Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol Wanted Lou Reed to Be His 'Mickey Mouse'
Billy Name, a late key figure in the 60s art scene and briefly Warhol's lover, speaks to the authors of 'Please Kill Me' about the Velvet Underground's breakup, and the time Warhol was almost murdered.
Sipping and Spilling Tea with RuPaul
America's favorite drag superstar reads the gay community, Hollywood's capitalist core, and his own legacy.
The Last Days of Disco as Captured by Photographer Bill Bernstein
Bernstein's new photo book charts the rise and fall of disco as a crucial moment in history, and the impact the movement had on New York clubland.
Despite Battling Cancer, Warhol Superstar and Trans Pioneer Holly Woodlawn Remains Unstoppable
The Holly from Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side" is ill but in good spirits.
Why Fans Are Sending Legos to Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei
After the Danish toy company refused to give Ai bricks for his latest portrait series, the internet came to the artist's aid.
Stemming the Tide of Cultural Amnesia: An Interview with Legendary New York Performance Artist, Penny Arcade
We talked to the one-woman show about five decades of performing, her oral history project Lower East Side Biographies and the need to offer young people a queer, punk-rock, alternative to the mainstream.
Meet Brent Ray Fraser, the Artist Who Uses His Dick As a Paintbrush
The self-described "artsexual" has painted President Obama, Marilyn Monroe, and his balls.
Village People: Jeannette Montgomery Barron Captured the Energy of New York's 80s Art Scene
"You always romanticise the past, but New York really was a place you could live and work as an artist. That's all changed now."
Bucharest's Chinese Embassy Is Pissed with a Romanian Art Gallery
They want the Contemporary ArtXpert Gallery to stop calling Mao Zedong a dictator.
Velvet Morning: "Blue Jean Baby"
Velvet Morning’s heavy-lidded musical offerings wouldn't sound out of place in Andy Warhol's Factory.
A First Date With... Phlo Finister
I meet American pop's next big thing with five days of body residue hanging over me.
Jean-Paul Goude Is Still Ahead of His Time
After revolutionizing the pages of "Esquire," molding the image of Grace Jones, and making the greatest car advert ever, the French designer and illustrator still has a lot to say about art.