A team of NYTimes reporters spent more than a year exploring ways that class - defined as a combination of income, education, wealth and occupation - influences destiny in a society that likes to think of itself as a land of unbounded opportunity. read View full entry
The pop artist Sir Peter Blake resigned Britain's Royal Academy of Art over the expulsion of his friend, Brendan Neiland, the Keeper of the Schools, for operating an unauthorised building society account. The Acad nearly recruited Tracey Emin and elected Zaha Hadid and painter Frank Bowling... View full entry
Omaha, NE, home of Saddle Creek Records, known for producing bands such as The Faint, Bright Eyes, and Cursive is planning on developing a $10 Venue/Bar, Pizza shop, Theater or what I like to call "Scenesters on Parade". story at tiny mix tapes View full entry
"The Netopticon report attempts to display works and actions that reveal, subvert and demystify systems of control in the network and the urban spaces. Works that vary from those taking the aesthetic and poetic approach, treating the systems of control and monitoring as intimate, personal and... View full entry
William Gibson and Barbara Kruger discuss how notions of information have been a key factor in their own work and how such ideas shape the way we understand and consider the world. >TateO View full entry
New York, here's your opportunity to join the Minutemen tonight at the Lincoln Center. We Jam Econo, the story of the proles from Pedro””not the boys at the border””tells the story of early 80's punk pioneers in the words of those who knew them. View full entry
Developers in Miami use swank launch parties to market and sell condominium projects. NYT View full entry
...has been a temporary urban artwork since 2004 that turned into a city attraction. Florentijn Hofman was asked to redecorate a soon-to-be demolished residential block in Rotterdam, he painted the entire structure blue, and the result was this. (via) View full entry
The proliferation of private surveillance cameras around NYC and the nation have spurred debates about privacy. NYT View full entry
Print, word and painting master Ed Ruscha will be the US representative at the Art Biennale in Venice, which starts next month. The selection was a hasty one, given sudden foundational funding withdrawls. Ruscha set his own bar pretty high with his 1970 "Chocolate Room" installation at this same... View full entry
Embattled artist and professor Steven J. Kurtz spoke to reporters for the first time about the case after legal arguments were heard by a federal judge. BuffNews View full entry
"The artist is known to have created a substantial body of work across South East of England under the moniker Banksymus Maximus but little else is known about him. Most art of this type has unfortunately not survived". (read here: Londonist) / Also check the Treasure Hunt Image: Banksy View full entry
Antonio Villaraigosa deposed Jim Hahn in Los Angeles. More from LAT. View full entry
Bill Moyers responds to CPB's Tomlinson charges of liberal bias. DemNow View full entry
2 articles by Nancy Levinson from Arts Journal. The first one dealing with Eisenman's 'Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe' and questioning abstraction's ability to commemorate a specific event. The second one is about the market driven culture of speed and the emerging countercultures of... View full entry