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Andy Warhol’s Friends Reveal Little Known Facts On Eve of New Documentary
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In anticipation of the BBC’s upcoming documentary A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol, the Guardian spoke to several of his friends and acquaintances in order to get a rare glimpse into the reality of the elusive artist. Warhol and the Factory have become so legendary that it’s hard to believe there might be anything at this point that we don’t know, but pals like Victor Bockris and Jane Holzer, who shared some little-known facts about the godfather of Pop Art, made us think otherwise.
Andy Warhol and Edie Sedgwick circa 1965.
Photo: Steve Schapiro/Corbis
A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol, presented by Stephen Smith, is on BBC4 on 25 August as part of the series BBC4 Goes Pop.
Steve Shapiro, Andy Warhol and the Velvet Underground, Los Angeles, California, 1966. Courtesy of the A. Gallery, Paris and the Centre Pompidou-Metz.
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