The Bush administration estimates that emissions by the United States of gases that contribute to global warming will grow nearly as fast through the next decade as they did the previous decade, according to a long-delayed report being completed for the United Nations. NYT View full entry
der Spiegel analyzes China, Inc under the question does Communism work. But the question isn't so much about communism or lack there of, but more attuned to controlling the big picture and its points and trajectories of production and consumption. View full entry
Giant high powered laser + Tagging artists = this View full entry
and other recent news from Architecture for Humanity. This months newsletter features job opportunities, the new AFH logo (congrats Michael DiTullo) and more details on the March 8th launch of the Open Architecture Network (OAN). View full entry
It was the drug that fuelled the psychedelic 60s - and was tested as a weapon by MI6. But whatever became of LSD? Duncan Campbell traces its colourful past, and finds that the acidheads are still out there. Guardian View full entry
Indianapolis 100-Acre Park Will be One of the Largest Museum Art Parks in the United States. Features work of Haluk Akakçe, Atelier Van Lieshout, Kendall Buster, Sam Easterson, Peter Eisenman, Alfredo Jaar, Los Carpinteros, Tea Mäkipää, Type A and Andrea Zittel & Mary... View full entry
when raising awareness about global warming and the 'green revolution' becomes the ONLY advertisement on a F1 car the cynics would say that this is the last drop for using the word green. Then again, if these cars are going to race, they might as well do something about it. What do you think... View full entry
A life-size cardboard cutout of President Bush with a knife stuck in its forehead? Then..."The agents, wearing shades and suit jackets and looking very federal, told Rumberger and McDonald they were responding to three complaints that the piece constituted a "hostile act" toward the president of... View full entry
Royal de Luxe put on another spectacular street performance about a "little" girl (6m tall!) that sets about to capture a Rhino... The mechanisms for the puppets and intricate connections are mind-boggling... This is the same company that we saw featured in the 100th anniversary of Verne's death... View full entry
Barcelona and Modernity: Gaudí to Dalí opens next Wednesday at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The exhibit will feature about 300 works, including paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, posters, jewelry, ceramics, decorative objects, furniture, and architectural models and... View full entry
UK’s only event dedicated to sustainable design and construction opens today feb 27th until 1st of March. Website > The show consists of a seminar programme, a conference programme and a trade exhibition. There is also a podcast. View full entry
A study of medieval Islamic art has shown some of its geometric patterns use principles established centuries later by modern mathematicians. BBC View full entry
The forthcoming autumn exhibition at the Barbican in London will be (it seems) the first time a major British gallery will exclude the young entirely.Telegraph. View full entry
Brooklyn Rail ’s art editor John Yau interviews famed painter and printmaker Jasper Johns. View full entry
The squatter art scene in the French capital is so big it's on the tourist trail. But now the riot police are moving in. - Guardian (via). View full entry