SUNDAY 18 | High-art demigod, consummate businessman or something else altogether? Andy Warhol, commercial illustrator turned controversial soup-can painter, was the greatest artist of the late 20th century – at least that’s the proposition filmmaker Ric Burns examines in his four-hour critical biography of the godfather of pop art. The documentary is peppered with eloquent observations by the likes of Laurie Anderson, Salvador Dali, Jeff Koons and Dennis Hopper. After the screening, just as Warhol woiuld have turned 85, DJ Nico will play the very best of The Velvet Underground, which Warhol managed in the mid-’60s.
WHO: Andy Warhol
WHAT: Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film screening
WHERE: Meta House, #37 Sothearos Blvd.
WHEN: 7pm August 18
WHY: “Isn’t life a series of images that change as they repeat themselves?” – Andy Warhol