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New York museum admits third of its Coptic art is fake

The Brooklyn Museum of Art admits a third of its Egyptian sculptures and reliefs are fakes. Instead of frowning about it, they will pit the real artifacts against the fakes in an upcoming exhibition.

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		The Story of Art told by Georgia Russell Vanache, 07.01.2008 What this women does to books has already got her on the most wanted list by the world's librarians. I just want to hug her. READ

		Folding Lamp Vanache, 06.30.2008 This is only a concept but I like the idea. Although, I have no idea how in the world I would even place this in my apartment, I assume it would be pretty nice to have around during movies or in the night I guess. READ

		SHOE ART 1plus1, 06.30.2008 Artist Van Taylor ''s custom designs for the Obama campaign and Darfur Now. Shoes with a message, we like! READ

		A Garden That Comes Alive Vanache, 06.20.2008 Photo Blog READ

		Inside Mr. Brainwash's "Life Is Beautiful" Thrill, 06.18.2008 "Last night I was able to check out the preview of the ultra hyped "Life Is Beautiful" art show in Hollywood. It opens tonight and it should be a wild scene. For the preview a limited amount of works were shown, though I must see what they left out." READ

		Art by Jen Stark Vanache, 06.06.2008 I mean at this angle of course it looks like a mass of drawings, but when you look at it closer, you notice how each of the blobs are really just layers and layers of paper. READ

		Stencil Nation Book Release! Benney & Kelly 06.05.2008 While we are on the subject of new art book, we just had to mention Stencil Nation's soon to be released "Stencil Nation: Graffiti, Community, and Art" by Russell Howze. READ

		Ron English for Obama Thrill, 06.04.2008 "Fusing Abe LIncoln and Barack Obama, this Ron English masterpiece is a partnership with SF's Upper Playground and FIFTY25SF." READ

		Pencil Make Great Canvases Vanache, 05.30.2008 I love these pencils that are shaven down enough, just enough to leave a small portrait of something nice. READ

		LEGAL...OR NOT? 1plus1, 05.21.2008 A t-shirt design for Divest for Darfur, a national campaign that encourages investment firms to withdraw investments from companies that help fund genocide in Darfur. READ

		The Value of Money Vanache, 05.19.2008 Seeing how the value of a dollar depreciates everyday just about, I thought this Brazilian ad would capture the disparity of our nation. READ

		In Search Of.... Suzi Analogue, 05.19.2008 Recently, I found (along with a couple thousand others) on the net this animation by artist blu called MUTO. I was super-impressed at the ingenuity & dedication blu put into his work over the course of one Winter. I was even more bugged out by the thought of the film-editing process. These images made me head over to the Wooster Collective site, home to images of crazy street art found globally. READ

		Detroit-Berlin - Interview with Tris Vonna-Michell (Berlin) Andrew Berardini, 05.19.2008 "At the Berlin Biennial, I tried to interview every artists whose work the Biennial had shown to me for the first time (whether I heard about the artists before that moment or not)..." READ

		NY Design: Seeing Red at Conran Rose Apodaca, 05.19.2008 While the foam seat resembling a male torso from the waist to thighs is just silly, much of the products unveiled at the Conran store’s red-themed Roja party Friday night were everything good design should be—functional and irresistible. READ

		MUTO - Wall Painted Animation Thrill, 05.15.2008 Artist Blu, creates an amazing stop motion piece that took and entire winter to produce on walls in Buenos Aires and Baden." READ

		Mapping The Blogosphere BNLA, 05.14.2008 ""The Blogosphere” is a term describing the collective relationship based on the interconnections of blogs existing together, part of a larger community." READ

		100 Innovations : Nike BNLA, 05.13.2008 Nike 706, a retrospective of Nike's most significant innovations is up in Beijing and will remain up for the Olympics. READ

		Mind Expander BNLA, 05.09.2008 "The seat shell fixes two persons in a certain position. The lower seat allows one person to sit with their legs slightly open. The thigh of their right leg rests against a step forming the transition to a second seat area that is higher by the thickness of a thigh." READ

		Got Something To Say? Spit it! Diego J. Garza, 05.07.2008 Artist Lisa Tucker has launched a blog as part of a project that (re)uses pre-2008 election mail correspondence (read: junk mail, garbage, political toilet paper) and redefines its intent into call of desperation, attempting to give voice to the voiceless. READ

		We Croxx The Streetx Thrill, 05.05.2008 "The OBEY x Fingercroxx show in Hong Kong was a hit... The posse asked me to be a part of the show in which we all designed a set of bike wheels. I was amongst some amazing artists..." READ

		Creating New Habits = Finding New Creativity BNLA, 05.5.2008 "Some habits are hard to break, although the effort to break them may lead to new habits, which in result, could lead to new creativity. The brain becomes conditioned and finds safety in a habit. This "safety" is what the brain has become "familiar" with. If we consciously develop new habits, the path to this habit creates new brain cells and shifts our trains of thought significantly." READ

		Projection Cell Phone Vanache, 05.02.2008 How cool is this phone. Designed by Stefano Casanova, the phone projects the image on a hard surface. I can't wait for the day when we have complete video phones READ

		London We Envy You!!! Benney & Kelly 04.29.2008 An amazing event will be taking place this weekend in London and we are officially envious of all of those close enough to take part in the festivities. READ

		Cognitive Surplus BNLA, 04.28.2008 "the idea that automation gave us an enormous amount of free time to think and cogitate, and that sitcoms and other light entertainment from the past century were a way of absorbing that surplus, something we're just shaking off now" READ

		Big Bad Third Int'l Bienal in SEVILLA, SP Announced Diego J. Garza, 04.23.2008 "Another ART BIENNIAL announced, this one's in Sevilla, España and is schedules to show around 100 artists in the Fall of 2008. From what I gather it's aim is to present the relationship between man and technology in our enviroment and what we can do to preserve our rapidly approaching deaths. :) [2012 in mayan calendar by the way]" READ

		Photoshop Squeeze Thrill, 04.23.2008 "These are wild... pin-up / porn girls taken into photoshop with a predator introduced, in many cases a constricting snake." READ

		Art Review Magazine Launches New Website Diego J. Garza, 04.21.2008 "And so it goes...magazines publishing online are the newest trend and Art Review Magazine has just launched their beta version of what seems to be a myspace.com meets art world stew" READ

		Visualizing The Process BNLA, 04.21.2008 Think. Draw. Make. The root of design process visualized. READ

		Museum Of Nature BNLA, 04.15.2008 Ilkka Haslo's latest series: "explores the isolation of nature that comes along with the efforts to protect it, and includes compelling images with the use digital structures that enclose nature and protect it from pollution and the other actions of humans." READ

		Justice Strikes Again Thrill, 04.15.2008 "The newest from the Ed Banger princes reminds me of a "cross" between those intro graphics we used to see at the movies in the 80's and PBS style bumpers with the funky analog soundtracks." READ

		Are there no serious art magazines anymore? Andrew Berardini, 04.10.2008 " And though I see this adventure in blogging more as a conversation than a magazine to hold the hallowed remains of art criticism, blogging andinternet publishing makes Dave Hickey, in this regard, look like he has no idea what's going on at all." READ

		Hypercolor Pavement BNLA, 04.10.2008 "Problems caused by disappearing traction when roads get icy will be solved when we all get our flying cars - it is the 21st century, after all." READ

		What is about Murakami that makes people act like rapacious assholes? Andrew Berardini, 04.09.2008 "Maybe that's his art, making us all look like the greedy jerks he knew we always were, a vision that is too maniacally dark for me to even start contemplating?" READ

		Toyota 1/X Concept Hybrid BNLA, 04.09.2008 "Just when we finally got used to seeing the Prius on the highways... Though this concept is far from reality, the idea of a carbon fiber plastic frame to reduce weight and an overall fuel efficiency double that of a Prius is worth a read..." READ

		Narcissus narcosis, a syndrome whereby man remains as unaware of the psychic and social effects of his new technology as a fish of the water it swims in. Andrew Berardini, 04.09.2008 "I've been out discovering new blogs lately doing longish searches through arcane machines and software to uncover a few gems." READ

		Open Outcry Trading BNLA, 04.08.2008 Do you scratch your head by all the hand signals used on the trading floor? Here is a visual reference that might help make more sense of it. READ

		I think this quote pretty much sums up most of Sam Durant's artwork... Andrew Berardini, 04.08.2008 The consequences of race riots and the counterculture movement are still being felt, but these works don't focus on the present. READ

		Advertising Versus Reality Thrill, 04.08.2008 An entertaining case by case study the conflict in appearance of the marketed image versus the actual product. READ

New Brow
A documentary recognizes a new movement and way of thinking in the art world.

Authenticating Warhol
A legal battle rages over the authenticity of an Andy Warhol silk-screen painting.

Damien Hirst Is Trash
How does it feel to dispose of a Damien Hirst painting possibly worth $500,000?

The Avant Gardener
Daniel Ost is a world-renowned art star who sculpts with flowers.

Bigger Than Yours
As architects reach toward the stratosphere, we ask "How tall is too tall?"

Bright Lights, Big Art Show
What's really going on with Mr. Brainwash's gala street art show?

The Future of Vending Machines
From eggs to socks to noodles, the future of these portable environments is bright.

Art Census
According to an NEA survery, there are nearly two million artists working in the US.

100 Items or Less
Limiting excess by designing your daily life around 100 items or less.

Cracking the Mayan Code
An interactive tutorial on interpreting the Mayan writing system.

OK Computer, Scanner, Printer
Radiohead's "Nude" remix contest spawned many entries. Too bad this one was late.

What Is Good Design?
Breaking down "good" design in five steps.

Street Lights As Night Life
Exploring the luminous fun of Tokyo's street lights.

End Bossiness Soon
Is David Hockney the grumpiest artist in Britain?

The Power of Posters
Shepard Fairey's Obama poster campaign has raised over $400,000 to date.

Kinetic Sculpture Evolves
Theo Jansen's intelligent Strandbeests and the future of kinetic sculpture.

Brad Pitt Likes Buildings
While acting is his career, architecture is his passion.

Tagger Gets Tagged on YouTube
Los Angeles graffiti artist, Buket bombs up YouTube and gets busted.

Nesting Above Rotterdam
Dutch artist Benjamin Verdonck has a birds eye view of Rotterdam. Seven days in a nest, fifty meters above the street.

Demountable Stadium
Looking forward to the 2012 London Olympics, planners are evaluating the option of a temporary, shippable stadium.

The Biggest Drawing In The World
Artist Erik Nordenankar draws a very large self portrait, and travels across the globe to do so.

Trans-Atlantic Looking Glass
A giant telescope linking London and New York City opens today.

Lawn Democracy
UnConvention's "My Yard Our Message" takes political yard signage a step further.

Art By Committee
What do Banksy and Ronald Reagan have in common? Neither is welcome in London.

Graphic Design Museum
Recently opened Graphic Design Museum in the Netherlands

170 Metro Logos
Transportation logos galore.

Forgotten Detroit
The most stunning pre-depression collections of architecture sit vacant.

Art Space Talk: Alex Grey
Alex Grey is an artist specializing in spiritual and psychedelic art (or visionary art) that is sometimes associated with the New Age movement.