Feb
06

Today in Smithsonian History: February 6, 1981

 

Pop artist Andy Warhol is credited with coining the phrase "In the future, everyone will be famous for 15 minutes." He probably never said it, but he's still famous for it. (Photo by Jack Mitchell via Wikipedia Commons)

Pop artist Andy Warhol is credited with coining the phrase “In the future, everyone will be famous for 15 minutes.” He probably never said it, but he’s still famous for it. (Photo by Jack Mitchell via Wikipedia Commons)

February 6, 1981 “How Fleeting is Fame” opens at the National Portrait Gallery. The exhibition consists of lithographic portraits of 19th-century celebrities whose fame did not withstand the test of time. We would like to show you some portraits from the exhibition but we’ve forgotten who was in it.

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