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.[5] He was impressed by "'the brilliance of Andy Warhol's vision' and was determined to become part of it."[5] 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.[5]
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]