August the sixth is Andy Warhol’s birthday, so happy birthday, Andy. If only you were still around to enjoy a world where everyone truly is famous for 15 minutes.
You could have appeared on Hoarders, done even more celebrity endorsements than you did in the ’60s, ’70s and early ’80s, been a guest judge on Project Runway and America’s Next Top Model and walked in New York Fashion Week.
In fact you could have had your own reality TV show; after all you pioneered the idea with Andy Warhol’s TV. You could have had the best Facebook page (not made by you of course) and millions of followers on Twitter.
You said “I never read, I just looked at pictures”. For those of us who do both, there’s a lot on you to choose from. Here’s a small selection:
And my particular favourite: Andy Warhol, the biography by Wayne Koestenbaum, who gets past the contradictions and reveals the enigma Warhol was. Do you have a favourite book/memory of Warhol?