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Meet the Warhol superstar behind the NGV’s summer blockbuster

Meet the Warhol superstar behind the NGV’s summer blockbuster

Baby Jane Holzer wishes she’d listened when Warhol told her to spend a mere $20k on a Basquiat – but at least she got into Haring early.

Andy Warhol and Baby Jane Holzer at an event in the 1980s. Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty

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What happens to the rest of your life when Tom Wolfe declares you “Girl of the Year” in 1964? It’s a hard act to live up to, and even harder to sustain as time rolls by in its remorseless fashion. Fifty-five years on, “Baby Jane” Holzer is unfazed.

I’m talking with this celebrated model, property investor and art collector because she has lent a number of works by Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring to the National Gallery of Victoria’s summer blockbuster.

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