Site of the Battle of the Somme, today. Photo by Michael St. Maur Sheil, via Smithsonian.com
Recent links of interest:
The Great Architect Rebellion of 2014
At the Venice Biennale, visitors find their notions of modernism upended.
Is Art Therapeutic?
Alain de Botton can’t rise above the middlebrow as he tries to prove it so.
How James McNeil Whistler Became a Brand and Fought for It in Court
“In challenging Ruskin’s scathing critique of his painting Nocturne in Black and Gold, the Falling Rocket, Whistler not only had at stake the extraordinary sum of one thousand pounds, but his reputation as an artist as well. “
Common Core: Better Than Nothing?
Don’t expect improvement until individual students become more important than “global competition.”
Rise of the Hipster Capitalist
Selling out, but with authenticity. Comments from our own James Panero.
From our pages:
Guilt Trip: Versailles, Avant-garde & Kitsch
Thanks for nothing, Joseph Keynes.