I am afraid this is a rather posthumous stink-bomb
As the Andy Warhol Diaries show, once Aids began to stalk his world, Warhol took fright, and distance. He would avoid restaurants where, as he put it, ‘fairies’ were handling the food. He cold-shouldered friends who tested positive, shunning their society at parties and refusing to ride in taxis with them.
However, as fitting for a person whose life was devoted to getting between the 'covers' he did concede when Aids was at its most virulent to have lunch with Liberace at a restaurant where you were sure to be seen. But on his return (cab $6) he assured his entourage (nature's dependants) that on parting he did not 'Frecnh kiss' the mistress of the ivories.
Ah Andy, such an artist, such an original thinker, such a conservative scaredy cat.
As the Andy Warhol Diaries show, once Aids began to stalk his world, Warhol took fright, and distance. He would avoid restaurants where, as he put it, ‘fairies’ were handling the food. He cold-shouldered friends who tested positive, shunning their society at parties and refusing to ride in taxis with them.
However, as fitting for a person whose life was devoted to getting between the 'covers' he did concede when Aids was at its most virulent to have lunch with Liberace at a restaurant where you were sure to be seen. But on his return (cab $6) he assured his entourage (nature's dependants) that on parting he did not 'Frecnh kiss' the mistress of the ivories.
Ah Andy, such an artist, such an original thinker, such a conservative scaredy cat.
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