In the late 1960s Andy Warhol famously stated: “In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes.” Certainly an argument can be made that Warhol’s theory has been borne out on social media, where varying degrees of fame can befall anyone, at any time. Warhol was also innovative in transforming everyday commercial objects – […]
Marilyn. Campbell’s Soup. Everyone is familiar with Andy Warhol. And a travelling exhibit, Andy Warhol Revisited, curated by Revolver Gallery from Los Angeles, is popping up in Yorkville starting tomorrow, July 1, 2015. Taking over the old Guess? and Porche Design spaces on Bloor, just west of Bay, the exhibit will be in town until […]
By the age of just 20, street graffiti artist Jean-Michel Basquiat had already taken the New York art scene by storm. This was the early 1980s and it must have helped that he had made friends with Andy Warhol and other pop-culture artists of the day (Madonna, Blondie). But Basquiat was a ground-breaking artist on […]
