Andy Warhol News

Duo Multicultural Arts Center (DMAC) is pleased to present MADboots dance co. as part of PRIDE @ DMAC (June 16-22). After an eight-week residency at DMAC this Spring, MADboots Co-artistic Directors Jonathan Campbell and Austin Diaz return to the historic Duo Theater to perform works that wowed the dance community this past May. MADboots will perform on Wednesday, June 19 & Thursday, June 20, 2013, 8PM. Admission is $10.

This summer, Perrier Sparkling Natural Mineral Water pays tribute to Andy Warhol with a series of limited-edition bottles inspired by the legendary pop artist. In the 1980s Warhol created a series of screen prints of Perrier bottles in a vibrant color palette that have been replicated on specially-designed Perrier bottles available wherever Perrier is sold.

Bucquisto: The Bar Mitzvah Concert, an evening celebrating the 13th anniversary of the songwriting team of Sammy Buck and Daniel S. Acquisto, will be presented tonight, June 17 at The Duplex.

Duo Multicultural Arts Center (DMAC) is pleased to present Studio Visits with works by Seth Ruggles Hiler, as part of PRIDE @ DMAC (June 16-22). The opening reception for Studio Visits will take place today, June 16, 2013 from 4-7PM at Duo Multicultural Arts Center. Reservation is required at Smarttix.com.

Firehouse Theatre begins its summer with a bang as we travel back to the counterculture of the '60s for POP!, a new musical with book and lyrics by Maggie-Kate Coleman and music by Anna K. Jacobs. Directed by Jase Smith (Rocky Horror Show, RENT, Reefer Madness) and sponsored by the Binger Center of Yale Repertory Theatre and The Lewis and Butler Foundation, POP! runs July 11 - August 10, 2013 with an Opening Night performance and reception on Friday, July 12 at 8pm.

Duo Multicultural Arts Center (DMAC) is pleased to present Studio Visits with works by Seth Ruggles Hiler, as part of PRIDE @ DMAC (June 16-22). The opening reception for Studio Visits will take place June 16, 2013 from 4-7PM at Duo Multicultural Arts Center. Reservation is required at Smarttix.com.

Basquiat, a new musical based on the life and times of 80's art-star, Jean-Michel Basquiat will get a private reading on Monday June 24th.

On June 18 at 8pm, Eve Brandstein will play host to award winning writers, actors and musicians performing original work at The Cutting Room located at 44 E. 32nd Street in New York.

Alexander Calder's standing mobile which creates moments of rest and motion with its impressive interplay of forms is ingenious with its filigree structures. This masterful late work will come up for auction at a starting price of EUR 150,000-250,000 at the renowned auction house Ketterer Kunst today, June 8, 2013.

Martha Wilson's career encapsulates the contestations inherent in feminist and socially engaged practices. In her work and throughout her life, Wilson has explored how identity is not just self-defined or projected, but also negotiated. This survey exhibition encompasses forty years of her activities as an artist creating performances, videos, and photographs; her position as the founder and director of the non-profit space Franklin Furnace; her collaboration with other women to form the art/rock group, DISBAND; and her key role in the activist feminist art group, the Guerrilla Girls. A concurrent exhibition 'The Personal is Political: Martha Wilson and MKE' will be on view at the Portrait Society Gallery, opening today, June 7, with an artists reception that Friday from 5 to 8 p.m., with an artists talk at 7 p.m.

Bucquisto: The Bar Mitzvah Concert, an evening celebrating the 13th anniversary of the songwriting team of Sammy Buck and Daniel S. Acquisto, will be presented June 17 at The Duplex.

Martha Wilson's career encapsulates the contestations inherent in feminist and socially engaged practices. In her work and throughout her life, Wilson has explored how identity is not just self-defined or projected, but also negotiated. This survey exhibition encompasses forty years of her activities as an artist creating performances, videos, and photographs; her position as the founder and director of the non-profit space Franklin Furnace; her collaboration with other women to form the art/rock group, DISBAND; and her key role in the activist feminist art group, the Guerrilla Girls. A concurrent exhibition 'The Personal is Political: Martha Wilson and MKE' will be on view at the Portrait Society Gallery, opening June 7, with an artists reception that Friday from 5 to 8 p.m., with an artists talk at 7 p.m.

This September theater artists from around the globe will converge on the seaside village of Provincetown, where Williams worked over several summers, to celebrate America's great playwright with a program of plays, dance, film and performance art organized around the theme of Tennessee Williams and Women: 50% Illusion.

No one knew legendary screen goddess Marilyn Monroe like costume designer William Travilla. The famous 36-26-36 hourglass silhouette of the bombshell would help secure Travilla's place in Hollywood history as one of the most important fashion designers of its time. Although Marilyn Monroe was Travilla's most celebrated muse he designed for over 270 celebrities but none like Monroe who catapulted to super-stardom while donning Travilla's most important costumes.Julien's Auctions, the premier entertainment and celebrity memorabilia auction house proudly announces this rare opportunity to own one of Travilla's masterpieces of fashion in the upcoming “Property from the Estate of William Travilla” auction to take placeFriday, October 11th, 2013 at the Julien's Auctions Beverly Hills gallery at 9665 Wilshire Blvd. The Hollywood icon was so enamored with Travilla that she once autographed one of her infamous calendars with the inscription “Oh Billy dear please dress me forever, Love Marilyn.”

Lifetime brings the late Anna Nicole Smith's epic rise to fame and tragic demise to the small screen on Saturday, June 29 on Lifetime. Below, get a first look at the first full-length trailer courtesy of E!

Alexander Calder's standing mobile which creates moments of rest and motion with its impressive interplay of forms is ingenious with its filigree structures. This masterful late work will come up for auction at a starting price of EUR 150,000-250,000 at the renowned auction house Ketterer Kunst on June 8, 2013.

Tonight, May 31 at Carnegie Hall, actress and arts advocate Sarah Jessica Parker and fashion designer Zac Posen will share the spotlight with the talented teens who received national honors in the 90 th annual Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. More than 800 teens from 47 states, along with their families and teachers, are expected to attend the celebration. There, 15 graduating seniors will receive Portfolio Gold Medals, the Awards' highest honor, which includes a $10,000 scholarship. For the first time in the Awards' 90-year history, the ceremony will be webcast live so people across the nation can share in the celebration.

Following the extraordinary success of its inaugural edition last summer, Art Southampton (presented by Art Miami), the premiere international contemporary and modern art fair and marketplace for acquiring the finest works of art available in the Hamptons, will return at the height of the social and cultural season this summer July 25 through 29, 2013.

The Neddy at Cornish is an annual artist award program supported by the Behnke Foundation and housed at Cornish College of the Arts in memory of Robert E. (“Ned”) Behnke and in celebration of his life as an artist. Each year, two $25,000 unrestricted awards are given—one in painting and one in any medium or combination of media grounded in the visual arts—to artists living and working in the greater Puget Sound region.

The Lifetime Original Movie Anna Nicole tells the rags-to-riches story of the iconic supermodel who captured the world's attention with her beauty and unconventional lifestyle. Exploring the sordid details that created her infamous persona, from stardom to untimely death, the world premiere will be on Saturday, June 29, at 8:00pm ET/PT.