Bob Colacello, Andy Warhol, and Christopher Murray in Hats, 1979. Copyright © Paul Weiss. All Rights Reserved. Online auction house Paddle8 recently presented Bob Colacello: Art, Photographs, and Memorabilia from the Warhol Years. The featured image was Paul Weiss’ portrait of Warhol, Colacello, and myself and was part of Weiss’ photographic series American Beauty. The […]
Punk: Chaos to Couture, Rock Style, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Creating Camelot opens at the Newseum April 11th, 2013. Nancy Pelosi attends.
Potatoe Hole, Booker T.’s album featuring Drive By Truckers and Neil Young (Anti Records). I’ve often thought that Booker T. and the MG’s might just be the great American band. Apart from their own music, they were the band for more hits than one can imagine for Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Aretha Franklin, Wilson […]
Submarino Amarillo and the John Lennon Park in Havana, Cuba.
24 Nights Exhibition 20th Anniversary at Govinda Gallery.
Photographer Annie Leibovitz and Govinda Gallery Director Chris Murray, Govinda Gallery, 1984. Copyright ©The Govinda Gallery Archives. All Rights Reserved. Annie Leibovitz: Under The Surface An Interview by Douglas Clegg for Fashion Flash Magazine December 1984 Annie Leibovitz glances about the Govinda Gallery in Georgetown, her framed celebrity portraits blanketing the floor. She and gallery […]
What a confluence of wonderful events around the time of St. Patrick’s celebrations over the past several days. As Irish Ambassador Michael Collins told the Washington Post “St. Patrick’s day is no longer a day – it’s a week, it’s a festival.” To begin with, Govinda Gallery is delighted to announce that Carlotta Hester has […]
I so much enjoyed Martin Scorsese’s recent film documentary on the the life of George Harrison, Living in the Material World, that was broadcast by HBO in October, 2011. I also treasure Olivia Harrison’s book of the same title that was published by Abrams at the same time. I was most fortunate to spend an […]