Iʼm obsessed with video artist Ryan Trecartin, or rather, his awe-inspiring and mangled depictions of popular culture. There is no way to really explain the way he consumes and re-expresses the media as a whole. You just have to watch it for yourself. I saw some of his work as part of the Andy Warhol exhibit at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and it kind of made Warhol look like a simpleton.

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This is an explosive multi-disciplinary performance piece about the life of Andy Warhol. Using cabaret, documentary, fashion, and movement pieces, the show at the Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles explores a narrative of America and its relationship to fame and celebrity from post-World War II, 1960s and 70s gay disco culture, to the celebrity-soaked world of the 1980s. Even better: it’s all scored with music from the Velvet Underground, 1970s disco, and Polish-Czechoslovakian folk music.

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Eren Kapaklili is a graphic designer and digital producer working with N/A Inc, a new kind of marketing and communications agency with a singular goal: to connect people and brands in ways that affect positive social change. Kapaklili was asked to create a series of web-based postcards that featured non-conformists and revolutionaries paired with lesser known quotes. The series is called The Not Applicables because the traditional rules of society, art, politics and business did not apply to these individuals.

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Montreal-based artist Beth Frey knows that, deep down, a lot of people would like to be as famous as Andy Warhol. So she started a business through her Etsy shop offering a personalized drawing of you, a unicorn, and Andy. Why a unicorn?

‘You do it because of Warhol. Warhol made you do it’ says Frey. ‘So you ride the unicorn of success with Andy, even though he’s already bored of you’. OK. If you want your very own portrait, all you have to do is send in a photo of yourself here and cite your special requests: colour, background, custom celebrity ‘sandwiches’ (for an additional fee). Voila! And if you don’t want to be touched by Andy Warhol but have Justin Bieber mounted on your steed instead, then Frey offers that too.

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We’re all familiar with Campbell’s Soup Cans, a work of art produced in 1962 by American artist Andy Warhol. Since then, he has done some work for the soup maker until his death in 1987. Over the past years, Campbell’s sales have dwindled due to numerous factors and it’s now looking at Warhol to boost sales. The world’s biggest soup maker has recently announced that they will release a series of Andy Warhol special edition cans bearing labels reminiscent of the pop artist’s paintings. The special edition cans will be sold at Target stores in the US and will cost 75c each.

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As an illustrator and graphic designer, I find that whether it’s through their art or music, there are some personalities that simply change the way you look at the world. In an attempt to pay homage to their talent, I’m working on a series of illustrations featuring the likes of David Bowie, Freddie Mercury, Andy Warhol and Salvador Dali. My work tries to capture the essence of their work, and at times imagines what they’d do in our current technology-savvy age. Warhol on Facebook? But, of course.

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Yes, this is a real photo of a real event that happened back on May 1, 1947, when 23 year-old Evelyn McHale wrote a poignant note to her fiancee (‘He is much better off without me. I wouldn’t make a good wife for anybody’), left a small collection of personal items on the observation platform of the Empire State Building, then leapt to her death, landing, as fate would have it, on the roof of a United Nations limousine. This remarkable, untouched photo was taken in the immediate aftermath by a passerby – photography student Robert Wiles – and ran shortly afterwards in Life magazine. Years later, Andy Warhol commemorated the event with a typically striking artwork, pictured below.

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The Scream by Edvard Munch is one of the few timeless paintings I admire. I love how photographer Andy Alcala took it upon himself to snap pictures of renowned artworks that were abstractly face painted on human canvases. You’ll also spot other famous works by Andy Warhol, Vincent Van Gogh and Rene Magritte to name a few.

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Walk On The Wild Side and Candy Says being among the most influential songs in rotation on my Walkman during my formative years, and having had a deep fascination with Warhol and the New York of the 70s and early 80s (I moved here in 85, so I caught the tail end as a kindergartener), I was drawn to this documentary and laughed and cried the whole 90 minutes.

For anyone who likes old classic movies, 70s punk, and 80s pop art, this documentary will strike a chord. It tells all about the Candy who inspired some of the Velvet Underground’s greatest music.

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Just when we thought the whole cupcake craze was starting to fizzle, along comes high-end shoe designer Patrick Cox with a rad new take on the scrumptious little treats. While soccer moms and sorority sisters might flock to New York’s pastel-hued Magnolia Bakery to satisfy their cupcake cravings, Cox Cookies & Cakes in London’s chicer-than-thou Soho District is the destination of choice for hipsters, fashionistas and film industry types.

In his sleek new digs on Brewer Street, Cox serves up decadent goodies inspired by Salvador Dalí and Andy Warhol (think big red lips and Marilyn Monroe). And get ready for a lot of black and neon. “I want it to be a very sensual experience when you walk in’, Cox told GQ Magazine recently. ‘I think it should be somewhere between a disco, a sex shop and a cake shop’. Sex shop meets cupcakes? Nope, haven’t seen that one before.

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Splashes of red, blue, and yellow grace these limited edition Dom Pérignon bottles, paying homage to the great American artist, Andy Warhol. Commissioned by Dom Pérignon, this exclusion collection is a re-imagining of their infamous bottle by the Design Laboratory at Central Saint Martin’s School of Art and Design, London.

Inspired by Warhol’s ‘unconventional representation of icons and the playful use of codes and colour’, the bottles are a striking tribute to the artist – who was seen more than a few times sipping on this top-tier bubbly. This Vintage 2002 collection is due to drop in stores in October 2010, so snag your own and claim your 15 minutes of fame – at least among your friends, that is.

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Lost At E Minor contributor Ron English has a new artwork available based around the Andy Warhol adage: ‘I’d like my own tombstone to be blank. No epitaph, and no name. Well, actually, I’d like it to say “figment”‘. In collaboration with metal experts Fully Visual, English has been happy to oblige. The statue is in Bronze and White Bronze, stands 7.5” tall, and ‘features an iconic Warholian wispy wigged skull atop a turtle-necked tombstone’.

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If you’ve ever known the mouth-watering appeal of well photographed food, then the Eat the Art exhibition now on in Boston may be the place for you. This lip-smacking exhibit brings together a smorgasbord of food as art themed pieces from more than forty-two artists. Using various media, artists showcase everything from a miniature cocktail dress made out of the skins of clementines to flowers made of jelly beans. One of the highlights includes several of Andy Warhol’s iconic food-themed pieces. Eat the Art is on now until the month’s end.

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It’s all about juxtaposition for the fashion duo Anzevino & Florence. With William Anzevino hailing from the East Coast and Richard Florence from West, they find inspiration in opposing forces. Who else could find commonality between Warhol and Thoreau? But they do so convincingly, distilling both down to the exaltation of the ordinary. The two artists met in 2000 and stumbled into fashion when they were commissioned by the Andy Warhol Museum to develop a line of t-shirts using his images. The line, which featured obscure Warhol paintings, film stills, and quotes created a sensation and propelled them to create their own brand, which was immediately picked up by such fashion heavyweights as Barney’s New York, Ron Herman, Lane Crawford in Hong Kong and Ships ltd in Japan.

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A minimalist design hotel parked on Thailand’s Koh Samui island, The Library stole my attention as I wandered down Chewang Beach at sunset. It wasn’t the red pool contrasted with the white minimalist studios that held my gaze, but the rather well-stocked design library brimming with Warhol and architecture titles from across the globe. A collection of slick iMacs wait patiently beside the bookshelves, and minimalist lounges encourage readers to stay a while and learn the history of design. While it’s a little beyond the reach of this hostel-dwelling backpacker, The Library promises a stimulating stay for those with an appreciation of aesthetics.

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