The Andy Warhol Diaries
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Summary
The classic， scandalous， and bestselling tell-all-and-then-some from Andy Warhol—now a Netflix series produced by Ryan Murphy。
This international literary sensation turns the spotlight on one of the most influential and controversial figures in American culture。 Filled with shocking observations about the lives， loves， and careers of the rich， famous， and fabulous， Warhol's journal is endlessly fun and fascinating。
Spanning the mid-1970s until just a few days before his death in 1987， THE ANDY WARHOL DIARIES is a compendium of the more than twenty thousand pages of the artist's diary that he dictated daily to Pat Hackett。 In it， Warhol gives us the ultimate backstage pass to practically everything that went on in the world-both high and low。 He hangs out with "everybody": Jackie O （"thinks she's so grand she doesn't even owe it to the public to have another great marriage to somebody big"）， Yoko Ono （"We dialed F-U-C-K-Y-O-U and L-O-V-E-Y-O-U to see what happened， we had so much fun"）， and "Princess Marina of， I guess， Greece，" along with art-world rock stars Jean-Michel Basquiat， Francis Bacon， Salvador Dali， and Keith Haring。
Warhol had something to say about everyone who crossed his path， whether it was Lou Reed or Liberace， Patti Smith or Diana Ross， Frank Sinatra or Michael Jackson。 A true cultural artifact， THE ANDY WARHOL DIARIES amounts to a portrait of an artist-and an era-unlike any other。
This international literary sensation turns the spotlight on one of the most influential and controversial figures in American culture。 Filled with shocking observations about the lives， loves， and careers of the rich， famous， and fabulous， Warhol's journal is endlessly fun and fascinating。
Spanning the mid-1970s until just a few days before his death in 1987， THE ANDY WARHOL DIARIES is a compendium of the more than twenty thousand pages of the artist's diary that he dictated daily to Pat Hackett。 In it， Warhol gives us the ultimate backstage pass to practically everything that went on in the world-both high and low。 He hangs out with "everybody": Jackie O （"thinks she's so grand she doesn't even owe it to the public to have another great marriage to somebody big"）， Yoko Ono （"We dialed F-U-C-K-Y-O-U and L-O-V-E-Y-O-U to see what happened， we had so much fun"）， and "Princess Marina of， I guess， Greece，" along with art-world rock stars Jean-Michel Basquiat， Francis Bacon， Salvador Dali， and Keith Haring。
Warhol had something to say about everyone who crossed his path， whether it was Lou Reed or Liberace， Patti Smith or Diana Ross， Frank Sinatra or Michael Jackson。 A true cultural artifact， THE ANDY WARHOL DIARIES amounts to a portrait of an artist-and an era-unlike any other。
Reviews
Sheila Guevin
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Read this in conjunction with a NetFlix series of the same name。Fascinating to see the progression or art and friendships。 Interesting in that the diary started as a way to keep track of his expenses and became a friendship with the woman he called to give his daily update and a way for him to express his life journey。
Francis Coco
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I have just started reading and this is a book that you have to read in piecemeal fashion so it's going to take me about a year， but。。。What a wonderful way to start your morning！ Reading a few pages of this while you drink your coffee。。。 Andy is so funny that I have already， even though I'm only about 40 pages in， found myself laughing out loud so many times！ I never really was much interested in Andy Warhol， even though I had a good friend who was obsessed with him， I just never felt "cool" eno I have just started reading and this is a book that you have to read in piecemeal fashion so it's going to take me about a year， but。。。What a wonderful way to start your morning！ Reading a few pages of this while you drink your coffee。。。 Andy is so funny that I have already， even though I'm only about 40 pages in， found myself laughing out loud so many times！ I never really was much interested in Andy Warhol， even though I had a good friend who was obsessed with him， I just never felt "cool" enough for Andy Warhol but he's so funny and so smart and really seems sweet， not at all like I imagined him to be。 So， I'm really going to enjoy making my way through this book。 Also， I have a bad habit of going to random places and just start reading， in the back or middle of the book and yesterday I opened to a passage where he talks about having horrible dreams of a plane breaking in half and the passengers falling out。 Which is exactly what happens to his boyfriend a few years later！ Normally， if it were just a dream about a plane crash， I wouldn't think so much of it， but， Wow， it's eerie that he dreamed that。 I believe he said he dreamed it twice。 And then that happened to Jed。 Weird。 I also forgot to say， that like a lot of people I saw the Andy Warhol Diaries on Netflix which is what got me interested in Andy。 And Halston。 Boy， people were so interesting then！ I'll be reading up on Halston too。。 。。。more
Vanessa （V。C。）
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I've been a casual Andy Warhol fan for years and just never got around to reading this until I watched the Netflix documentary based on The Andy Warhol Diaries。 I thought the documentary was deeply moving， vulnerable， haunting， and revealing， but the book itself， not so much。 The thing is， 1） this wasn't meant to be published， so it feels very voyeuristic to read this in its entirety when it was never intended to， and makes you wonder if Andy Warhol would have approved of its publication and 2） I've been a casual Andy Warhol fan for years and just never got around to reading this until I watched the Netflix documentary based on The Andy Warhol Diaries。 I thought the documentary was deeply moving， vulnerable， haunting， and revealing， but the book itself， not so much。 The thing is， 1） this wasn't meant to be published， so it feels very voyeuristic to read this in its entirety when it was never intended to， and makes you wonder if Andy Warhol would have approved of its publication and 2） while it has its amusing moments， especially when it highlights specific celebrities and iconic places in NYC in the 70's - 80's， A LOT of it was just Andy talking about how much such and such cost and just mundane things in the day in the life of Mr。 Warhol。 And honestly， that would be fine if this book were short and sweet， but it's over 800 pages long， and it's a really big and heavy book， so not exactly travel friendly and hardly even lap book friendly！ It's more or less more of a coffee book in size。 I can understand why the diaries weren't edited， as I suppose that adds even more to this book， knowing that this is every single entry ever written down。 But even for a Warhol fan， this is a lot。 You have to read it in small doses， and even then， it's so repetitive that so much of it you have to skim。 If anything， this book makes me appreciate the Netflix documentary even more， in how they cherry picked and pulled from the most insightful and juiciest parts that's actually worth knowing and reading about， while glossing over the rest that's just uninteresting dictations。 The Andy Warhol Diaries is worth checking out if you're curious， but don't pressure yourself to read EVERY SINGLE PAGE because you aren't missing out on too much。 It's still an important book， though， as a time capsule of a NYC that's long gone， and to reveal some insight into Warhol's life and sometimes hilariously catty personality。 。。。more
Kelly
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DNF。 There should be a law against not having excerpts for books this big—it’s an environmental catastrophe。 I just had to know what was in it and a small tree was killed for it。
Julio Pino
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"Andy Warhol is the only genius with an IQ of 60。"---Gore Vidal 。 These diaries， published posthumously， help explain why。 Warhol had an obsession with the mundane that it lifted the ordinary into art， as in recording the price of every food item he purchased。 In a world of banality， he taught us， the only way to stand out is to be uberbanal。 Power， money， lust---all these have their attraction but only fame matters。 As the diaries show， Andy never really thought; instead， he imbibed impressions "Andy Warhol is the only genius with an IQ of 60。"---Gore Vidal 。 These diaries， published posthumously， help explain why。 Warhol had an obsession with the mundane that it lifted the ordinary into art， as in recording the price of every food item he purchased。 In a world of banality， he taught us， the only way to stand out is to be uberbanal。 Power， money， lust---all these have their attraction but only fame matters。 As the diaries show， Andy never really thought; instead， he imbibed impressions and suggestions， deciding which could best elevate his fame。 For you gossip mongers there's plenty here on the sex lives of everyone from Mick Jagger to Nureyev。 。。。more
Goheli
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Andy Warhol is one of the most incredible people in the world of art。 I really liked the book。
Gingerholli
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Satisfies a NYC in 70’s and 80’s obsession。 I refer back to this book all the time。 Like an encyclopedia。
Greg
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Interesting， odd， lots of name-dropping。 I skipped around a lot。
Rashida
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It’s like reading people magazine or the national enquirer。 Warhol is a very vein and insecure person。 This book makes me dislike him more every five minutes all he talks about it Liza this halston this and Bianca that it’s annoying he also called aids “gay cancer”， calls everybody fat and has somewhat racist and homophobic this to say about some people。 If you like gossip magazine you’ll like this but if you want to know about the zeitgeist at the time or more about Warhol that is truly honest It’s like reading people magazine or the national enquirer。 Warhol is a very vein and insecure person。 This book makes me dislike him more every five minutes all he talks about it Liza this halston this and Bianca that it’s annoying he also called aids “gay cancer”， calls everybody fat and has somewhat racist and homophobic this to say about some people。 If you like gossip magazine you’ll like this but if you want to know about the zeitgeist at the time or more about Warhol that is truly honest I suggest Bob Colacello holy terror which by far superior than this mess。 。。。more
Nick Feliz
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If you weren't trashed by Warhol in these veeery entertaining， veeery bitchy diaries， then you were NO ONE， HUNTY！ ;-） xoxo If you weren't trashed by Warhol in these veeery entertaining， veeery bitchy diaries， then you were NO ONE， HUNTY！ ;-） xoxo 。。。more
Patrissy
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I learned so much about Andy Warhol， the art world of the 1980s， the social scene of the 1980's and New York City history。 It was sobering to read a first-hand response to the AIDS crisis that was happening， from some one who was losing friends and colleagues。 Such a worthwhile read on so many levels if you are interested in art， history， NYC， Warhol， LGBTQ history， and even society and nightlife。 I learned so much about Andy Warhol， the art world of the 1980s， the social scene of the 1980's and New York City history。 It was sobering to read a first-hand response to the AIDS crisis that was happening， from some one who was losing friends and colleagues。 Such a worthwhile read on so many levels if you are interested in art， history， NYC， Warhol， LGBTQ history， and even society and nightlife。 。。。more
Anna-Lena Dressman
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i think i’ve been reading this book on and off for the last 1。5 years， and it feels hard to imagine life without its companionship。 The enveloping world of stardom and glamour， along with Andy’s hilarious， bitchy and insightful commentary was one of the best depictions of the late 70s and 80s I have read。 The book tells as is， well， as Andy says it is。 Really really special， especially if you are at all interested in Warhol or the 70s/80s New York scene - so many familiar faces！
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Paschalis
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Mathijs
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Fun， mostly nostalgic。
Jay
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840 pages of what Warhol bought at the grocery store and how much his taxi ride cost， as dictated to his assistant over the phone。 Not sure what I was expecting， but this isn't it。 840 pages of what Warhol bought at the grocery store and how much his taxi ride cost， as dictated to his assistant over the phone。 Not sure what I was expecting， but this isn't it。 。。。more
Tomas H
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It's amazing。 The daily life and observations of Andy Warhol are absolutely addictive。 He met a young Steve Jobs setting up a Mac in Sean Lennon's bedroom at The Dakota。 That's just a taste of his day to day life。 I wish he could have lived longer。 It's amazing。 The daily life and observations of Andy Warhol are absolutely addictive。 He met a young Steve Jobs setting up a Mac in Sean Lennon's bedroom at The Dakota。 That's just a taste of his day to day life。 I wish he could have lived longer。 。。。more
Lisa Zapata
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It's an interesting window into the life of the artist。 At first， it is hard to follow but once you get into the rhythm of how Andy Warhol spoke， you realize you've been let into his world。 It is an understatement to say he knew everyone。 He rubbed elbows with not only other artists but politicians， actors， crime lords， along with regular， every day people。 His diaries were dictated and it makes for a choppy read but otherwise it is a fascinating read。 It's an interesting window into the life of the artist。 At first， it is hard to follow but once you get into the rhythm of how Andy Warhol spoke， you realize you've been let into his world。 It is an understatement to say he knew everyone。 He rubbed elbows with not only other artists but politicians， actors， crime lords， along with regular， every day people。 His diaries were dictated and it makes for a choppy read but otherwise it is a fascinating read。 。。。more
Bemused BookBoy
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This is not the usual book that I post about here。 It’s very different than most any other books as well。 My interest in this book and Andy came about because I recently saw the Studio 54 documentary at a small movie theatre in Philadelphia。 The movie was great， here is some more info on it: http://www。studio54doc。com/After seeing the movie， I went on a little binge of Studio 54 stories and stuff and that lead me to Andy Warhol and his life。 Then I found this “Diary”。 The story is that Andy had This is not the usual book that I post about here。 It’s very different than most any other books as well。 My interest in this book and Andy came about because I recently saw the Studio 54 documentary at a small movie theatre in Philadelphia。 The movie was great， here is some more info on it: http://www。studio54doc。com/After seeing the movie， I went on a little binge of Studio 54 stories and stuff and that lead me to Andy Warhol and his life。 Then I found this “Diary”。 The story is that Andy had been audited by the Nixon administration after doing some art pieces for his competitor in the presidential election。 After these audits he became intent on documenting all of his cash spending and thought that the best way to do it would be to call Pat Hackett （his assistant/writer） every morning with a detail of the night before and all cash expenses。 This is it and it’s magic。 Well， this book is the culmination of that effort。 He talks about his time working in his studio， his travels to Europe and other places， nightlife， friends， celebrities。 In particular， he makes an astute observation of one of our future presidents after only one meeting。 I loved Andy’s diary and recommend it as a full read， or just something that you want to skip around in for a while。 It’s a great way to understand what it felt like to live in New York， in the 70s and 80s。 **** 。。。more
GK Stritch
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Big F-U-N！ Naturally， not for everyone。 Credit to the editor（s） for transcribing， organizing， typing， and editing what had to be a major mess into something funny and historically and socially fascinating， and a good look into Andy's head。 Andy comes across as pragmatic and likeable--maybe a bit more the boss than portrayed elsewhere。 He was fortunate to have Bob Colacello and Fred Hughes as associates--good insight into Jean Michel Basquiat with snippets of Peter Brant and Julian Schnabel--a MU Big F-U-N！ Naturally， not for everyone。 Credit to the editor（s） for transcribing， organizing， typing， and editing what had to be a major mess into something funny and historically and socially fascinating， and a good look into Andy's head。 Andy comes across as pragmatic and likeable--maybe a bit more the boss than portrayed elsewhere。 He was fortunate to have Bob Colacello and Fred Hughes as associates--good insight into Jean Michel Basquiat with snippets of Peter Brant and Julian Schnabel--a MUST read for anyone interested in the business of art history。 After Colacello leaves the diary gradually losses some snap and crackle。 Quite jarring to read the 807 pages and then come face to face with Andy's sudden death。"Just white walls and a clean floor， that's all I want。 The only chic thing is to have nothing。" p。571 。。。more
Kelly Pochyba
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geez it was long。
Kellyn
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I have a mild fascination with Andy Warhol and got the idea to read his diaries from Andy Cohen's diaries。 Its a lot; over 1100 pages a lot。 Its great both to get insight into Andy Warhol's everyday life and his personality。 It also gives a glimpse of celebrity life in the 70s and 80s。 Definitely a book you can put down for awhile and come back to and not have missed anything。 I have a mild fascination with Andy Warhol and got the idea to read his diaries from Andy Cohen's diaries。 Its a lot; over 1100 pages a lot。 Its great both to get insight into Andy Warhol's everyday life and his personality。 It also gives a glimpse of celebrity life in the 70s and 80s。 Definitely a book you can put down for awhile and come back to and not have missed anything。 。。。more
John Nez
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 This book like eating popcorn - addictive with all the buttery salty tidbits。 But in fact it is full of priceless insights into the practical working methods of how Andy Warhol worked as a artist - and he was a total workaholic。 It deals with pricing art， selling art and ignoring critics。。。 all essential life skills if you're making a living in the arts。 As a book illustrator I lived in NYC around the time of part of this book I could especially relate to life in the city - though I missed most This book like eating popcorn - addictive with all the buttery salty tidbits。 But in fact it is full of priceless insights into the practical working methods of how Andy Warhol worked as a artist - and he was a total workaholic。 It deals with pricing art， selling art and ignoring critics。。。 all essential life skills if you're making a living in the arts。 As a book illustrator I lived in NYC around the time of part of this book I could especially relate to life in the city - though I missed most of the nightlife and expensive restaurants。 I think it's telling how none of the other 'great artists' of that age， who dissed Warhol for being too gay and too commercial seemed to be able to write any books - Jasper Johns - Robert Rauschenberg。 Andy Warhol seemed to generate dozens of brilliant original thoughts every day。 The one aspect of Andy Warhol and his letters might be boiled down to original ideas from an imagination unhindered by too much schooling。 。。。more
Dennis Egan
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Great insight to the day to day activities and thoughts of Warhol。
Amy
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Have to read just a couple of pages at a time or it becomes nauseating。 I read only ten pages at time。 Interesting peek into Andy & his world。 I like what it revealed about the culture & times & his associates as much， if not more than what it revealed about Andy。
Renee
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"I had lots of dates but I decided to stay home and dye my eyebrows" "I had lots of dates but I decided to stay home and dye my eyebrows" 。。。more
Marty Lainz
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WARHOLS MIDAS TOUCH WAS THE SECRET OF HIS SUCCESS ， NOT FOR PAINTING ， NOR FOR PRINTING ， NEITHER ABOUT MUSIC ， BUT TO KNOW EXACTLY WHO ， WHERE AND WHEN TO CONVINCE 。。。TRENDING OR BETTER SAID ， MANIPULATING THE INTEREST NICE PEOPLE （RICH） SHOULD HAVE OVER CERTAIN ARTIST ， PERFORMER ， PLAYER 。。。。。HIS GURU LIKE APPROACH TO THE AVANT GARDE ， AND THE BEST WORD OF MOUTH PUBLICITY I COULD THINK OF ， CAME OUT FROM -THE FABRIC- ， VELVET UNDERGROUND AS THE CHERRY ON TOP OF HIS CAKE ， AND THE EXTRAORDINAR WARHOLS MIDAS TOUCH WAS THE SECRET OF HIS SUCCESS ， NOT FOR PAINTING ， NOR FOR PRINTING ， NEITHER ABOUT MUSIC ， BUT TO KNOW EXACTLY WHO ， WHERE AND WHEN TO CONVINCE 。。。TRENDING OR BETTER SAID ， MANIPULATING THE INTEREST NICE PEOPLE （RICH） SHOULD HAVE OVER CERTAIN ARTIST ， PERFORMER ， PLAYER 。。。。。HIS GURU LIKE APPROACH TO THE AVANT GARDE ， AND THE BEST WORD OF MOUTH PUBLICITY I COULD THINK OF ， CAME OUT FROM -THE FABRIC- ， VELVET UNDERGROUND AS THE CHERRY ON TOP OF HIS CAKE ， AND THE EXTRAORDINARY SENSE OF ACCOUNTING HIS EARNINGS VS HIS LUXURIOUS PARTIES AND EXPENSIVE EXCENTRIC GIFTS ， WAS THE CHARMING SNAKES BEST WEAPON DISPLAYED。。。。 。。。more
Rod
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Hours of voyeurism。。 indulgent， decadent
Tom Schulte
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I came to this book since I was into Velvet Underground， （some） Warhol movies， artists out of The Factory， etc。 However I was confronted with one of my own pet peeves; people that were born in the early 50s and talk about the decade like they were a teenager or adult like people born in the late 30s talking about WWII like they were vets。 There ought to be a word for that。 I was born in '70 and this diary is '76-'86 and seems like recollections from my adult life: affluent Iranian jet setters， S I came to this book since I was into Velvet Underground， （some） Warhol movies， artists out of The Factory， etc。 However I was confronted with one of my own pet peeves; people that were born in the early 50s and talk about the decade like they were a teenager or adult like people born in the late 30s talking about WWII like they were vets。 There ought to be a word for that。 I was born in '70 and this diary is '76-'86 and seems like recollections from my adult life: affluent Iranian jet setters， SSTs， Jerry Hall， etc。 Little things jump out in these largely banal reports of going to parties， etc。 He often has to "glue" because he was bald， but there is no need or desire to explain， he dealt with that like the "surgical corsets" he must wear after being shot by radical feminist writer Valerie Solanas。 Possibly these trite things stand out to me since Warhol comes across as so 。。。 uncomfortable， but comfortably so。。。 Does that make since。 Like an observer from an alien world who knows that he doesn't fit in。 。。。more
Kelli
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800+ pages of Andy's musings are much more interesting than the average citizen's but the name dropping can be overwhelming， especially for anyone not alive in the 1960s-early 1980s。 Lots of Googling。 The easiest way for me to read this book was to take it a passage or two a day， sort of like one of those daily quote desk calendars。 If you're researching Andy then of course this book would be priceless。 However， it doesn't start until 1976 which is past the REAL interesting Factory Days period。 800+ pages of Andy's musings are much more interesting than the average citizen's but the name dropping can be overwhelming， especially for anyone not alive in the 1960s-early 1980s。 Lots of Googling。 The easiest way for me to read this book was to take it a passage or two a day， sort of like one of those daily quote desk calendars。 If you're researching Andy then of course this book would be priceless。 However， it doesn't start until 1976 which is past the REAL interesting Factory Days period。 。。。more
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