Saving The Watts Towers

from The LA Times Strapped city wants donors for Watts Towers conservation 11:33 AM, July 17, 2009 The Watts Towers may be a unique and symbolically rich work of folk art, but it is also a world-class money trap, vulnerable to earthquakes and the elements, and...

Antichrist for 18-year-olds

from the Mail Online What DOES it take for a film to get banned these days? By CHRISTOPHER HART Last updated at 1:09 PM on 20th July 2009 [ click to continue reading at the Mail Online ]

30 Years Of Recorded Music Mobility

from The NY Times Stereo for One: A Brief Unaccompanied History By DAN BARRY Thirty years ago this month, the Sony Corporation made a huge contribution to human interaction by ensuring there was less of it. No longer would people who did not want to engage the world...

Banksy in Bamako?

from ARTINFO Banksy murals have turned up in some unlikely places, but the latest, Mali, is further-flung than usual. Drawings and photos of the anonymous street artist’s work adorn a re-creation of his studio in the current crowd-pleasing...

Andy’s Michael

from AFP via ABC News Rising interest, pricetag for Warhol portrait of Jackson (AFP) NEW YORK — A portrait of a beaming Michael Jackson by pop art legend Andy Warhol, purchased just weeks ago for less than 300,000 dollars, could fetch as much as 10 million dollars at...