Sold: Most expensive piece of 20th century art

Andy Warhol's famous painting of Marilyn Monroe has become the most expensive piece of artwork by a US artist ever to sell at auction.

Rob and Neil look at the vocabulary used in the headlines about this story.

Video chapters:

0:00 - Introduction

0:30 - Story

1:30 - Headline 1: The Guardian - Andy Warhol’s iconic Marilyn Monroe portrait sells for record $195m

4:30 – Headline 2: RTE - Iconic Warhol portrait of Marilyn Monroe fetches record $195 million

7:00 - Headline 3: The wire.in - Why Andy Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe Portraits Continue to Enthral

8:53 - Language summary

Key words and phrases:

iconic

very famous; represents an idea

- Elvis Presley’s iconic jumpsuits are a symbol of the 1970s.

- The iconic Gangnam style video was a massive YouTube hit in the 2010s.

fetches

sells for a certain amount of money

= I put my old bike on an auction site, and it fetched twice as much as I originally paid!

- Can you fetch me a coffee? I’m really sleepy.

enthral

keep your total attention; be extremely exciting

- The World Cup enthrals millions of viewers across the globe every four years.

- People say Squid Game is the most enthralling drama on TV in recent years.