Interview is an American magazine founded in 1969 by artist Andy Warhol and British journalist John Wilcock. The magazine, nicknamed “The Crystal Ball of Pop”,features interviews of and by celebrities.
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Since Andy Warhol created it in 1969, blending pop culture with the power of the media, Interview was launched at the cusp of Hollywood’s “blockbuster” era, offering a new window into the lives of the stars that blurred the boundaries between public and personal.
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Warhol hosted parties for the magazine at New York hotspots such as Studio 54 and Regine’s. He used a tape recorder he had in his pocket to capture content for Interview. The interviews were taped conversations of well-known eclectic people usually at a restaurant and published as a literal transcription. Another trademark of the magazine were full-page photographs of “beautiful people.”
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Interview magazine quickly became the cornerstone of America’s glittering ‘art of celebrity,’ and in the typical Warholian style, it transmuted from unconventional printmatter into an object of art.
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The Château Cramirat Collection is a treasure trove of art and design by philosopher Anna Ravitzki and designer Dan Alexander, housed in a 12th-century Templar landmark in the
Valley of Mankind, Périgord, France.
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Warhol, Andy, and Wilcock, John (creators). Interview Magazine. December 1985. Vol. XV, No. 12 (Madonna); April 1986. Vol. XVI, No. 4 (Cindy Lauper); April 1988 (Isabella Rossellini); February 1989. Vol. XIX, No. 2 (Andy Warhol); December 1989 (Jessica Lange). New York: Interview Enterprises, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989.
