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Brigid Berlin

1939–2020 · artist and Andy Warhol superstar

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Brigid Berlin (New York, 1939 – 2020) was an American artist best known as one of the superstars in Andy Warhol's circle. Born into a New York high-society family and surrounded by celebrities and politicians as a child, she turned away from the debutante role expected of her. After meeting Warhol in 1964 she became a central figure in his entourage at the Hotel Chelsea and appeared in several of his films, including Chelsea Girls.

Her artistic practice centred on Polaroid photography, especially double-exposure self-portraits, as well as audio recordings and scrapbooks. She also made the so-called "Tit Prints", impressions created by pressing her bare breasts onto paper or canvas, which were shown at a gallery on Madison Avenue in 1996. For years she worked for Interview magazine. How far she influenced Warhol's work is still debated, and her own reputation was largely overshadowed by his. Her Polaroids were published in 2015 with a foreword by John Waters.