Andy Warhol

Wayne Thiebaud: Recovering the Classic in American Culture

Gender, Bent

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Thoughts on a Night with Liz Phair, Stephan Jenkins, the Velvet Underground, and Practically Every Musician in the Mission

Stephan Jenkins performing "European Son" with members of Os Beaches and the Blank Tapes​Stephan Jenkins, frontman of Third Eye Blind, is tall. This I realized last night, as I was standing next to the man inside Coda Jazz Supper Club on Mission Street, stumbling for words to introduce him to ... More >>

At SFMOMA, Donald Fisher's Art Collection Proves Surprisingly Diverse

Andy Warhol, Triple Elvis, 1963​During his lifetime, Gap founder Donald Fisher was rightfully heralded as a visionary and an entrepreneur of the highest caliber - someone who turned a single store on San Francisco's outskirts into a billion-dollar operation that, under the "Gap," "Old Navy" and ot ... More >>

Queer Close-Ups

Andy Warhol, Triple Elvis, 1963​During his lifetime, Gap founder Donald Fisher was rightfully heralded as a visionary and an entrepreneur of the highest caliber - someone who turned a single store on San Francisco's outskirts into a billion-dollar operation that, under the "Gap," "Old Navy" and ot ... More >>

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Theater Review: "Andy Warhol: Good for the Jews?" at the Jewish Theatre

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Ride the Lighting

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This Tornado Never Happened

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Friday Night: The Third Annual Amoeba Art Show Factory Party

Third Annual Amoeba Art Show Factory Party March 6, 2009 Warehouse Space, 1343 Powell St, Emeryville Review and Photos by Sam Prestianni Better Than: Staying home and watching Joss Whedon's pathetic return to network television. Long before reality TV and YouTube, there was Andy Warhol, the adverti ... More >>

Saturday Night: Pop Party at the de Young and Sugar Shack at the Paradise Lounge

Hanna QuevedoWarhol Live Pop Party at the de YoungSugar Shack at the Paradise LoungeSaturday, Feb. 22, 2009Better than: A double feature of Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol and Grease.San Francisco is a city that doesn't easily let go of the past. From our flea markets and vintage stores ... More >>

The Art of Restraint, Warhol Live Pop Party and the Grilled Cheese Invitational: Your Monday Morning Hangover

Our weekend involved cheese, ropes and Andy Warhol. In that order:Saturday afternoon's Grilled Cheese Invitational at Dolores Park was well attended - all 500 tasting wristbands sold out in minutes, a good hour before the event began! Tamara Palmer  has the skinny at SFoodie.Saturday evening wa ... More >>

Live Through This: The de Young's Warhol exhibit

Our weekend involved cheese, ropes and Andy Warhol. In that order:Saturday afternoon's Grilled Cheese Invitational at Dolores Park was well attended - all 500 tasting wristbands sold out in minutes, a good hour before the event began! Tamara Palmer  has the skinny at SFoodie.Saturday evening wa ... More >>

Last Night: Dean & Britta's Warhol Tribute

Dean & Britta's "13 Most Beautiful... Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests"Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009Palace of Fine ArtsBetter than: Watching Warhol's Screen Tests in a cold, silent art museum.It was a perfect pairing, really. Pop music's beautiful, Velvet Underground-indebted couple pays tribute to ... More >>

Dean and Britta’s Screen Test

Dean & Britta's "13 Most Beautiful... Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests"Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009Palace of Fine ArtsBetter than: Watching Warhol's Screen Tests in a cold, silent art museum.It was a perfect pairing, really. Pop music's beautiful, Velvet Underground-indebted couple pays tribute to ... More >>

Grand Opening: Candy Darling

Notes and Photos by Tamara PalmerSaturday was the grand opening of Candy Darling (798 Sutter), a confectioner that's been longer than 15 minutes in the planning. Okay, so that was a bad Andy Warhol reference to describe this clever one--Candy Darling is the name of a transsexual beloved by Warhol wh ... More >>

Warhol's Jews

Notes and Photos by Tamara PalmerSaturday was the grand opening of Candy Darling (798 Sutter), a confectioner that's been longer than 15 minutes in the planning. Okay, so that was a bad Andy Warhol reference to describe this clever one--Candy Darling is the name of a transsexual beloved by Warhol wh ... More >>

Visual Arts Picks

Notes and Photos by Tamara PalmerSaturday was the grand opening of Candy Darling (798 Sutter), a confectioner that's been longer than 15 minutes in the planning. Okay, so that was a bad Andy Warhol reference to describe this clever one--Candy Darling is the name of a transsexual beloved by Warhol wh ... More >>

Factory Reject

Notes and Photos by Tamara PalmerSaturday was the grand opening of Candy Darling (798 Sutter), a confectioner that's been longer than 15 minutes in the planning. Okay, so that was a bad Andy Warhol reference to describe this clever one--Candy Darling is the name of a transsexual beloved by Warhol wh ... More >>

Boxing Bootcamp Day 19 -- Andy Warhol's Got It Coming

Notes and Photos by Tamara PalmerSaturday was the grand opening of Candy Darling (798 Sutter), a confectioner that's been longer than 15 minutes in the planning. Okay, so that was a bad Andy Warhol reference to describe this clever one--Candy Darling is the name of a transsexual beloved by Warhol wh ... More >>

Repertory Film Listings

Notes and Photos by Tamara PalmerSaturday was the grand opening of Candy Darling (798 Sutter), a confectioner that's been longer than 15 minutes in the planning. Okay, so that was a bad Andy Warhol reference to describe this clever one--Candy Darling is the name of a transsexual beloved by Warhol wh ... More >>

In Pen and Ink

They are unschooled, undisciplined, and often unpopular, but it’s outsider artists like the convict who drew this who can sometimes shape mainstream culture

(Un)Settling Scores

Dropping names for the sake of art

Big Love

Though it sacrifices character and narrative cohesion, it aims high

Apocalypse Now

A sharp, revelatory multimedia show casts a blinding light on the tragic events of today

Repertory Film Listings

A sharp, revelatory multimedia show casts a blinding light on the tragic events of today

English Invasion

Watch for billboard "improvements" by American pop artist Ron English

Merrymakers

Mills' passel of playful art

To the Death Star, Han!

We joined the battle, but our skills proved to be no match for the professional combatants (dorks).

Artbeat

We joined the battle, but our skills proved to be no match for the professional combatants (dorks).

Snap, Crackle, Art

SFMOMA's "Pop!" parachutes art out of its ivory tower and into the streets

Reps Etc.

SFMOMA's "Pop!" parachutes art out of its ivory tower and into the streets

Eye Spy

The man behind the lens

Foreign Cinema

Eccentrics, tattoos, and naked party games in the home-grown German films of Berlin & Beyond

Trendspotting

Where the fashionistas drink

The Velvet Underground

Bootleg Series Volume 1: The Quine Tapes (Polydor)

Personal Best

What the world needs now is a wholly subjective, occasionally snarky awards ceremony

Do the 'Do

"Party XX: Top Twenty"

A Shot at the Stage

Up Your Ass

House Of Tudor

Up Your Ass, Billy Nayer, Dragon Lady 2000, Johnny Blas

Real Astrology

For an Unreal World

Second Time Around

For an Unreal World

Zoom Lens

For an Unreal World

Night+Day

For an Unreal World

Letters

For an Unreal World

Shooting Stars

Valerie Solanas throws a murderous wrench into the gears of the Factory in I Shot Andy Warhol

Night+Day

Valerie Solanas throws a murderous wrench into the gears of the Factory in I Shot Andy Warhol