NEW YORK, NY.- On 9 May 2012 Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening Sale will include Double Elvis [Ferus Type] by Andy Warhol, a painting that epitomizes the artist’s obsessions with fame, stardom, and the public image. The 1963 work is a semina…
Andy Warhol’s Portrait of Debbie Harry, A Highlight of Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Sale
LONDON.- Selected as the cover image for the major survey of Warhol’s portraiture published by Phaidon in 2005, Debbie Harry, from 1980, is one of Warhol’s most accomplished portraits of celebrity. One of only four such portraits of the Blondie star in…
Exhibition by Ron Galella, The Most Controversial Paparazzo of the 20th Century, Opens
MADRID.- PHotoEspaña and Loewe organize Paparazzo Extraordinaire!, a retrospective exhibition with over 100 photographs of the paparazzo most famous and controversial of the twentieth century. Ron Galella did not invent the word paparazzo, but he did …
Exhibition of the Most Famous and Controversial Paparazzo of the 20th Century Opens
MADRID.- PHotoEspaña and Loewe organize Paparazzo Extraordinaire!, a retrospective exhibition with over 100 photographs of the paparazzo most famous and controversial of the twentieth century. Ron Galella did not invent the word paparazzo, but he did …
Retrospective of the Most Controversial Paparazzo of the 20th Century Opens in PHotoEspaña
MADRID.- PHotoEspaña and Loewe organize Paparazzo Extraordinaire!, a retrospective exhibition with over 100 photographs of the paparazzo most famous and controversial of the twentieth century. Ron Galella did not invent the word paparazzo, but he d…
Unsealed Jackie Kennedy Interviews to Air on TV
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- A series of unsealed 1960s audio recordings of Jacqueline Kennedy talking about her life with husband and revered President John F. Kennedy will be broadcast on television, ABC News said on Wednesday. In 1964, the former first lady…
The International Center of Photography (ICP) Celebrates the Career of Elliott Erwitt
New York.- “Elliott Erwitt: Personal Best” at the International Center of Photography (ICP) in New York runs from May 20th to August 28th 2011. This major retrospective showcases the career of photographer and filmmaker Elliott Erwitt, the recipient…
Tragic Jackie Kennedy Image and Rare Marilyn Monroe Photo for Sale at Bonhams
NEW YORK, NY.- One of the most famous and sombre images of the 20th century is for auction at Bonhams Madison Avenue New York on 9 December. Hours after the assassination of John Kennedy, Vice President Lyndon B Johnson raises his hand to be sworn in a…
Tragic Jackie Kennedy Image and Rare Marilyn Monroe Photo for Sale at Bonhams
NEW YORK, NY.- One of the most famous and sombre images of the 20th century is for auction at Bonhams Madison Avenue New York on 9 December. Hours after the assassination of John Kennedy, Vice President Lyndon B Johnson raises his hand to be sworn in a…
Jackie O’s Pearl Necklace Makes Over the Odds at Bonhams
LONDON.- A triple strand simulated pearl necklace once owned by America’s First Lady Jackie Kennedy Onassis has sold for £30,000, as one of the highlights of Bonhams new and innovative Pioneers of Popular Culture sale at the inaugural Vintage at Goodw…