The Guardian's Lynn Barber: “His temper is notorious, his ability is unquestioned and he has been polarising opinion at the Royal Academy for almost 30 years now. But why has exhibitions secretary Norman Rosenthal taken to dressing up as a newt?” Continue... View full entry
Deyan Sudjic gets to the nitty gritty about dire straits at the Guggeneheim. Krens might be on top now, but from down here you can make out the lining of the pockets hanging out. Is this the end of the dream? View full entry
At a time when major, wealthy museum donors like Eli Broad and Leonard Lauder call all the shots, Thomas Krens may well be the one stoic, powerful museum director left standing and nothing is in between him and his dream buildings now that Peter Lewis cried uncle. The NYTimes writes: "usually the... View full entry
In 1971, a performance with a gun helped secure Chris Burden's status as an art-world legend. Now, more than three decades later, it seems another performance involving a firearm may have been a central factor in the abrupt retirements of Burden and Nancy Rubins from UCLA Dept of Art. | artforum... View full entry
The Source is a large-scale (32m/8 story) piece of sculpture designed by artists Greyworld for the London Stock Exchange. More. View full entry
Visual representations of violence in media past, present and future are reviewed and explained by Kirsten Ostherr. (Rice Webcast) View full entry
Can blogging about your work get you canned? NPR reports on the rights of bloggers... View full entry
For years, little-known companies have collected data on Americans' purchasing habits. Now those companies are collecting other information. (Brian Lehrer) View full entry
Christo's prescription: "Sometimes he comes down to eat raw garlic, which he eats three times a day," says Jeanne-Claude. "A total of one head of garlic a day, raw, like candies. With some yogurt. And sometimes a glass of soy milk. That takes him about three minutes. Then back to the studio." The... View full entry
Jesus Soto , famed Venezualan artist and innovator of op-art / kinetic art, has died in Paris. | eluniv View full entry
The number of people known to have died in last month's Asian tsunami has reached 220,000. BBC (donate: AFH) View full entry
Nick Stillman of the Brooklyn Rail provides analysis of the writing tradition of visual artists through the lens of four book reviews. View full entry
Matthew Johnson of Diller Scofidio + Renfro goes up against Jason Carlow of Smith-Miller + Hawkinson in an Architect's Duel that will shake the city of New York. TONIGHT! Let's Get Ready to Ruuumble! View full entry
An American engineer has produced a mathematical model explaining the elegant shape of the Eiffel Tower that was derived from French engineer Gustave Eiffel's writings regarding his own fears about the effects of wind on such a structure. via RIBAWorld mailing list. View full entry
The email diaries of a female architect, about living with her mother-in-law in the West Bank have become a surprise publishing success, revealing the absurdity and adversity of everyday Palestinian life. (the observer) View full entry