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Warhol’s Bluegrass Derby Visit
Governor John Y. Brown hosted artist Andy Warhol for the Kentucky Derby (along with Alan Greenspan and LBJ’s eldest daughter). In addition to festivities at Cave Hill, Warhol attended the Madden party and perhaps the Derby Breakfast held at the Kentucky Horse Park. Pictured here are Warhol’s images of the [...]
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May 6, 2023
A Raphael…in Kentucky?
An art mystery originating in the Bluegrass
A Raphael… from Kentucky? Did you catch a bit of Kentucky in the Wall Street Journal recently?
The “Flaget Madonna,” discovered almost three decades ago in an antique shop might be a work by Raphael.
First brought to Kentucky by the first “Bishop of the West,” [...]
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March 15, 2023