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With Fear and Wonder in Its Wake, Sputnik Lifted Us Into the Future NYT | 1 What Sputnik Launched Washington Post Sputnik launched an idea that's still sky-high San Diego Union TribuneStudio 360's Sputnik Special.... More from View full entry
Novelist and critic Tariq Ali reflects on the current condition, past history, and future of Pakistan in the year of the country's 60th birthday. LRB View full entry
Like traffic wardens and estate agents, critics do not rank highly in public affection. They have often been regarded as parasites, unable to create art themselves but capable of ruining reputations with the stroke of a poison pen. However, the critic has a vital role to play in culture and one... View full entry
Byrne driving across country describes first his view of the Mormon Cathedral in DC.. "I haven’t been able to find out the architect of this DC temple. As a spectacle it surely ranks as one of the great works of architecture, but I seriously doubt that architectural scholars and critics... View full entry
In a move that seems likely to shake up its contemporary art programming, the Museum of Modern Art has hired Kathy Halbreich, the adventurous director of the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, as an associate director. IHT View full entry
AMONG the many reasons to suspect that Europeans are more gifted than Americans at enjoying urban life is this: they eat outdoors because it’s pretty. We eat outdoors even though it’s not. NY Times View full entry
“New forms of memory are permanent and accessible from anywhere. As their reach grows, scholars are asking if now - perhaps for the first time in human history - we need to find ways to forget.” Boston Globe | Related View full entry
Nominate your favorites. Vote only once. The People decide this race. Polls close October 16, 2007 for the People's Design Award hosted by Cooper-Hewitt. Cooper Hewitt Also, the Cooper-Hewitt will Celebrate National Design Week October 14–20 with free admission to the museum all week long... View full entry
Richard Prince has heard America singing, and it is not in tune. The paradoxically beautiful, seamless 30-year survey of his work at the Guggenheim Museum catches many of our inharmonious country’s discontents and refracts them back to us. NYT | The New Readymades View full entry
Japanese researchers have succeeded in producing see-through frogs, letting them observe organs, blood vessels and eggs under the skin without dissecting the animal. Genetic engineering could also produce illuminating frogs. AFP + elsewhere View full entry
“The first survey of contemporary Iranian photography to be presented in the United States, Persian Visions introduces the work of twenty exceptionally talented artists…Persian Visions was developed by Hamid Severi for the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Iran, and Gary Hallman of... View full entry
Christopher Gray, author of the Streetscapes column for the New York Times, is looking for New York City’s worst buildings. For the Leonard Lopate Show yesterday, WNYC asked listeners to submit pictures of their selections. Check out the listener submissions @ flickr | Winning Entries | +... View full entry
The U.S. Green Building Council’s new Carbon Reduction Webinar Series has been announced and registration is now open for the first two events. From the announcing email/usgbc website: take the first step toward achieving “zero emissions” for your company or your building... View full entry
“The Beijing Bicycle Rental Co., Mr. Wang admits, is a bit of a David in the face of the capital's Goliath-like traffic monster. But he has high hopes that as Beijingers' frustration levels rise, the seductive charms and status of driving an automobile will seem less tempting, and that they... View full entry