Paige Powell, a close confidante of Andy Warhol and former associate publisher of Interview magazine, is presenting a new exhibition of her photographs titled "Private Andy: Religious Services" at Jeffrey Deitch in Los Angeles. The show features intimate, often accidental images from 1986-87 that document Warhol's final days, including his volunteer work at a church and his funeral, revealing his spiritual side and the overlap of life and death.
The exhibition reframes Powell's role from a passive documentarian to an active shaper of the 1980s New York art scene. It highlights her influence as a behind-the-scenes instigator who connected artists for major projects and facilitated Warhol's experiments, cementing her legacy as a crucial creative force within Warhol's inner circle rather than just an observer.