Oprah’s Dead Dogs Commemorated in Gilt

from the NY Daily News A statue of Oprah Winfrey and her dead dogs will be unveiled May 22 in New York by Daniel Edwards. The pop artist has unveiled a series of controversial works in the last few years.   

Art Has Purpose, Yet Exhibiting It Does Not?

from The Spectator Exhibition Suspicion MARTIN GAYFORD Martin Gayford questions the point of art shows. Should they educate or give pleasure — or both? Towards the end of June, 1814, Maria Bicknell, the wife-to-be of the painter John Constable, went to an exhibition...

James Frey In The HOT SEAT

from TimeOut New York   Hot Seat Time Out New York / Issue 659 : May 14–20, 2008 James Frey The fabulist author has got friends in low places. Really. By John Sellers  Illustration: Rob Kelly Other than a recent feature in Vanity Fair, James Frey has kept a low...

Bloomberg News Review

from Bloomberg News   James Frey’s “Bright Shiny Morning” falls apart By Craig Seligman Bloomberg News   “Bright Shiny Morning” by James Frey Harper, 501 pp., $26.95 BOOK REVIEW | A young couple who lift $20,000 from a biker...

Another Emo Tragedy

from the UK Telegraph Popular schoolgirl dies in ’emo sucide cult’ By Richard Alleyne A popular and fun-loving schoolgirl killed herself after becoming involved in a self-harming youth cult which glamorises death, an inquest has heard. Hannah Bond, 13,...