No, I didn’t mean to type Klimt…
Who was the first abstract painter in the western tradition? Some people will argue for Mondrian or Malevich or Kupka, but most people give the title to Kandinsky, who reached this milestone with a composi[…]

jenny holzer yr time is UP:
when ur quite pore and yr on-the-cheap arty-artful lighting “system” is fritzing again as winter darkens round you, the signs and portents labels in the pound shop are generally more wearisome than inspiring &[…]

If you’re somehow not yet sick of votes… the I Love Comics poll is now underway on that board.[…]

Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset
This must be the most obscure highly canonical novel. Or maybe just the most obscure such that I knew about – at least, since that poll of living Nobel laureates voting for the greatest books ever, which m[…]

Jesus Saves but he Doesn’t Invest.
W. all respect to Mr Sinker, i think that while trying to point out a peice of xian kitsch, he missed the most important point–by just saying haha look at the incongrus matching of jesus and commerce he[…]

ANNALS OF MANAGEMENT ART: or
The Grebtest Painting Evah Sold… except maybe (as b’rub’ notes) the possibly BETTER one on the wall IN the painting!!
i heart fictional art!![…]

There shall be a Scottish Parliament
I went to the Scottish Parliament recently – a friend works there and offered to give me a tour. As a resident of England, I didn’t feel particularly strongly about the building, or the process of devo[…]

THE ULTIMATE FUTURE SHOCK – by Al Ewing, scanned and uploaded by me. Enjoy![…]

Miss Teak
Stuff Ingenuity and Culture in Contemporary Danish Crafts.
This was the York Quay’s offing for the SuperDanish festival, held in the Harbourfront center of Toronto would have been perfect, an examination of northern culture and how it[…]

WE WON!!
i think i blogged before abt how the real secret deep winner of the election in four days time will be watchumcall non-mainstream modes of journalism: here a smart old-schooler eloqently concedes defeat on exactly this issue
(the pervasive[…]