Andy Warhol

Durham Spends £1.4m On Art..

PA | Posted 14.05.2013 | UK Universities & Education

A top university has been criticised for spending £1.4m on art including works by Pablo Picasso and Andy Warhol while it charges students £9,000-a-y...

Matthew Tucker

'Lost' Portraits Of Andy Warhol Go On Display For First Time

HuffingtonPost.com | Matthew Tucker | Posted 24.04.2013 | UK Entertainment

Marilyn Monroe with banana-yellow hair, Queen Elizabeth bathed in psychedelic colours - just two of the world-famous portraits we associate with Ameri...

PICS: Photographer Puts Herself Into Famous Images

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 22.04.2013 | UK Comedy

If you went back in time and found yourself in the presence of Marilyn Monroe, the Beatles or Elvis Presley, what would you do? Apart from gawp, that ...

The Brandhorst Museum in Munich

Stuart Forster | Posted 12.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Stuart Forster

The Brandhorst Museum is a relatively recent addition to the Kunstareal (meaning 'art area'), which is home to a concentration of galleries and museum...

Life in the Arts Lane - Week 19 A Tale of Two Sjieks

Thomas Woodham Smith | Posted 26.03.2013 | UK Entertainment
Thomas Woodham Smith

I am so torn between my old love and my new one. They are both low key, food and wine centred, disinterested in show or pretence in any way. In the end I think I can cope with two Maastricht Sjieks in my life. It is not a betrayal after all.

Recession? What Recession? London Art Auction Raises £74m

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 15.04.2013 | UK Entertainment

It was a "healthy" night of sales at Sotheby's yesterday evening as a contemporary art auction brought in more than £74 million - the auction house's...

Tate Liverpool Goes Glam

Posted 10.04.2013 | Home

The glam era of the mid-1970s is the subject of a new exhibition at Tate Liverpool. Featuring work by David Hockney, Andy Warhol and Cindy Sher...

Keep a Diary? Start a Blog? Or Just Read Someone Else's?

Daniel Warner | Posted 07.03.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Daniel Warner

If I'm going to keep a diary then I first better make sure I have a life to write about, but then if I'm living such an eventful, fulfilling life, how the hell am I going to find the time to write about it?

Unseen Debbie Harry Photos Go On Show In 'Drag Queens And Junkies' Book

The Huffington Post UK | Alice E. Vincent | Posted 05.12.2012 | Home

Leee Black Childers, a photographer who captured the rock 'n' roll antics of the 60s and 70s, is releasing previously unseen images of the era's icons...

Have You Got Queen Fatigue Yet?

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 21.01.2013 | Home

As the Diamond Jubilee year comes to an end, you could be forgiven for feeling a little 'Queen fatigue'. We've had an endless stream of public even...

Naked Footballers Cause Outrage In Sell Out Art Show (PHOTOS)

Posted 01.01.2013 | Home

An art exhibition about male nudes has proven a sell-out success at a gallery in Austria - despite causing outrage before it opened with a picture of ...

The Queen Buys Andy Warhol's Portraits Of Herself

Posted 24.11.2012 | Home

Little is known about the Queen's taste in art, but few would have bet on her being a fan of Andy Warhol. Yet the Royal Collection have snapped up ...

Andy Warhol: Zeitgeist Nostradamus

Matt Zitron | Posted 07.10.2012 | Home
Matt Zitron

While artistically Andy Warhol may not be regarded as having the technical prowess of Rembrandt, the abstract beauty of Dali or the form of Caravaggio, no other artist has managed to predict the zeitgeist of their descendants so perfectly.

It's Andy Warhol's Birthday, We Celebrate With His Maddest Photos

The Huffington Post UK | Alice E. Vincent | Posted 06.08.2012 | Home

Today is Andy Warhol's birthday. Andy Warhol, responsible for so many things: that infamous Marilyn painting, making Campbell's soup cool, the Velvet ...

The Man Who Made Marilyn

The Huffington Post UK | Alice E. Vincent | Posted 31.07.2012 | Home

When Norma Jean met Bruno Bernard as she left the dentist's in 1946, little did she know she was taking the first step towards becoming one of the big...

Auto Art

Andrew Gonsalves | Posted 26.09.2012 | Home
Andrew Gonsalves

BMW's Art Cars programme has been running for almost 40 years now. Every now and then the Bavarian manufacturer hands a pristine, straight-off-the-production-line, car to an artist of note and tells them to use it as their canvas.

Philip Treacy Bag Bought For £20 From Oxfam Charity Shop Is Worth £350,000

Barcroft Media | Sara C Nelson | Posted 13.07.2012 | UK

A pensioner who bought bought a bag in a charity shop for £20 has discovered his purchase could now be worth £350,000. John Richards bought the ...

Warhol's Final Print To Sell For £60,000

PA | Posted 09.07.2012 | Home

One of Andy Warhol's final works could raise £60,000 when it is auctioned on Wednesday. The copy of the American pop artist's 1985 portrait of the...

5:7:5 The News in Haikus

Graeme Keeton | Posted 27.08.2012 | Home
Graeme Keeton

In response to the kid who defined a haiku in a haiku recently, I've translated a few stories from around The Huffington Post UK.

'Decorative Feast' Of Warhol Comes To South London

PA | Posted 17.06.2012 | Home

A "decorative feast" of Andy Warhol art goes on show next week. The 80 pictures, created by the American artist over more than 20 years, includes p...

Sam Parker

Should One Be Amused? Major Jubilee Exhibition Reviewed

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Parker | Posted 20.07.2012 | Home

Standing in a shop in Charing Cross Station on my way to see The Queen: Art & Image at The National Portrait Gallery, I happened to notice that th...

Early Andy Warhol Sketch Goes On Display

PA | Posted 10.07.2012 | Home

American singer Rudy Vallee, by Andy Warhol A recently-discovered sketch by Andy Warhol is to go on public display for the first time. The d...

Original Andy Warhol Worth £1.3m Found At Jumble Sale

SWNS | James Beal | Posted 02.06.2012 | Home

An art collector has hit the jackpot after a drawing he picked up at a jumble sale turned out to be an Andy Warhol original - worth £1.3million. T...

Guess Which British Artist Is Quids In Again

PA/Huffington Post | Posted 20.12.2012 | Home

A collection of works by celebrated graffiti artist Banksy have fetched more than £400,000 at auction today. Eighteen works were sold at Bonhams i...

Men In Black Back ...Gone Gaga?

The Huffington Post UK | Caroline Frost | Posted 06.05.2012 | UK Entertainment

Men in Black are back... for a third outing. Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones team up with Josh Brolin for more adventures as the earth's protectors...