The cost of London 2012 will be far higher than predicted because of 'ludicrous' property price projections for the site. TimesOnline View full entry
The painting is still on the wall of a private property in London and the owner of the wall is selling it. The final bid does not include the cost of removal and repair of the wall, estimated to be about £5,000. BBC > View full entry
Art Forum reviews a recent discussion between New York Times' Carol Vogel and artist Jeff Koons. View full entry
Oscar Pistorius, a double-amputee sprinter from South Africa, is not be eligible to compete in Olympic qualifying events. His carbon fiber prosthetics have been determined to give him an unbalanced advantage over the rest of the field. NYT l the science behind the analysis View full entry
Downtown to Union Square in less than 15 minutes.Gothamist/flickr View full entry
General Franco's Valley of the Fallen is emblematic of Spain's complex relationship with it's Fascist past. Do monuments perpetuate the violence or memorialize past?link View full entry
A review in Village Voice:"Utopically titled "As Far As the Eye Can See," Weiner's retrospective exhibition, disgorges the Bronx native's career onto the Whitney's walls and floors with what can only be called anti-chronological zeal. This is just as well, as Weiner's work revolves around a... View full entry
“The US DHS is preparing over 100 court cases against landowners along the US-Mexico border who have refused to allow construction of a 670-mile border fence on their properties” … “but is in the process of determining which properties it will need to purchase or seize... View full entry
"That's the mother of all high numbers," said Loren Scott, a Baton Rouge-based economist. To put it in perspective, "a stack of one quadrillion pennies would reach Saturn." And in closing, "it's important to the person who filed it, so we're taking every single claim seriously," Corps spokeswoman... View full entry
A strange journey into the history of Vector Graphics in gaming and architectural representation. Some commentary on the joys of CAD and the long-forgotten Vectrex gaming system. Serial Consign View full entry
A year ago, James Hansen went public with a charge that made headlines around the world: The Bush administration had tried to silence him. Now, writer and scientist Mark Bowen has written a book on the affair. Fresh Air (listen) | Previous View full entry
Vado Retro, the most prolific poster in archinect history has reach 10,000 posts! the world was reported to have faced a cataclysmic end, but we're still here posting to archinect (or are we?) View full entry
New York artist Rainer Ganahl surveys the sites of the murders took place since the beginning of the last century in Istanbul for 2007 Istanbul Biennial. Link / an interview with the artist / viaSilenced Voices – Bicycling Istanbul’s topography of 21 murdered Journalists For this... View full entry
Creating huge murals in the slums of Brazil. Encouraging the youth to use their creativity and improving the reputation of the favelas. photos > View full entry
LA financier Eli Broad has shocked a number of museums, mostly LACMA, with his recent decision to donate his 2,000 works of modern art to his own personal Broad Art Foundation.Long assumed to be at the top of the list of potential recipients was the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, which next... View full entry