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60 years ago, pop art was born in a department store window

by David Brancaccio and Rose Conlon
May 5, 2021
Why Warhol's commercial art made waves, according to art critic Blake Gopnik.
Andy Warhol's 1961 department store window display paved the way for his first solo pop art show the following year, "Campbell's Soup Cans."
Sion Touhig/Getty Images
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What does Warhol “fair use” ruling mean for artists and copyrights?

by David Brancaccio , Rose Conlon and Daniel Shin
Apr 9, 2021
Art critic and Warhol biographer Blake Gopnik fears the decision will have a profound effect on "appropriation art."
Lynn Goldsmith’s photograph, left, and Andy Warhol’s portrait of Prince, as reproduced in court documents.
Courtesy of the U.S. District Court
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Tracking down Warhol's stolen 'Campbell's Soup' prints

by Marketplace Contributor
May 18, 2016
Authorities know one thing: There was no mastermind behind the Missouri art museum theft.
 A spectator walks past Andy Warhol's "Campbells Soup Cans" at the 2002 Warhol retrospective exhibition  at the Tate Modern Gallery in London. 
Photo by Sion Touhig/Getty Images
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A painting that gets better as art if it sells for $100 million

by David Brancaccio
Nov 13, 2013
Last night, a Francis Bacon triptych sold for $142.4 million. Tonight, an Andy Warhol painting may top it. And one art critic says that may actually make it better as art.
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News In Brief

Warhol painting fetches $1.3 million in online-only auction

by Matt Berger
Jul 20, 2011
Online auctions aren't just for Beanie Babies anymore. Today, the online auction site Artnet said that it has sold what might be the most expens...
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Codebreaker

YouTube grants continued fame to Warhol's off-handed statement about the impossibility of continued fame.

by John Moe
Jul 29, 2010
Joke's on you, Andy! Because now that YouTube has extended the maximum length of videos to 15 minutes, we get New York Times headline writers who...
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