Andy Warhol

Sale of "Shot Sage Blue Marilyn" smashed the record for the most expensive work by a U.S. artist ever sold at auction. The previous mark was $110 million, ...

The foundation aims to help children with health care and educational programs. "It's an amazing price," said Alex Rotter, chairman of Christie's 20th and 21st century art department. Christie's said an unnamed buyer made the purchase Monday night.

Andy Warhol has been dead for 35 years, and his mark on American art is indelible, and now there is even more proof of the artist's standing, ...

The Marilyn just beat the previous sales record by a mile, and there's a great story behind this. Andy thought she meant with a camera, but she pulled out a gun and fired shots in 4 of the 5 paintings, hitting the image in the forehead. Legend has it ... a performance artist named Dorothy Podber went by Andy's studio -- The Factory -- and asked if she could "shoot" the paintings.

One of Andy Warhol's portraits of Marilyn Monroe is now the most expensive 20th-century artwork ever sold at auction.

"This sale demonstrates the pervasive power of Andy Warhol as well as the lasting legacy that he continues to leave behind in the art world, popular culture, and society." "The record-breaking sale of Warhol's iconic portrait of Marilyn from the Collection of Thomas and Doris Ammann is a testament to the strength, the vibrancy, and the overall excitement of the art market today," Rotter said. As expected, an iconic Andy Warhol portrait of Marilyn Monroe has set a new record, becoming the most expensive 20th-century artwork ever sold at an auction.

Jessica Beck, the Milton Fine curator of art at The Andy Warhol Museum on the North Side, said “Shot Sage Blue Marilyn” is “an exceptional painting” partly ...

Warhol is shot in the summer of 1968 one month before Basquiat is hit by a car. “The Warhol Basquiat collaboration is so important for both of them. For Basquiat, he’s finally reaching the inner sanctum of the art world with exhibitions abroad and in New York, with people like Mary Boone. When he meets Warhol, he is already this hot, contemporary artist on the scene. “Warhol is white. Warhol died in 1987 and Basquiat in 1988. “It’s a healthy competition. Basquiat and Warhol began collaborating and competing in 1982. We see this in his commercial illustrations of the 1950s and 1960s for I. Miller and Glamour magazine. Jessica Beck, the Milton Fine curator of art at The Andy Warhol Museum on the North Side, said “Shot Sage Blue Marilyn” is “an exceptional painting” partly because of when the Pittsburgh-born artist painted it. The yellow and the green just glow together.” The Andy Warhol Museum does not have an acquisition fund to buy artwork. By 1964, Warhol is refining his silkscreen process,” Beck said Tuesday.

Andy Warhol's 'Shot Sage Blue Marilyn' made double history last night as the most costly painting ever sold by a US artist.

Speaking on behalf of the judges, Jenny Waldman, Director, Art Fund, said, “An abundance of applications to be Art Fund Museum of the Year 2022 shows the creativity and resilience of museums right around the country, despite the immense challenges of the last two years. Art Fund annually shortlists five outstanding museums for the Museum of the Year prize. The judges will visit each of the finalists to help inform their decision-making.

At 77, the mega-art dealer known as Go-Go shows no signs of stopping.

And in a full circle worth of Jasper Johns, Gagosian once sold the very Marilyn portrait he bought this week. When asked about his future plans by WSJ a few years ago, he laughed and declared: “Gagosian is going to go on forever!” Noted Basquiat fan Jay-Z even name-dropped the dealer in a 2010 song with Kanye West— “Call Larry Gagosian, you belong in museums.” He began in the 1970s by selling poster prints of ocean views out of a parking lot in Los Angeles for $20 apiece, before influential New York art dealer Leo Castelli took him under his wing. An art world titan for decades, Gagosian has 19 eponymous galleries from New York to Hong Kong, and is widely believed to surpass nine figures in annual sales. Like Warhol and Monroe, the buyer, art dealer Larry Gagosian, is also a familiar face.

Andy Warhol's iconic portrait of Marilyn Monroe was sold on Monday at Christie's auction house in New York for a record-setting $195 million.

“Tonight was a historic night for Christie’s and for the entire contemporary art market,” Rotter said. Warhol’s “Shot Sage Blue Marilyn,” one of several iconic images the legendary artist made of Monroe in the 1960s, sold for $195 million at Christie’s in New York. The piece is now the most expensive work by a U.S. artist that has been ever sold at an auction, according to TIME. Christie’s was expecting to get bids “in the region of” $200 million for the piece, CNN reports. Andy Warhol’s iconic portrait of Marilyn Monroe was sold on Monday for a record-setting price.