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Christophe von Hohenberg’s Remembering Warhol: Thirty Years Ago
Exhibition features a collection of historic photographs of Pop artist Andy Warhol’s 1987 memorial service at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, captured by photographer Christophe von Hohenberg on assignment for Vanity Fair. 

On April 1, 1987, two thousand invited guests arrived on foot, taxi and limousine at Fifth Avenue and 50th Street to walk through a throng of curious onlookers held back by NYPD, wooden barriers. Stationed in front of the catthedral, von Hohenberg took over 600 photos of what Grace Glueck of the New York Times called the "most droppable names” in the world of Hollywood, fashion, music, international society and art. He captured a veritable time capsule of the epochal era Warhol helped shape.

The archival photographs and prints are exhibited with celebrity remembrances and antidotes that von Hohenberg collected from the attendees. Some, such as designer Diane von Furstenberg, sent back hand-written notes, others wrote on personal stationary. Collectively the letters are a testament to a social and cultural world that is fading into the ether of history.