An odd salute to the late Jean Baudrillard. Slate | previously | Grand Theft Simulacra View full entry
Many nations have no tradition of free speech, and in those contexts, blogging can be extremely dangerous. How can those bloggers protect themselves, and how can we help them? SXSW via World Changing View full entry
In a new book, Bill McKibben is calling for radical economic change as well -- out with "more is better" and the fires of global growth; in with local food, local produce, a kind of new village life. He calls it "deep economy" to save the Earth. On Point View full entry
NASA's Cassini spacecraft have found evidence for seas, likely filled with liquid methane or ethane, in the high northern latitudes of Saturn's moon Titan. NASA View full entry
I won't give away the last line because it's worth reading the entire article on Herman Wallace's architectural voyage facilitated by artist Jackie Sumell. Mr. 76759 Designs His Dream House. Previously newsed here View full entry
German artist Gregor Schneider has designed "a 46-foot cube made of scaffolding covered in black fabric," apparently "inspired by the Ka'ba in Mecca, the holiest site of Islam." It is part of a larger show, in Hamburg, called “Homage to Malevich" - yet the piece might offend Muslims, so it... View full entry
Iain Sinclair discusses the work of Leon Kossoff, the museums and streets of London, and the art that is the city: Guardian. View full entry
For a look inside the UK prison system, The Guardian recently "talked to 42 people... from Category A prisoners whose escape would endanger the public to Category Ds trusted with their own keys; from a money-launderer jailed with her baby to a teenager who caused death by dangerous driving; from... View full entry
Scientists have finally exceeded the speed of light, causing a light pulse to travel hundreds of times faster than normal. It raced so fast the pulse exited a specially prepared chamber before it even finished entering it. cbc View full entry
A 43-year-old German decided to settle his imminent divorce by chainsawing a family home in two and making off with his half in a forklift truck. Reuters View full entry
Tel Aviv is, in fact, in the midst of a mini-Manhattan makeover with the recent arrival of New York-style residential projects designed by the likes of Philippe Starck and Richard Meier. nyt View full entry
Bubbling crude might become that bubbling swamp behind your house as thousands of venture capitalists and companies look to algae for the solution to peak oil. nyt View full entry
Jean Baudrillard , a French philosopher and social theorist known for his provocative commentaries on consumerism, excess and what he said was the disappearance of reality, died today. He was 77. BBC l AP | Discuss View full entry
A storm is raging in France over the government's decision to build a branch of the Louvre in an Arab Gulf state - the first-ever foreign annex of the world-famous art gallery. BBC l CBC View full entry
The pretexts for Documenta 12 came out last week in the form of a magazine titled Modernity which highlights one of the leitmotifs of Roger M. Buergel curatorial premise. ArtForum View full entry