Modern art in the living room

From the art department (update: example links added):
It struck me this evening that the utility sink sitting in my living room – waiting for the plumber to install it – looks just like the “found art” pieces of Marcel Duchamp. He was a highly influential French artist of the early-mid-20th century; he also painted the [...]

Defining Photography in Digital

An article in Newsweek by Peter Plagens asks “Is photography dead?” It presents in concise outline the talking points: realism and it’s relevancy, PS manipulation, ethics of manipulation, “fantasy” photography, etc. As an amateur photographer who got seriously interested at the tail end of film, I’ve found this an increasingly interesting question – [...]

A new haven for Classical

The New Yorker has a nice article by Alex Ross discussing the impact of the internet (and somewhat, the decline of the CD) on the Classical music “world”, that is, sales, interest, etc. It reminded me of a term paper an honors student of mine wrote this past summer. She discussed the [...]