Boozy: The Life, Death and Subsequent Vilification of Le Corbusier and, More Importantly, Robert Moses is at the Ohio Theater and asks how one creates public works in a democracy. (through 3/3) | nytimes | review View full entry
Measuring 6.4 on the Richter Scale, 400 people so far have died, villages destroyed, in the southeastern town of Zarand. Reuters | CNN View full entry
Behold, 13-year Guinness World Record Holder, Bryan Berg. View full entry
Can't make it to New York? Why not visit the Somerville Gates? It took .002 years to make, cost $3.50, and required 2 workers to install. | nytimes View full entry
Last monday things posted and entry about ManPlan an iconic series that ran in the Architectural Review from 1969 onwards. Rob Annable made some scans of issue #1 and posted them in his flickr gallery, by the way his online journal is interesting, contains entries about Ole Scheeren's lecture and... View full entry
Anne sez : Brilliant stencil art from Poland that allows you to create cityscapes on top of, well, existing cityscapes. (m-city.org) View full entry
The privatization of Public space marches on. This news item is about two weeks old, but I just found about it today. Guards in the new Millennium park are trying to stop people from taking photos of the park's art pieces in an attempt to protect the city's potential merchandizing of the park... View full entry
Isamu Noguchi Played It Safe, but His Touch Was Sure >> Washington Post | Photos View full entry
Instead of heading to the park to see the next coming of Christo, folks might want to consider a detour to the new Tim Hawkinson exhibit at the Whitney . Somehow gates and crowds don't sound like a pleasant combination. View full entry
The story of Tanzania's people's park; Best laid plans went awry when "the people" were protected but not heard. Boston Review | via The Mafia Island Marine Park in Tanzania was to be a conservation endeavor worthy of worldwide emulation. Funded by international organizations -- whose role was... View full entry
American playwright Arthur Miller dies at 89. From the NY Times View full entry
Legions of fans descend on Central Park as the Gates begin erection. | nytimes | The gaggle of Gates groupies gathers at this blogspot. View full entry
The art emerging on the blast walls of Baghdad: everything from retro-Chagall to prog-rock album-cover teenage fantasies. BBC | slides | via View full entry
Light Artist, James Turrell to lecture this Sunday at the Skirball Center View full entry
Curated by the MCA's Francesco Bonami, best known for his controversial stewardship of the 2003 Venice Biennale, "Universal Experience" is a tourist's-eye view of contemporary art, architecture, history and culture, featuring works by Andy Warhol, Anish Kapoor, Jeff Koons, Rem Koolhaas and... View full entry