Arts

Berlin's art boom goes bust

polymeme — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 05:00:08 -0400

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

polymeme — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 08:20:07 -0400

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.

polymeme — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:58:04 -0400

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

polymeme — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 08:30:18 -0400

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

polymeme — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 08:30:18 -0400

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

polymeme — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:36:54 -0400

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

polymeme — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 09:50:25 -0400

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

polymeme — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 06:30:20 -0500

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

polymeme — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 07:00:21 -0500

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

polymeme — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 03:20:23 -0500

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