Happy Birthday, Andy Warhol! And More Arts News

August 6, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Happy Birthday, Andy Warhol! Andy Warhol had a knack for turning unmistakably mundane items like soup cans and Coca-Cola bottles into pop art icons. But there is perhaps no other reappropriated grocery item better than Mr. Warhol's beloved banana. It graced the cover of a Velvet Underground album and has fetched nearly $100,000 at auction. It's safe to say the screen printed piece of fruit has become nearly as famous as its eccentric maker. Continue reading... Former Factory Girl Talks Carrying On Andy Warhol's Mission You Can Watch A Live Stream Of Andy Warhol's Grave Found Andy Warhol Sketch Could Fetch $2 Million On Ebay China's Tallest Building Is Almost Complete A Daguerreotype Glimpse Of The Civil War Insanely Detailed Sand Castle Pops Up In The Middle Of NYC Happy Birthday, Andy Warhol! Yarn Artist Returns To Poland With Huge Technicolor Train Yes, An Underwater Strip Club Really Exists Yarn Artist Returns To Poland With Huge Technicolor Train Meet The 3-Year-Old Photographer Who Will Steal Your Heart LIZ INSOGNA Hello Nasty Hello Nasty, a group show curated by Chris Bors, which takes its name from the fifth studio album by the Beastie Boys, is up at Cindy Rucker Gallery till August 9th. Continue reading... JOE HARDENBROOK 28 Lego Librarians (PHOTOS) Close your eyes. Picture the word "librarian." What do you see? Is it the shushing civil servant? Marian the Librarian from "The Music Man"? Rupert Giles from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"? Or does your mind wander to something more prurient: the naughty/sexy librarian? Continue reading... DEBORAH YAFFE 10 Signs of Jane Austen Addiction These days, it seems, everyone's a Jane Austen fan. Who doesn't love the witty repartee of the sparring lovers in Pride and Prejudice - you read it back in high school, right? -- or the date-night pleasures of the Emma Thompson movie made from Sense and Sensibility? Continue reading... LIGHTSEY DARST ADF 7: Opening Night (1): Footprints Opening night for the Footprints concert at Duke's Reynolds Industries Theater feels like convocation: the house is packed and buzzing with ADF students ready to applaud their friends. When the lights go out, everyone leans forward. Continue reading... MICHAEL KURCFELD Venice Biennale Highlight: LACMA's Michael Govan Talks About "Prima Materia" and Global Art In recent years, two of its most prominent exhibition spaces -- Palazzo Grassi and Punta della Dogana -- have been adapted by architect Tadao Ando to be added to the local stage by a French potentate who needed a proper showcase for his collection of postwar and contemporary art. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003