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Photograph of Warhol by Kim Gottlieb Walker, 1970. Collage by Revolver. Why is Andy Warhol's Details of Renaissance Paintings series capturing the art world's attention…
Andy Warhol and his Wigs: A Study of Fame, Art, and Identity
By Revolver February 14, 2024
The last known photo of Andy Warhol, taken by Peter Bellamy, February 20th, 1987. For Andy Warhol, the boundary between art and self was intriguingly…
10 Andy Warhol Brand Collabs that Prove He’ll Never Go Out of Style
By Revolver October 30, 2023
"An artist is somebody who produces things that people don’t need to have but that he, for some reason, thinks it would be a good…
The Many Faces of Mickey: Unpacking Warhol’s ‘Double Mickey Mouse’
By Revolver September 30, 2023
Revolver Gallery is excited to unveil its latest acquisition—Andy Warhol's Double Mickey Mouse (FS II.269), a piece that commands attention not just for its visual…
The Renaissance Men of Warhol’s Printing Press: Gerard Malanga, Alexander Heinrici, and Rupert Jasen Smith
By Revolver August 31, 2023
By Reagan Carraway Few stars radiate as brilliantly in the pop culture galaxy as Andy Warhol did in his Silver Factory. His iconic works have…
Andy Warhol: Still Life in Pop Art
By Revolver July 31, 2023
Andy Warhol was an artist of appropriation. Known for calling our attention to unexpected images and objects, he had a knack for making ordinary things…
Authenticating Warhols: Details to Help Spot a Fake
By Revolver June 30, 2023
This article is an excerpt from Revolver's 2023 Print Market Report "The Royal Warhol Year" published in March 2023. "If somebody faked my art, I…
A Flash that Captured Prince: The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts vs Lynn Goldsmith
By Revolver May 31, 2023
By Aneesa Williams and Mason Rogers After a long-time legal battle between the Andy Warhol Foundation and Lynn Goldsmith, the case debating the fair use…
Thirty are Better Than One: Brant Foundation’s New Exhibit is Warhol’s “Greatest Hits”
By Revolver May 31, 2023
By Reagan Carraway Revolver Gallery owner Ron Rivlin called the NYC show “Warhol’s greatest hits,” praising Brant’s latest exhibit as the best Warhol showcase we've…
Where’s Warhol? Middle East Edition
By Revolver March 30, 2023
By Reagan Carraway Andy Warhol continues to travel the world. Wherever he goes, he brings the inspiration that artists everywhere will use to plant the…
Ronald Feldman, Art Dealer with a Vision for Change, Bids Us Farewell
By Revolver January 31, 2023
by Reagan Carraway The Ronald Feldman Gallery has lost its father and namesake, dare-devil art dealer and avid socio-political activist Ronald Feldman at the age…
“Oh gee,” Warhol and Basquiat hit Broadway!
By Revolver December 30, 2022
And it paints quite a picture... By Reagan Carraway What is art’s true purpose? The question has been up for debate for goodness-knows-how-long, but four-time…
Warhol Makes a Crash at Auction: “White Disaster” Sells for $84.5 Million
By Revolver December 2, 2022
By Reagan Carraway SOLD for an earth-shattering $84.5 million, White Disaster (White Car Crash 19 Times) has found a home. Its recent exhibition at Sotheby's…
Andy Warhol’s Pop Art Portraits: from Rock Stars to World Leaders
By Revolver October 31, 2022
By Mason Rogers and Natalie Williams Andy Warhol has been dubbed the Prince of Pop Art and is one…
Jed Johnson’s Life in Andy Warhol’s World
By Revolver August 30, 2022
By: Emma Ghighi Migrating across the coasts and landing in the Big Apple, Jed Johnson’s presence affected Warhol’s art, studio, and his heart. The Johnson…
Andy Warhol and Edie Sedgwick: The Fated Affair of Warhol and his Muse
By Revolver May 31, 2022
By Mitchell Leung The Meeting He had many muses, partners, and subjects over the years. But in the 60’s, Andy Warhol fell in love with…
Andy Warhol, the Shot Marilyns, and his Early Silkscreens
By Revolver April 27, 2022
By: Emma Ghighi In 1964, four of Andy Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe screen prints were shot by an acquaintance in his studio. Since then, the so-called…
Revolver presents WARHOL LIVES: 2022 Warhol Market Report
By Revolver April 1, 2022
Revolver Gallery is proud to announce the release of the 2022 Andy Warhol Market Report, available for sale March 31st on Amazon. The Andy Warhol…
60 Years of Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup
By Revolver February 28, 2022
By Evan Leahy and Emma Ghighi Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup motif has become a stand-in for what most people think of when they hear the…
Exploring the Andy Warhol Iceberg
By Revolver January 1, 2022
by Willie Curry Intro The internet is a strange place, and this is true regardless of whether you consider it a utopian Global Village a…
Andy Warhol in Fashion Land: Influences on and from the Apparel World
By Revolver November 30, 2021
By Willie Curry Intro First, a statement of fact: Andy Warhol was an artist. One might wonder why such an uncontroversial and almost offensively…
Presence and Absence: Andy Warhol’s Sexual Identity as Seen in His Body of Work
By Revolver October 31, 2021
By Mia McLaughlin and Mason Rogers Andy Warhol is remembered as the Prince of Pop Art, and he is especially praised for his classic…
I, Robot: The Mechanical Evolution of Warholian Art
By Revolver October 1, 2021
By Willie Curry Intro An old adage allows for the distinction of a certain artistic faux pas, that is, prioritizing "style over substance." It is…
All About Andy Warhol: Person vs. Persona
By Revolver August 24, 2021
By Sydney Contreras With one of the most meticulously documented lives of any artist, it sounds ridiculous to suggest that there is more to Andy…
Andy Warhol: Documentarian
By Revolver July 28, 2021
By: Sydney Contreras Wherever Andy Warhol went, his camera and recorder were sure to follow. Whether it was a social call or a search for…
The Wise Words of Warhol: 9 Famous Andy Warhol Quotes
By Revolver June 29, 2021
By Toni Ball Andy Warhol really was a jack of all trades. Among being the king of Pop Art, Warhol was a popular New…
Andy Warhol’s Album Covers and his Presence in the Music Industry
By Revolver April 25, 2021
By Toni Ball “Every song has a memory; Every song has the ability to make or break your heart, shut down the heart, and open…
Andy Warhol: The First-Ever Digital Artist?
By Revolver April 1, 2021
By Taylor Moran Today, the world of digital art has exploded with online galleries and auctions, cryptocurrency trading, and a plethora of artists, both old…
WARHOL’S ‘60s FILMS: THE ART OF THE REAL
By Revolver February 26, 2021
By: Taylor Moran Have you ever had the voyeuristic desire to be a fly on the wall? Watching a Warhol film might get you there.…
A Meeting of the Minds: Pop-Art Pioneer Andy Warhol’s Enigmatic Relationship with Bohemian Underdog Jean-Michel Basquiat
By Revolver October 30, 2020
By Mason Rogers By the early 1980’s, Andy Warhol was already one of the biggest figures in the art world. The success of his vibrant…
The Vanitas of Andy Warhol
By Revolver November 28, 2019
By Aurora Garrison, Revolver Gallery Curator Warhol surprises us subtlety with the obvious, and he hijacks the vanitas genre by clearing the table of all…
Andy Warhol – The Catalogue Raisonne
By Revolver June 13, 2019
Understanding the Catalogue Raisonné: A Brief Overview Andy Warhol Prints: A Catalogue Raisonné 1962-1987 is the fourth edition Catalogue Raisonné of Andy Warhol’s work that…
Is it Real? The Telling Details That Distinguish an Authentic Warhol from a Counterfeit
By Revolver May 30, 2019
While the screenprinting process Andy Warhol employed is rather difficult, time consuming and expensive to reproduce, there are times in which a forged Andy Warhol…
Finding Warhol in Unexpected Places
By Revolver June 3, 2018
Elizabeth Moroni | June 2018 Andy Warhol was a machine-tirelessly generating art that spanned across all genres, from his childhood to his death. His body…
Warhol and the Art of Experimentation
By Revolver June 3, 2018
Aurora Garrison | June 2018 One of Andy Warhol’s greatest artistic inspirations is the French Dadaist, Marcel Duchamp (1887 – 1968). Duchamp’s legacy is found…
Warhol – An Artist Out of His Own Time and Place
By Revolver March 27, 2018
Aurora Garrison | March 2018 Andy Warhol is an artist out of this world and out of his time. Warhol’s art is out of this…
Andy Warhol Died as He Lived – An Enigma
By Revolver March 27, 2018
Aurora Garrison | March 2018 Never one to reveal too much about himself or his art in interviews, Warhol’s death and subsequent autopsy results remained…
Warhol in His Own Words
By Revolver February 28, 2018
Aurora Garrison | February 2018 Despite rumors to the contrary, Warhol was an avid reader and his literary tastes ranged from movie star biographies to…
Andy Warhol’s Silver Spaceship, “The Factory,” that Launched the Pop Art Revolution
By Revolver February 28, 2018
Aurora Garrison | February 2018 Warhol explored and experimented with almost every means of cultural production, leaving behind an impressive artistic legacy from screen prints…
The Vatican Celebrates Warhol’s “Spiritual Side” in 2019 – In an Unprecedented Upcoming Warhol Exhibition
By Revolver February 2, 2018
Aurora Garrison | February 2018 Andy Warhol always had his artistic eye on the infinite, the famous and the divine. His art dances around sacred themes…
Irving Blum, Andy Warhol and the LA Art Scene: The Birth of Pop Art on the West Coast
By Revolver February 2, 2018
Aurora Garrison | February 2018 Irving Blum’s most ingenious decision in 1962 was purchasing Warhol’s original set of 32 Campbell’s Soup Cans for $1,000, displaying them…
Warhol the Film Director
By Revolver January 26, 2018
Justice Jackson | January 2018 Andy Warhol has appeared in countless Hollywood films over the past few decades. Well, maybe not the artist himself, but there…
Andy Warhol as Artist and Icon and His Iconic Portraits of the Famous in The Revolver Gallery
By Revolver November 14, 2017
Aurora Garrison | November 2017 Few historical figures emerge from the blur of the fast-paced 20th century with single-name recognition and notoriety—Kennedy, Elvis, Nixon, Hitler, Jobs,…
Andy Warhol at the Whitney
By Revolver November 10, 2017
Aurora Garrison | November 2017 New York’s Whitney Museum of American Art is planning the city’s first encyclopedic retrospective of Andy Warhol in almost 30 years.…
Early Illustrations by a Pre-fame Warhol to be Re-published
By Revolver November 3, 2017
Proof that everybody has to start somewhere, even icons like Andy Warhol, the Taschen Gallery is re-releasing early illustrations by Andy Warhol, his rarely seen…
Andy Warhol Campbell’s Soup Can II Prints of Particular Provenance
By Revolver November 3, 2017
Aurora Garrison | November 2017 A unique set of ten Andy Warhol prints belonging to the artist’s Campbell’s Soup Can II collection have recently surfaced in…
New HBO Documentary Follows Journey of Andy Warhol’s Brillo Box
By Revolver September 29, 2017
Thirty years after Andy Warhol’s passing, HBO has released a new documentary by Lisanne Skyler, “Brillo Box 3¢ off”, that traces the journey of Warhol’s…
Conversations between Andy Warhol and Truman Capote Inspire New Play
By Revolver September 29, 2017
A new play, adapted by award-winning director Rob Roth, weaves together four conversations from themes explored by Warhol and Capote in audio tapes recorded over…