Grand Theft Dali

from The Guardian UK Spanish police seize fake and stolen Dalís £1.1m bronze elephant among 81 works confiscated in raid on Costa del Sol hotel Giles Tremlett in Madrid guardian.co.uk, Thursday 22 January 2009 18.54 GMT Article history   Salvador Dali and his wife,...

Still Publishing

from TIME Magazine Books Unbound By Lev Grossman Here’s a literary parable for the 21st century. Lisa Genova, 38, was a health-care-industry consultant in Belmont, Mass., who wanted to be a novelist, but she couldn’t get her book published for love or...

Contradicting Rich

from The Guardian UK How the web is undermining reading From Plato to Guitar Hero, we have always been wary of change – but the internet poses a serious threat to society’s ability to read Naomi Alderman guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 20 January 2009 12.00 GMT...

Caveat Emptor

from the Wall Street Journal Asking the Artist for a Do-Over  By DANIEL GRANT Art is long and life is short, according to the old Roman saying, but sometimes art doesn’t hold up its end of the bargain. The canvas warps, the metal bends, the paper turns brown:...