Vincent Fremont (born 1950) is an American art magazine publishing executive, documentary director, and producer. Vincent was the one-time manager of Andy Warhol's studio The Factory, and a co-founder and former co-head of the Andy Warhol Foundation as was proscribed for in the pop artist's will.[1] [2] [3] He was also a member of the Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board.[4]
Fremont was born the son of two artists in San Diego and raised in Los Angeles.[5] In August 1969, Fremont visited New York for the first time and dropped by Andy Warhol's Factory with some friends. He was impressed by "'the brilliance of Andy Warhol's vision' and was determined to become part of it." By 1971, Fremont had moved to New York and was working part-time at The Factory. He started "at the bottom" by sweeping the floors and doing tasks around the studio.
He was the director and co-producer of Pie in the Sky: The Brigid Berlin Story (2000), a biopic on the Warhol superstar Brigid Berlin.[6] He was also an associate producer of the 1989 film Slaves of New York, adapted from the short story collection of the same name by Tama Janowitz.[7]
In 2016, Fremont was named CEO of ARTnews.[8] He stepped down from the executive position in 2017 but stayed on as an advisor to the company.[9]
Freemont and his wife Shelly Dunn Fremont are among the on-screen interviewees in the 2022 Netflix docuseries, The Andy Warhol Diaries, in part adapted from the book of the same name.[10]