Hvem daterte Andy Warhol?

Andy Warhol (født Andrew Warhola jr.; 6. august 1928 i Pittsburgh, død 22. februar 1987 i New York) var en sentral skikkelse blant 1960-årenes popkunstnere, og regnes i dag som en av 1900-tallets mest betydningsfulle kunstnere. Warhol hentet inspirasjon fra reklame- og moteverdenen, alminnelige gjenstander fra amerikansk hverdag, og i de senere årene også fra fotografier.

Warhol skapte totalt over 10 000 kunstverk mellom 1961, da han ga opp sin karriere som grafisk designer, og 1987 da han døde. Hans atelier i New York, The Factory, var møtested for flere av 1960-årenes kjendiser. Han var også en produktiv, men omdiskutert, filmprodusent, og sammen med Warhols superstars, en samling unge modeller og skuespillerinner, skapte han over 60 filmer.

Hans verk har oppnådd noen av de høyeste salgssummene i kunsthistorien. Maleriet Eight Elvises ble i 2008 solgt for over 100 millioner dollar. Warhol er fortsatt én av de kunstnerne i verden som har holdt flest kunstutstillinger.

Jed Johnson (December 30, 1948 – July 17, 1996) was an American interior designer and film director. The New York Times hailed Johnson as "one of the most celebrated interior designers of our time."

In 1968, Johnson arrived in New York from California and was hired to perform odd jobs at Andy Warhol's Factory. After Warhol survived an assassination attempt, Johnson moved in with him to aid in his recovery, and they had a romantic partnership for 12 years. At the Factory, Johnson rose through the ranks from assisting Warhol and director Paul Morrissey to directing his own film, Bad (1977). He edited several films, including Trash (1970), Heat (1972), Flesh for Frankenstein (1973), and Blood for Dracula (1974). Following Warhol's death, Johnson was a founding member of the Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board.

After decorating the townhouse he shared with Warhol, Johnson began collecting antiques and started a decorating business. His clients included Mick Jagger, Pierre Bergé, Yves Saint Laurent, and Barbra Streisand. Johnson had become one of the most acclaimed interior designers when he was killed in the explosion of TWA Flight 800 in 1996.

Johnson was posthumously inducted into the Interior Design Hall of Fame, and Architectural Digest named him as one of "The World's 20 Greatest Designers of All Time." In 2005, Rizzoli published the book Jed Johnson: Opulent Restraint, Interiors, a monograph and remembrance by his twin brother Jay Johnson.