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9 Sep

Gagosian Show Spotlights Andy Warhol’s Ties to Paris and Fashion

Gagosian Show Spotlights Andy Warhol’s Ties to Paris and Fashion
PARIS — Fashion and fame were two of Andy Warhol’s principal obsessions — and in Paris, the king of Pop Art found a fertile breeding ground for each. Warhol could also be endlessly identified with Recent York City and his Factory studio, but he was equally celebrated within the French capital, where he was a frequent visitor. The American artist at one point kept an apartment within the Left Bank neighborhood of Saint-Germain-des-Près, and even enlisted Karl Lagerfeld to seem in his locally filmed underground movie “L’Amour.” A latest exhibition on the Gagosian gallery near Place Vendôme spotlights Warhol’s tackle Paris and his ties with fashion, with portraits of celebrated designers including Hubert de Givenchy, Sonia Rykiel and Azzedine Alaïa. “Andy Warhol: Paris...
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