<p id=”par-1_41″><a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/madonna/”>Madonna</a> and Andy Warhol both revolutionized American culture, so it makes sense that Warhol gave <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/like-a-virgin-line-from-trains-hey-soul-sister-isnt-madonna.html/”>the “Like a Virgin” singer</a> some incredible artwork. Madonna explained why she met Warhol. She was also close to other iconic artists from the same era.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-andy-warhol-told-a-celebrity-to-stop-being-jealous-of-madonna”>Andy Warhol told a celebrity to stop being jealous of Madonna </h2>
<p id=”par-2_67″>During a 2009 interview with <a href=”https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/madonna-looks-back-the-rolling-stone-interview-197575/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Rolling Stone</a>, the <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/madonnas-material-girl-helped-meet-sean-penn.html/”>Material Girl explained</a> how she came to know Warhol. “At that time, I was hanging around with a lot of graffiti artists, Futura 2000, Keith Haring, and Jean-Michel Basquiat,” she recalled. “Jean-Michel introduced me to Andy Warhol.” For context, Futura 2000 was a graffiti artist, while Haring and Basquiat were the two most famous American artists of the 1980s.</p>
<p id=”par-3_69″>“I remember we were all at a Japanese restaurant on Second Avenue and Seventh Street, where Keith had done a bunch of drawings on the walls, and Jean-Michel was telling me how jealous he was of me being on the radio,” Madonna added. “Because he thought that I had a more accessible form of art and more people would be exposed to it. Andy told him to stop complaining.” </p>
<p id=”par-4_63″>Madonna became a graffiti artist as well, using the tag “Boy Toy.” The album cover of <em>Like a Virgin</em> famously depicts Madonna wearing a belt buckle with the phrase “Boy Toy” on it. <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/madonna-said-like-a-prayer-girl-love-god.html/”>The “Like a Prayer” singer</a> said she was unsure where she got the idea to use the name Boy Toy, but it may have been Futura 2000’s stroke of inspiration.</p>
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<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-the-artist-s-pieces-about-madonna-made-her-look-shameless”>The artist’s pieces about Madonna made her look shameless</h2>
<p id=”par-5_84″><a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/the-hot-hit-song-madonna-wrote-with-lenny-kravitz.html/”>The “Justify My Love” singer</a> was asked if she owned any paintings by Warhol, Haring, or Basquiat. “I have a few of each,” she revealed. “Keith and Andy did four pieces for me as a wedding present when I married Sean [Penn]. They’re pictures of me from the cover of <em>The New York Post</em> when all the nude photographs of me came out in <em>Playboy</em> and <em>Penthouse</em>. The headline says, ‘I’m Not Ashamed.’ So they took all these <em>Post</em> covers and painted over them.”</p>
<p id=”par-6_36″>Madonna kept those pieces because they represented a “watershed moment” in her life. She also has a leather jacket that Haring painted that she would never give away. Haring died of complications from AIDS in 1990.</p>
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<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-another-connection-between-the-queen-of-pop-and-andy-warhol”>Another connection between the Queen of Pop and Andy Warhol</h2>
<p id=”par-7_47″>Madonna’s connection to Warhol extends beyond a handful of artworks. Madonna’s greatest hits album, <em>Celebration</em>, has a cover that evokes Warhol’s <em>Marilyn Diptych</em>, with Madonna’s face in place of Marilyn Monroe’s. That record reached No. 7 on the <a href=”https://www.billboard.com/artist/madonna/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Billboard 200</a>, staying on the chart for 17 weeks.</p>
<p id=”par-8_84″>The <em>Celebration </em>album produced two new songs: the title track and “Revolver.” “Celebration” was a modest hit, peaking at No. 71 on the chart for a single week. “Revolver,” on the other hand, did not chart, even though it featured a guest verse from rap superstar Lil Wayne. When the song came out, Madonna had been overshadowed in the public consciousness by one of <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/lady-gaga-song-sounds-way-much-like-madonna.html/”>her best imitators: Lady Gaga</a>. The feud between the two singers was legendary, but they both came out on top.</p>
<p id=”par-9_20″>Madonna and Warhol are both icons of pop art, so it’s fitting that Warhol made some provocative pieces for Madonna. </p>