Chicago hotels are riding the wave of Warhol-mania
CHICAGO - Andy Warhol predicted everyone would be famous for 15 minutes, but it's doubtful that even the prescient pop artist could have foreseen the ripple effects of the Art Institute's current exhibition.
"Andy Warhol - From A to B and Back Again" set in motion a flurry of whimsical hotel packages, along with spawning restaurant dishes and drinks in the artist's honor and plastering images of his iconic silkscreens on city buildings large and small.
"Andy Warhol is everywhere in Chicago right now," said Nora Gainer, director of partnerships and tourism at the Art Institute, where the ambitious retrospective is on display through Jan. 26. "The ubiquity of his presence throughout the city, in mediums from murals to cocktails, speaks to the unparalleled appeal
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