The Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum Summer Sessions are underway in NYC. Come schmooze, drink and dance on the lawn this Friday to New York's newest resident DJ, Burnlab's own Derek Plaslaiko. More info here. While you're there, be sure to check out the current exhibitions, including... View full entry
Art gets on the technological bandwagon. (frm NYT) View full entry
Blogsphere today!...must mean MacArthur grant tomorrow!!...Jason Kronenwald creates portraits of blondes entirely out of chewing gum. Colors are created by mixing different gums. (via) View full entry
The Artist Pension Trust invites up-and-coming artists to contribute 20 pieces of their work to a tax-protected fund over a 20-year period on the theory that some of the art will appreciate significantly. All the artists will share the profits, even if their initial promise never translates into... View full entry
The General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to demand that Israel heed the opinion of the ICJ to halt construction on its security barrier in the West Bank...(frm the UN News Centre) GENERAL ASSEMBLY EMERGENCY SESSION OVERWHELMINGLY DEMANDS ISRAEL’S COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL... View full entry
French Musician/Artist Pierre Bastien Makes Music with Meccano. He performs in Brisbane tomorrow see Butter Paper for more details. View full entry
WNYC 's show Studio 360 this weekend, featuring the choreographer Elizabeth Streb and discussing the theme "Danger," included a segment on the life of Eva Hesse and contemporary artists, such as Gamble Staempfli, who work with toxic materials. (from the discussions) View full entry
Old Japanese cigarette vending machine finds new life in vending ART instead of cancer. View full entry
Reuters : Over a hundred protesters chanted 'No to Speculation' and spray painted graffiti before disrupting several stands inside the Forum 2004 complex. Forum 2004, which runs until September 26, is an international event hosting performances, exhibitions, conferences and congresses on cultural... View full entry
The new ad campaign 'Pitman' for The Axe Effect is another one of those disturbing enigmas which I must share. Whatever happened to just raising your hand if you were "sure"? View full entry
On Fuller's birthday, July 12, a first-day-of-issue ceremony took place at Stanford University, CA, where Fuller's papers are archived. The stamp artwork is a painting of Fuller by Boris Artzybasheff (1899-1965). The painting, which originally appeared on the cover of Time magazine on Jan... View full entry
Spanish Colonial Revival splendor, rattling around a 17,000-square-foot, 14-bedroom, 13 1/2-bath baronial mansion? ($18mil +/- ?). Just your ol' tear down for Steve Jobs. View full entry
Someone just uploaded a couple of photos of a fascinating public toilet/art experiment(?) in Switzerland. View full entry
"A British street artist known as Moose creates graffiti by cleaning dirt from sidewalks and tunnels -- sometimes for money when the images are used as advertising. But some authorities call it vandalism." From NPR View full entry
This might just be what you have been waiting for...a chance to be on TV! "The Bachelorette" would like to fill one of the Bachelor slots on the show with an architect (not necessarily registered)... "'The Bachelorette' is now casting for season three in New York. We are looking for single guys... View full entry