday. The gown and ornaments will be on display at The Kymara Gallery at The North Dam Mill, 2 Main Street, Biddeford, Maine January 2nd to Feb 2nd and at Cafe Bocca, Poughkeepsie, NY February 12th to March 12th.
Footage from the recent panel discussion of Andy Warhol's Superstars at the South Bank Centre in London has appeared on You Tube. To play, click on the photo below or go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9meCrxfBbBM.
Warhol stars Mary Woronov, Bibbe Hansen and Holly Woodlawn
during the panel discussion at the South Bank Centre in London
The panel discussion was presented in conjunction with the Hayward Gallery's current Warhol exhibition: Andy Warhol: Other Voices Other Rooms. The exhibition continues until January 18, 2008. Details on the Hayward's website at: http://www.haywardgallery.org.uk.