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Front Row: Andy Warhol's last trip to London

Andy Warhol's last trip to London

25/04/2011

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Andy Warhol's last trip to London

John Wilson reports on Andy Warhol's last visit to London in 1986, and its unlikely legacy

John Wilson reports on Andy Warhol's last visit to London in 1986, for an exhibition of self-portraits - an occasion which left a lasting impression on many who met him at the time.

John Wilson reports on Andy Warhol's final visit to London in 1986, for an exhibition of new self-portraits - an occasion which made a profound impression on many who met him at the time. 

Turner Prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller was then an art history student, but an evening spent at the Ritz Hotel with Warhol and his entourage proved a life-changing moment. Gallery owner Anthony d'Offay, who invited Warhol to create the exhibition and arranged his no-expense-spared trip across the Atlantic on Concorde, remembers how he disagreed with the artist's choice of works. And Curiosity Killed the Cat front-man Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot, reviewer Richard Cork and documentary-maker Kim Evans all recall the excitement of the exhibition opening - as well as the shock of Warhol's unexpected death just over six months later. 

Producer John Goudie.

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