It was a year ago that Andy Warhol’s Barbie, Portrait of BillyBoy* sold in London for a princely sum. If you are, like us, a fan of Warhol, then you will greatly enjoy some new BBC coverage of this topic.
Researcher Hannah Moore used part of her interview with the portrait’s inspiration, BillyBoy*, for a recent episode of the Radio 4 show The Why Factor. And today, she has a separate BBC Magazine feature focused on the “why” of Warhol’s subject:
A 1984 project had seen BillyBoy*’s Barbie collection dressed by the most famous fashion designers of the day, including Yves Saint Laurent, Christian Dior and Kenzo.
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