Julia and Andy Warhol as photographed by Duane Michals (detail). The title of author Elaine Rusinko’s biography “Andy Warhol’s Mother” might at first seem just book-jacket shorthand, or even a bit of ...

While Andy Warhol remains among the art world’s most celebrated superstars, best-selling biographer Laurence Leamer in his latest book uncovers the decidedly dark side of Warhol’s rise to ‘60s fame.

When a British tourist came back from Las Vegas with a $5 painting he'd bought at a garage sale and told everybody he was pretty sure a 10-year-old Andy Warhol had done it, people flipped out, but now ...