Fall Forward

Economist writes about the strong art market (despite trouble with sub-prime mortgages and other issues) + the new mood in the art market + the expensive works by familiar artists + other viewpoints @ http://www.economist.com/daily/columns/artview/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9928476

The White House Washington

Bonnie Barrett Stretch writes about the portrait of George Washington that has hung in the White House since 1800 + the controversy + various interpretations by historians and experts + the real story and other viewpoints @ http://artnews.com/issues/article.asp?art_id=1608

Mind Games

John Cassidy writes about the emerging field of neuroeconomics, which uses state-of-the-art imaging technology to explore the neural bases of economic decision-making @ http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/09/18/060918fa_fact?printable=true

Neuroeconomics is an interesting concept. Sometimes I wonder what goes on in my head when I make stupid decisions when buying gemstones, jewelry + anything.

Cat People

Greatest Opening Film Lines (Cat People - 1942):
Even as fog continues to lie in the valleys, so does ancient sin cling to the low places, the depressions in the world consciousness.

I liked this one.

Classics Of Everyday Design

(via The Guardian) Jonathan Glancey's classics of everyday design:
Classics of everyday design No 16
Classics of everyday design No 17
Classics of everyday design No 18
Classics of everyday design No 19
Classics of everyday design No 20

I liked it.

New Breed Of Entrepreneurs

New Business Models: Bryan Gardiner writes about Nicholas Reville + Participatory Culture Foundation, a 501(c) (3) non-profit, making and distributing a popular internet video platform, to promote and build an entirely new, open mass medium of online television + revenue models, and other viewpoints @ http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/news/2007/10/nonprofit_software

The Branding Of Damien Hirst

Pernilla Holmes writes about Damien Hirst, the creator of today’s priciest artworks, curator, collector, entrepreneur, restaurateur, and clothing designer + other viewpoints
@ http://artnews.com/issues/article.asp?art_id=2367&current=True

Portrait Painter Of The Republic

Bonnie Barrett Stretch writes about works by enormously talented and complicated Gilbert Stuart (1755–1828), the father of American portraiture + the original work's enormous prestige and value + other viewpoints @ http://artnews.com/issues/article.asp?art_id=1602