Just to cheer us up at archinect, the NYT profiled Cameron Sinclair's lucky talisman - or is it really his emergency beer fund? View full entry
I know, perhaps this is not a right place for this, I know many people don't know him, but today I am deeply saddened by the assasination of Hrant Dink, a Turkish citizen of Armenian descent, a large soul, a father, a husband, a fighter against the belligerent racists and a great journalist, the... View full entry
Is the art market making us stupid? Or are we making it stupid? Consider the lame-brained claim made by Sotheby's worldwide head of contemporary art, Tobias Meyer, who recently effused "The best art is the most expensive because the market is so smart." This is exactly wrong. The market isn't... View full entry
Artist Laure St. Pierre has an exhibition currently at the Circa Gallery in Montréal, reutilizing garbage and junk to create warm and cozy little shelters that hope to challenge us on issues like waste, landfill, and homelessness. View full entry
After a neighbor objects to a proposed home renovation, the rebuttal is a giant concrete middle finger visible from his living room. Better the devil you know? | Melbourne Herald-Sun View full entry
After months of rumors and a week of protests, the French government has finally confirmed that in exchange for a sum said to be $800 million to $1 billion, it will rent the name, art treasures and expertise of the Louvre to a new museum to be built in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab... View full entry
M&S one of the most widely recognised chain stores in the UK and its largest clothing retailer, announced a "Plan A because there is no plan B". Plan A is a business-wide £200m "eco-plan" which will have an impact on every part of the store's operations over the next five years. BBC View full entry
How old is the Grand Canyon? Classified. “In order to avoid offending religious fundamentalists, our National Park Service is under orders to suspend its belief in geology." link View full entry
The Pirate Bay (as mentioned here), the Swedish file-sharing and copyright activist web site, intends to buy the micronation of Sealand. link | Related: Invent a Micronation ... View full entry
Human cockfighting, once condemned for its brutality, is riding a wave of popularity. The audience has paid to see blood and will not be disappointed. BLOOD IS THE NEW BLACK, "great show, great show", they say...LAT and part 2 View full entry
SAN FRANCISCO - "How many of you are on acid right now?" rock critic Joel Selvin asked an audience of former hippies who turned out to mark Sunday's 40th anniversary of the Human Be-in, the counterculture event that unofficially launched San Francisco's Summer of Love. "How many of you are on... View full entry
My good friend Nathan Redwood is having some well-deserved success in LA (see LATimes). He just had his first solo show at Carl Berg Gallery. LAT View full entry
The role of emotions in decisions makes perfect sense. For situations met frequently in the past, such as obtaining food and mates, and confronting or fleeing from threats, the neural mechanisms required to weigh up the pros and cons will have been honed by evolution to produce an optimal... View full entry
A U.S. defence report claiming Canadian coins were used as surveillance devices has raised security concerns and a few eyebrows since it became public knowledge this week. CBC View full entry
Small businesses give homeless people a place to sleep in exchange for food because it's cheaper than paying a night watchman; a prostitute and a grocer transact business without ever opening their wallets. Leroy, a mechanic, eventually gets rid of his cash register, because "his customers seemed... View full entry