How many Screams are there? Depending on how you calculate it, there are anything from two to 50 versions of this iconic image Jonathan Jones (The Guardian) View full entry
Arundhati Roy , last week addressed the American Sociological Association in San Francisco on issues of globalization and public power. The whole address is featured on Democracy Now View full entry
The Norwegians seem to be having a hard time holding onto Edvard Munch's paintings. Earlier today both "The Scream" and "Madonna" were stolen at gunpoint from the Munch museum in Oslo. Strangely enough, it's the ten year anniversary of the last Munch theft. From the NYT View full entry
Ok. Are you sitting down? Basketball: Lithuania 94, United States 90. View full entry
The Piraha tribe of South America are the only known group of humans to have no concept of numbers - this seems to enable them to mantain their cultural idenity and an eccentric lifestyle even though they have lived near Brazilians for 200 years. (globe&mail l sciencedaily l science) View full entry
Limber up those fingers and fine tune your power stance, for next week is the Air Guitar World Championships in Oulu, Finland. View full entry
Get hit by a foul ball or a chunk of concrete at the home of the Chicago Cubs! Officials threaten to Close Wrigley Field, after suspicion of "shoddy" repairs. View full entry
Publisher Joseph Holtzman decides to shut down production due to a lack of interest and minimal profit potential. From the New York TimesMr. Holtzman, who said he typically sold 30,000 copies, believed that an igloo, a prison cell or a child's attic room (adorned with Farrah Fawcett posters)... View full entry
From the NY Daily News , Last week, two interns from architect Winka Dubbeldam's firm, Archi-Tectonics, were hauled to the station and grilled by cops and Secret Service agents for photographing the "Jersey barriers" around a SoHo post office - for a piece suggesting ways to make security... View full entry
A modern day soapbox, The Freedom of Expression Monument entices passersbys to climb its sloping ramp and embrace the megaphone to voice their thoughts, offering a public forum for dialogue on the dynamics of free speech, power and powerlessness, and the public frustration over getting its voice... View full entry
With recent low levels at the Great Salt Lake, the resurfacing of Smithson's work poses "a neat conservation dilemma" for the Dia Centre for the Arts. (via The Telegraph) View full entry
"In-Betweenity," as the project is called, was launched earlier this summer as a bilingual website that will eventually develop into a concrete exhibition at the Witte de With, a contemporary art center in Rotterdam, in 2005. The title indicates "a hypothetical terrain," a space in between theory... View full entry
5 Easy Pictures : Excerpts from a Conversation with Photographer Marvin Rand. Written by Tibby Rothman, designed by Extra Medium. View full entry
Design ≠ Art , a new exhibition, featuring functional objects from some of the most significant visual artists of the past fifty years, opens at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum September 10th. View full entry
We posted daily reports and a wrap up review of the CA Boom festival with images at Land+Living. View full entry