How do you define being a real artist? Are you a real artist if you have a day job? Are you a real artist if your primary source of income is not from your art? Many artists definition of success rest solely on being able to support themselves entirely from…
"Dying is the most embarrassing thing that can ever happen to you, because someone's got to take care of all your details." - Andy Warhol Not long ago I was in Manhattan around Union Square. I actually go there pretty often. It's one of my favorite places in the city.…
Christie’s auctioneer Christopher Burge usually rules the saleroom with an iron gavel. But in May, amid a rousing $301.7 million contemporary art sale, he lost control. For nearly 16 minutes, the auction was hijacked by a pair of dueling collectors, competing for a Andy Warhol, Self Portraitblue 1963–64 Warhol Self-Portrait, tagged…
For a little known photographer to have snapped the Rolling Stones at the height of their fame is quite something. But to have lost the negatives, the only record that the photos existed besides one grainy image published on the inside cover of the band’s Sticky Fingers record sleeve, must…
