Vincent Fremont

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Vincent Fremont (born 1950) is an American art magazine publishing executive, documentary director, and producer. Vincent was the one-time manager of Andy Warhol's studio The Factory, and a co-founder and former co-head of the Andy Warhol Foundation as was proscribed for in the pop artist's will. [1] [2] [3] He was also a member of the Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board. [4]

Life and career

Fremont was born the son of two artists in San Diego and raised in Los Angeles. [5] In August 1969, Fremont visited New York for the first time and dropped by Andy Warhol's Factory with some friends. [5] He was impressed by "'the brilliance of Andy Warhol's vision' and was determined to become part of it." [5] By 1971, Fremont had moved to New York and was working part-time at The Factory. He started "at the bottom" by sweeping the floors and doing tasks around the studio. [5]

He was the director and co-producer of Pie in the Sky: The Brigid Berlin Story (2000), a biopic on the Warhol superstar Brigid Berlin. [6] He was also an associate producer of the 1989 film Slaves of New York , adapted from the short story collection of the same name by Tama Janowitz. [7]

In 2016, Fremont was named CEO of ARTnews. [8] He stepped down from the executive position in 2017 but stayed on as an advisor to the company. [9]

Freemont and his wife Shelly Dunn Fremont are among the on-screen interviewees in the 2022 Netflix docuseries, The Andy Warhol Diaries , in part adapted from the book of the same name. [10]

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