Warhol paintings receive round-the-clock protection

SECURITY guards will be patrolling Cork Public Museum around the clock to guard a multi-million euro exhibition of 31 Andy Warhol paintings, including his legendary depiction of a tin of Campbell’s soup.

The collection arrived in Cork yesterday after being carefully packed in crates at Dublin Castle, where the exhibition had previously been shown.

The collection is from the Warhol Family Museum of Modern Art in Medzilaborce, Slovakia, where the late American popular artist has roots.