#andy-warhol

#andy-warhol

A man was killed on Wednesday (17 September) on the National Mall in Washington, DC, while unloading a 1979 BMW Art Car that was custom-painted by Andy Warhol. According to the local ABC affiliate , a winch that had been holding the vehicle in place on a flatbed truck came loose and the man was pinned under the car. Despite efforts to save him, he was pronounced dead at the scene; his identity has not been released.

The Hagerty Drivers Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to preserving automotive culture, will showcase Andy Warhol's legendary 1979 BMW M1 Art Car as part of its annual Cars at the Capital exhibition. Displayed inside the Foundation's signature glass enclosure, the Warhol BMW M1 will officially become the 37th vehicle documented in the National Historic Vehicle Register, with records permanently archived in the U.S. Library of Congress.

The Schoelkopf Gallery has unveiled a landmark exhibition that brings to light a body of work unseen for nearly five decades. Jamie Wyeth: Portraits of Andy Warhol and Rudolf Nureyev presents the artist's strikingly intimate studies of two cultural giants of the 20th century. Opening September 12 and running through October 17, 2025, the show revisits Wyeth's silken realism and offers a rare glimpse into his artistic dialogue with Pop Art's enfant terrible Andy Warhol and ballet's electrifying star Rudolf Nureyev.

Levine performed in many of Warhol's early underground films but never became famous, which is perhaps why she doesn't feature in Leamer's 'Warhol's Muses'.

Warhol's approach to the M1 remains radical; he insisted on painting the vehicle himself, applying 13 pounds of paint in loose, gestural strokes, evoking movement.