Christie’s Deputy Chair Amy Cappellazzo appeared on Bloomberg TV this week, discussing the weeklong online auction of works by Andy Warhol to benefit the Warhol Foundation, as well as sharing some of her favorite works from the auction. “There’s a very beautiful 60’s unique print of Marilyn Monroe’s lips, which I think is just spectacular.” She says. (more…)
Filmed in 1968, Andy Warhol’s “San Diego Surf” spent years locked away before finally seeing a screening at 2011’s Art Basel Miami Beach. The film, shot by Warhol and his manager/assistant Paul Morrissey, had sat unfinished until 1995, when the Warhol Foundation commissioned Paul Morrissey to complete a final cut. The film will finally see a public release this month at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, on view from January 23 to the 28th. (more…)
New York’s November auctions will offer several Warhol works, among them Christie’s $100 million sale of works in three separate sales from the Warhol Foundation, and at Sotheby’s two “A-plus” paintings from the “Death and Disaster” series. Concerns that an influx of Warhols on the market have lowered demand stem from weak London sales for the artist earlier this month. (more…)
Andy Warhol – Marlon (1966) to be auctioned November 14, 2012 by Christie’s in New York City
Representatives at The Andy Warhol Foundation for Arts have announced today that the organization will donate or sell its remaining collection of works by Andy Warhol over the coming years and will become solely a funding source for non-profit arts groups. Although the Foundation does not reputedly possess “big-name” paintings by the artist, such as the instantly recognizable Campbell’s Soup Cans (1966), it holds a selection of previously unseen pieces, like a Jacqueline Kennedy collage from the 1960s. The sales are expected to bring in about $100 million, and will be conducted with Christie’s auction house.
Andy Warhol – Campbell’s Soup Cans (1962), MoMA
