A Christie’s employee poses for a photograph with artist Andy Warhol’s “Self-Portrait” at Christie’s auction house. The piece, which was estimated to fetch in excess of $30 million (18.4million pounds), sold for $38,442,500 in New York on May 11, 2011. The market for important works by Andy Warhol, the reigning king of Pop, continued to [...]

Andy Warhol’s “Self-Portrait” is pictured in this undated handout photo. The Andy Warhol self-portrait purchased in 1963 for $1,600 on an installment plan is poised to fetch $30 million or more when it hits the auction block at Christie’s in May. The four-panel acrylic silkscreen depicting the pop artist wearing a trench coat and sunglasses, [...]

Andy Warhol, Brillo Soap Pads Box , 1964, silkscreen ink on synthetic polymer paint on wood, 17 x 17 x 14 in. The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh Founding Collection. More than 100 Brillo boxes, said to be works by Andy Warhol, have been declared “copies” by the Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board after a three-year [...]

Andy Warhol, Michael Jackson, executed in 1984. Stamped twice with estate and foundation seals on the overlap acrylic and silkscreen on canvas, 30 X 26 in. The Vered Gallery in East Hampton has temporarily removed an Andy Warhol portrait of Michael Jackson from the auction block. The Associated Press reported that gallery co-owner Janet Lehr [...]

Andy Warhol, Mickey Mouse Uncle Sam. Superman. Mickey Mouse. These pop culture icons share more in common than fame—they became muses and their images become subjects to another American icon: Andy Warhol.

Andy Warhol, The Last Supper © 2009 Andy Warhol Foundation for the visuals arts inc. / Adagp, Paris, 2009.Foundation for the visuals arts inc. / Adagp, Paris, 2009. In 1962, Andy Warhol painted the portraits of Marilyn Monroe and her rival Liz Taylor, reinterpreted the Mona Lisa and Elvis Presley. From 1967 until his death [...]