Andy Warhol would be amazed and proud that the Polaroid pictures he took — and often handed out for free — are worth $25,000 apiece today.
Art dealer Isabelle Bscher of Galerie Gmurzynska is opening a show in Zurich, Switzerland next month with Warhol’s snapshots of Mick Jagger, Grace Jones, Jim Morrison, Lou Reed, Christina Onassis, Keith Haring and Candy Darling.
The show, coming to New York in the fall, also features paintings by Ronnie Cutrone, who worked with Warhol for a decade.
Cutrone — who painted cartoon characters like Woody the Woodpecker, Bart Simpson and Bugs Bunny — once said, “New York was elegant and sleazy. Now it’s a shopping mall for dot-commers. We need our crime rate back. I want my muggers and hookers back.”
Cutrone, who met Warhol when he was only 16, began writing for Warhol’s Interview magazine in 1969 about celebrities like Nancy Reagan.
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Chris Sain is giving away $1 million.
The former Michigan State football player is a financial educator and author of two bestsellers who has nearly 1 million subscribers on YouTube.
Now he’s criss-crossing the country handing out $25,000 checks to worthy causes.
“I’m just giving money away,” Sain told me, quoting the Bible: “To whom much is given, much is required.”
Sain said he and his wife, Corinthia, who met in college, are debt-free.
“We were frugal. Instead of going out to dinner, we’d stay home and cook.”
When Sain gives a speech, thousands of fans turn out. But he’s preparing for even more attention.
“I’ve got bigger goals,” he said.
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Steve Grillo, a former intern on the Howard Stern radio show, is turning his memoir “Gorilla Parts” into a musical.
His blue-collar upbringing quickly smashes into high-rise Manhattan where Steve is thrust at the tender age of 19 into a world of celebrities and depravity.
Grillo was beaten up by Spike Lee’s bodyguards, lost his girlfriend to Steve Martin, partied with Ron Jeremy and John Wayne Bobbitt, and saved Stern’s life from an enraged fan.
Songs include “Welcome to Canarsie,” where Grillo grew up; “They’re Gonna Put You in the Trunk,” about avoiding a mobbed-up execution; and “Happy Birthday, I Want a Divorce,” chronicling Steve’s marriage that included barf-covered threesomes.
“Gorilla Parts: The Musical” is designed to accommodate a rotating cast of celebrity guests, ensuring no two performances will be alike.
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Claire Danes, Hugh Dancy, Andie MacDowell, Stephanie March, and “White Lotus” stars Michelle Monaghan and Leslie Bibb were among the celebrities at The Whitney Museum of Art’s Spring Gala.
The event honored acclaimed painter Amy Sherald, best known for her portrait of former First Lady Michelle Obama.
“When I first began painting portraits, I wasn’t trying to make history,” said Sherald, whose moving canvases document the contemporary African American experience. “I just wanted to offer images that looked like the world I came from — ordinary and extraordinary at the same time.”
Leading the applause were Chairman of the Board Richard DeMartini, Neil Bluhm and his wife Kimberly Paige Bluhm, Nicky Hilton Rothschild, Jeff Koons, Susan Hess, Laurie Tisch, designer Wes Gordon, architect TC Chou, and Tom Sachs and his wife Sarah Hoover. Whitney curator Barbara Haskell was also honored.
The crowd sang along with TLC when they performed their 1994 hit “Creep.”
The museum, celebrating its 10th anniversary, raised a record-breaking $6 million.
It was also announced that an additional gift of $1 million from songwriter Judy Hart Angelo would support the museum’s free admissions program for visitors 25 and under.
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Katherine Bryan celebrated the publication of her interior decorating book, “Great Inspiration,” with some friends at her Park Avenue apartment.
Bryan, often seen on the arm of George Hamilton, raised a glass with her son George Gurley, Candace Bushnell, Susan Gutfreund and Republican political strategist Ed Rollins.
Guests included Jean Doumanian, who produced seven Woody Allen films, Tiffany Dubin and Annette Tapert.
No one said it, but I was thinking, “Living well is the best revenge.”
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Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel, Drew Barrymore, Vera Wang and “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” star Thom Filicia are a few of the celebrities who have checked out Iris Dankner’s Holiday House Hamptons Designer Showcase, which will open July 12.
Christian Siriano, Andrea Stark, Campion Platt and Jean Shafiroff are the design chairs of the benefit.
The luxury estate in Water Mill will feature the work of more than 15 top designers.
Ticket sales benefit the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
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Out & About: “Will & Grace” star Eric McCormack was spotted at Carnegie Diner & Cafe on Eighth Ave. grabbing a quick bite … Darryl Strawberry at Midtown hot spot Hunt & Fish Club with proprietor Nelson Braff and his son, who despite being a huge Yankees fan, was admiring Darryl’s ‘86 Mets World Series ring.
