ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE
By Nick Ripatrazone
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| "Almost everyone who remained relevant in Andy's life was Catholic," Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni explains, "whether it was Paul Morrissey, Fred Hughes, Bob Colacello, the photographer Christopher Makos and Vincent Fremont." Herve Gloaguen/Getty |
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Andy Warhol got his wish "to be reincarnated as a great big ring on Elizabeth Taylor's finger," but his 1987 memorial service was a spectacle. Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni "hovered and watched" the pageantry; she worked at the Warhol Studio. She was the last employee that Andy had ever hired.
After Andy, Fraser-Cavassoni's memoir, is an endlessly quotable romp that captures the melancholy and magnificence of Warhol's final days and legacy. " It is breezy without ever feeling light, channeling Warhol's enigmatic presence. And it is the puzzle at the center of that enigma which Fraser-Cavassoni captures: Warhol's Catholicism.
After Andy is an entertaining ride about work, play and the weirdness in-between that creates great art. [
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