Polymath's Guide to News and Ideas
Berlin's art boom goes bust
GUARDIAN : For Moll Morgengrau, it was not a happy day. The Berlin-based artist, whose name translates literally as "morning gloom... READ MORE
How Science Fiction Found Religion
CITY JOURNAL : There is a young man, different from other young men. Ancient prophecies foretell his coming, and he performs miraculous feats... READ MORE
Guerrilla artist hangs nude paintings of taoiseach Brian Cowen.
GUARDIAN : Politicians are notoriously prickly when it comes to full disclosure, but Brian Cowen now has more reason than most to fear the naked truth... READ MORE
Streams, affordances, Facebook, and rounding errors
LAUGHING MEME : I’m not really a Facebook user, but it is impossible to be a serious practitioner of the rough craft of building social software without being at least somewhat a Facebook watcher... READ MORE
Rethinking Postwar Design in London
NEW YORK TIMES : The most polarizing issue in architecture today is no longer whether celebrity architects are ruining the profession. It’s what to do with the leftovers of postwar Brutalism... READ MORE
After the Orgy
NEW YORK MAGAZINE : We’re on a historical cusp. No one knows what will come next. But in the art world, an aesthetic sorting out is already beginning. I’m not talking about the purging or comeuppance some critics have gleefully cackled about or howled for... READ MORE
Sales still down, but spirits are buoyant
THE ART NEWSPAPER : Dealers took comfort from what several described as better-than-expected sales and visitor numbers at the Armory Show in New York... READ MORE
Books and Music That Make You Dumb
BLOGS.WSJ.COM :Anyone who has ever sought to justify their own musical or literary taste may find some solace in the side project of Virgil Griffith... READ MORE
Art In America: Officially Relevant
ART FAG CITY : Good on Art In America for having the presence of mind to hire Sarah Hromack as their web editor. In addition to her visual art background... READ MORE
Dark Visions
NEW YORKER :The world of the graphic novel is a curious one. For every masterwork, such as “Persepolis” or “Maus,” there seem to be shelves of cod mythology and rainy dystopias... READ MORE