The Architectural League and Esto invite architects and related design professionals to participate in an important volunteer photography project that will document the changing face of New York City as part of a winter 2010 exhibition. The Architectural League and Esto invite architects and... View full entry
The audacity! Brad Pitt told Parade Magazine over the weekend that he finds architecture to be playful fun, "a stress reliever," and akin to a crossword puzzle. Then again, maybe this explains the spate of architectural docs of late. The audacity! Brad Pitt told Parade Magazine over the weekend... View full entry
The minarets of Central Mosque in the German city of Hamburg were removed temporarily Sunday to allow artist Boran Burchhardt to begin work on the building's makeover and paint them with green hexagonal dots. Who says Islam doesn't have a sense of humor? das KunstmagazineThe minarets of Central... View full entry
Patronizing or beautiful, Dan Berry on Providence, RI's Camp Runamok: "Down South Main Street he went, past the majestic court building and the upscale seafood restaurant, over a guardrail to a gravelly plot beneath a ramp that once guided cars toward Cape Cod. Foul-smelling and partially hidden... View full entry
The lost Roman city of Altinum has been found in Italy. Sophisticated aerial images released this week reveal fascinating new details about Venice's predecessor, which was abandoned by its citizens and then sank into the lagoon. Der Spiegel View full entry
Looking to get away from it all for a while? Then you might consider moving to Ladonia, a micronation made up of driftwood, nails, and nine-story wooden fortresses in the southwest corner of Sweden. The incredible development has its own flag (green with a green cross) and national anthem (Ladonia... View full entry
New detective work suggests that the ancient mechanism for simulating planetary motions and predicting lunar eclipses was built in the 2nd century BC.New detective work suggests that the ancient mechanism for simulating planetary motions and predicting lunar eclipses was built in the 2nd century... View full entry
A brief snapshot of last night's Gallery Talk event in SCI Arc. 'Conversation Under the Box' CONVERSATION UNDER THE BOXBy Orhan Ayyuce I almost didn't go if it wasn't for a business meeting I had near SCI Arc right before the much anticipated gallery installation talk between Eric Owen Moss... View full entry
Elevator for grain, reinvented for art. Elevator for grain, reinvented for art in Wassiac, New York.But the melding of art gallery and grain elevator into what its creators call the Wassaic Project, about to begin its second year of exhibitions, may be a first in the United States. NYT View full entry
A Tokyo employer is introducing smile-detecting video cameras to monitor employee happiness. My guess is that anyone with a job these days should be relatively happy... A Tokyo employer is introducing smile-detecting video cameras to monitor employee happiness. My guess is that anyone with a job... View full entry
Merce Cunningham, the American choreographer who was among a handful of 20th-century figures to make dance a major art and a major form of theater, died Sunday night. He was 90 and lived in Manhattan. Merce Cunningham, the American choreographer who was among a handful of 20th-century figures to... View full entry
Outdoor art isn’t what it used to be. Once it honored heroic individuals and upheld values that whole populations could embrace. Today, excepting memorials like the Vietnam veterans wall, outdoor art serves rather to divert, amuse and comfort. Seen from the streets: Tara Donovan’s... View full entry
Damien Hirst's colossal bronz Virgin Mother in Lever House courtyard is replaced by Hello Kitty by Tom Sachs. What would Gordon say about the change? Please be brief. Damien Hirst's colossal bronz Virgin Mother in Lever House courtyard is replaced by Hello Kitty by Tom Sachs. What would Gordon say... View full entry
Maybe this can also ease the American housing crisis: Two brothers in Brazil are literally living on the outside of a building in Rio’s Old Center. Since May, twenty-seven-year-old Tiago Primo and his twenty-year-old brother Gabriel, have been sleeping, working and eating on the side of a... View full entry
Projects like "All Art Now" are of inestimable value in the development of a genuine contemporary art scene in Syria. Qantara Projects like "All Art Now" are of inestimable value in the development of a genuine contemporary art scene in Syria. Qantara Syria is largely isolated, politically and... View full entry