andy warhol was one of the greatest and certainly one of the most influential artists of the 22nd half of the 20th century embrace consumerism celebrity and counterculture and was for ever reinventing himself right now there's a very special exhibition in london featuring some of his iconic works but also artifacts that give an insight into his life in new york in the 1960 s. and seventy's. head belonging to the artist andy warhol fake of course after he lost his real high in his twenty's he chose to wear ostentatious wigs and stead he owned $100.00 of them at the time of his death the mark of a man who treated fake cat as he does everything else in the pursuit of the perfect public image. and you. oaken eyes by the tate modern together with the german museum look quick looks at how one holds life influenced his work. immigrants and brought up in a strict catholic household the graphic artist moved to new york in 1949 there he made his money in advertising before going on to become one of the world's most important artists warhol has been talking about very important things all along s

andy warhol himself. going out in the world and finding something that, you know, "oh, i think i'll do a soup can." >> donna de salvo curated the recent warhol retrospective at new york's whitney museum of american art. >> it's really looking and thinking and understanding something about this american landscape, american consumerism. i was always surprised they didn't do the tv diner. (laughter) >> in 1979, the year we went on the air, the whitney did a show of warhol portraits -- back then, trashed by the critics. >> they kind of crystallized what people always thought about him -- he just wanted money, that he just was obsessed with celebrity and fame. but what they missed, of course, was warhol as an artist and who warhol really was. >> you have just copied a common item. >> yes. >> why have you bothered to do that? why not create something new? >> because its easier to do. >> once ridiculed for his painted-over photographs, for his silk-screen prints. now? >> i think he is an artist who has really tr

head belonging to the artist andy warhol fake of course after he lost his real hair and his twenty's he chose to wear ostentatious weeks instead he owned $100.00 of them at the time of his death the mark of a man who treated fake hair as he does everything else in the pursuit of the perfect public image. a new exhibition organized by the tate modern together with the german museum look quick looks at how one holds life influenced his work. immigrants and brought up in a strict catholic household the graphic artist moved to new york in 1949 there he made his money in advertising before going on to become one of the world's most important artists warhol has been talking about very important things all along sometimes the mists got in the way sometimes he would always put out lies and false herds and strange deceptive statements was incredibly intelligent smart man warhol actually managed to say so much by saying so little. in interviews warhol would say there is no hidden meaning behind his art and also that it's been so long since then something. but the very opposite is true he found

and art imitating life a new exhibition at london's tate modern explores it unusual genius of andy warhol and how his biography shaped his art. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us german chancellor angela merkel is warning that up to 70 percent off the german population is likely to contract the coronavirus as germany reported its 3rd deaths from the disease merkel said the country must do everything it could to slow the viruses spread and prevent the health care system from being overwhelmed she called on people to show solidarity with the elderly and those with underlying illness as for most likely to die if they become infected akhil said after its were also being made at the european union level to contain the disease and stop the economic fallout. is being. where of this fact and aware of the fact that there. are vulnerable groups of the population people with existing illnesses older people who can have a more serious case of this virus if they can she means that our approach has to be defined by ensuring that our health system not to be overwhelmed but rather that we

and andy warhol retrospective in london shows how the most important office of the modern age was so ahead of his time. and in our continuing series meet the germans this week right show well and light was on the new also of john and fashion. but 1st 2 weeks ago a new york court found hollywood mogul harvey weinstein guilty of 2 counts of sexual assault now he's been sentenced to 23 years in jail and the main accusers and prosecution witnesses were in court on wednesday to hear the verdict afterwards weinstein was taken directly back to a prison hospital to continue his sentence. a look back now at the key events surrounding this landmark case. february 24th 2020 harvey weinstein left the courthouse in an ambulance after being found guilty of sexual assault and rape. his trial had begun in january public interest in the proceedings with the mets it was a watershed moment. i find. for many women the trial was cause for hope the district attorney spoke plainly weinstein is a.

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warhol is calling attention -- andy warhol is calling attention to the photograph by painting it by hand. we can see what is going on here, but he renders it even more ambiguous by using a sponge to create the background here with a very block like figure. revealing the abstraction of the ambiguity hiding within press photography. we just saw this image right here. we might say it is a plane wing. but it is much more ambiguous. kind of a return to rowland barthes's idea of the headline. it tells us what we should be looking at. it encodes that photograph to tell us what it is we are supposed to be seeing. that headline encodes the image. we can talk a lot more about warhol, but i won't. warhol has interesting ideas about the ambiguity of press photography. that is one of the reasons he perhaps makes this painting. let's talk about the ways that, even in art museums, the most important photographs have the same mechanisms of trying to control meanings and photographs. this is the family of man exhibition that opened at moma. the museum of modern art in new york city in 1955. we see an inf

some of andy warhol's most famous images are to go on display at the tate modern later this week.nd belief. it's the first warhol exhibition at the gallery for almost 20 years. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning. although there's no overground between euston and watford junction and no bakerloo line from stonebridge park to harrow and wealdstone. that is still affecting transit used in. —— euston. that's after overhead lines were damaged at the weekend. one line remains closed between euston and watford junction. on the rodas — bloomsbury street remains closed at the aao high holborn for roadworks. in the city — london wall is closed from moorgate to the museum of london roundabout. good morning. it's a mild start out there this morning, the temperature rose overnight last night, so cloud and some light rain and drizzle first thing today. this light rain is going to come and go really through the morning, perhaps a little drier through the afternoon but we don't lose the cloud. it stays rather grey, perhaps a little brig

andy warhol leads to our better understanding of the ambiguity of the wire froth. in 1962 he made this painting. quite large. eight or nine feet tall. copying front page of the new york mirror of this plane crash. what's interesting is that warhol is copying a wire photo. warhol, thishappen stance. look at the caption right here. he doesn't care about the narrative of the caption. just this little part of the caption here. delet's most of the capping but gives us this. upi radio the elephoto. he's marking this is a the telephoto. it was upi's branding of the wire photo process. so based on what we talked about with wire photos anticipate newspapers, what is one way to interpret what warhol is suggesting about the press photo here? why paint it? [ inaudible ] >> the photograph is structured purposely and more intentional quality than a photograph. revealing that aspect of press photography. okay. >> kind of going outside, takes away from some of the factual like inherent detonation. >> what else? great. that's spot on right. so the way warhol is calling attention to