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Goodbye, Incandescents

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I just read about the EU law that would ban incandescent light bulbs by 2010. Australia, Cuba, and the Philippines have already taken action to do so. Find the Telegraph article here.

Do you think that this will mean anything for the art world? Some seem to think so - find the Interview article here.

Summer Reading

I've been reading a bit this summer and I thought I'd share the most recent. What have you been reading?



I took this on the plane with me to Austin this week. F. Scott Fitzgerald couldn't help me fend off a talkative plane neighbor, unfortunately. I don't know if I'll finish it. I kept rereading paragraphs over and over again.




I had read The Lovely Bones a long time ago and thought I would give this one a try. I had to finish it to see what happened, though it wasn't my favorite.




This is the first non-fiction I have read by Haruki Murakami. Not a disappointment and a quick read.




Okay, okay, so he's my favorite. This one ended up being the (sort of) sequel to The Wild Sheep Chase, so I ate it up.




I was surprised (and happy) to find that my local library had a Murakami book of short stories. I found out, in the forward, that his pattern of writing is novel-short stories-novel-short stories-novel...




This was a late birthday present from a friend. I'd wanted it ever since I found out she had a book. It's nicely put together and a great break from a novel. I never knew she had a "yearbook leg."

Art World Reality Show

Yes, it's true. Well, at least the try-outs are (judges not revealed)... But we will have to wait and see for the final show, coming on Bravo in 2010. 13 artists will compete for a gallery show, cash prize, and museum tour.

Read The New York Times article here or the Los Angeles Times article here.


Tom Heisler/The New York Times

Did I mention there's a famous producer, too?


Sarah Jessica Parker/LATimes/WireImage

Sketchbook

I was rummaging through the closet and found a sketchbook and a few stray pages that I brought back from Dublin. I felt like sharing them today.

Live Sculpture

I must admit that I am stealing blog content. It's too good not to pass on! I just took a look at the UCD Arts Blog and found out about a project that sculptor Anthony Gormley created as a "living monument." For 100 days, 24 hours a day, one person each hour will take over the Fourth Plinth* in Trafalgar Square.... and it's all live on webcam.

More articles and videos from The Guardian.


Photo found at http://www.christopherfowler.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/trafalagar-plinth-4_786979cjpg.jpeg

*"From 1841 until 1999 there was nothing on the Fourth Plinth in the north-west of Trafalgar Square, and it was sometimes referred to as the 'empty plinth'. It is now the location for contemporary art works, commissioned specially from leading artists, which are housed on the plinth for a year or two each." Find out more about the Fourth Plinth here.

Graham & an Art Trade

Graham never fails to make me smile. Today he wouldn't shut his mouth and was staying strangely still.







Tomorrow I am trading art for acupuncture.