LONDON.- An exhibition of Andy Warhol’s portrait series of Brigitte Bardot opens at Gagosian Davies Street. Five of the works on show have never been exhibited publicly before, and never together in series. Warhol first met Bardot at the Cannes Film Festival in 1967 when she actively supported his attempt to show The Chelsea Girls there after the original planned screening had been cancelled. In 1973, at the height of her fame, she announced her retirement from making films. That same year Warhol received the commission to make her portrait. At this time that he was shifting his focus from filmmaking back to painting and perhaps viewed her coincidental screen exit as the perfect opportunity to commemorate and idolize her in art. At the time of the commission, Bardot was as beautiful and famous as ever, her smouldering gaze, flowing blonde