Pop Culture by Alex Godfrey

Pop Culture by Alex Godfrey

Marilyn Monroe to Muhammad Ali. Cher to Chappell Roan. The Beatles to Banksy. Over the past 20 years, Julien’s Auctions has auctioned countless unique objects owned by icons of stage, sport, screen and song to collectors worldwide. Today, it’s an auction house like no other, built from scratch by fans, for fans. This commemorative book explores its story, from small start-up with big hopes, to an established global brand to the stars. With expert essays, an in-depth candid conversation with eco-founders Darren Julien and Martin Nolan, and photographs of hundreds of items sold over the years, this is a joyous, kaleidoscopic celebration of pop culture. Featuring some of Julien’s Auctions’ record-smashing highlights — Marilyn’s Happy Birthday Mr. President gown, John Lennon’s Gibson guitar, Kurt Cobain’s cardigan and Princess Diana’s exquisite dresses — Pop Culture presents a uniquely desirable chronicle of celebrity in the 21st century.      

Barney Hoskyns is the co-founder and editorial director of Rock's Backpages, the archive of music journalism. He began writing for NME in the early '80s and is a former contributing editor at British Vogue and U.S. correspondent for MOJO. He is the author of Hotel California (2006), Lowside of the Road (2009), Trampled Under Foot (2012) and Small Town Talk (2016). He has written for The Guardian, the New Statesman, Uncut, Spin, Rolling Stone, GQ and many other publications. Alex Godfrey is currently Features Editor at Empire, the world’s biggest-selling movie magazine. Since beginning his journalism career in 2000 he has been a regular feature writer for The Guardian, The Sunday Times, The Telegraph, GQ and Esquire, covering culture, sport and science, but specialising in film; over the past few years for Empire he has conducted major interviews with David Lynch, Robert De Niro, Daniel Day-Lewis, Martin Scorsese, Christopher Nolan and Paul Thomas Anderson. In 2023 he won the British Society of Magazine Editors award for Best Feature Writer, and has been shortlisted for many of the industry’s top awards. If he could have bought anything from Julien’s David Lynch sale it would have been the hot-pink velvet sofa. Booth Moore is a Los Angeles–based fashion critic, writer, and editor whose work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, The Hollywood Reporter, Women's Wear Daily, Vogue Business, and many other publications. She is the author of three books, including American Runway: 75 Years of Fashion and the Front Row (Abrams). Berlin-based Arsalan Mohammad is Publications Director at Julien’s Auctions. He was previously Editor at Sotheby’s, and Harper’s Bazaar Art Arabia. He has worked as an arts and lifestyle journalist and editor in Germany, the Middle East and London since 2003. He also produces and presents “David Bowie: Albumtoalbum” a long running show featuring celebrity guests discussing their favourite Bowie album.