For artist Chris Levine, Andy Warhol is always watching. A genuine self-portrait by the great Pop artist gazes out from the wall of Levine’s studio in Hampshire, given to him by a collector after learning that Warhol was a huge inspiration. “He said I could have one if I wanted. I thought he was joking, but a few weeks later he turned up with a big roll. It’s been looking at me.”
And Warhol’s fingerprints are all over Levine’s latest project, commissioned by The London Standard: a series of arresting, colourful portraits of great artists to mark the start of Frieze London 2024.
