It seems almost unnecessary to introduce Cory Arcangel, the digital wunderkind, artist-musician and inveterate hacker whose exhibition, “Pro Tools,” has opened at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Related I Sing the Gadget Electronic (May 22, 2011) Blog ArtsBeat The latest on the arts, coverage of live events, critical reviews, multimedia extravaganzas and much more. [...]
Economic uncertainty and rising concern about consumer debt levels are shaking up the cozy world of Canadian banking, forcing players to compete ever more fiercely on rates just to preserve market share. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and Toronto-Dominion Bank, which reported lower than expected second quarter results on Thursday, both acknowledged that intense competition [...]
Washingtons not the only capital grappling with a debt crisis. Blowing the whistle on his own state, Illinois top financial official threatened this week to warn the major bond houses against lending his state any more money, saying its shoddy finances pose a major risk. State Treasurer Dan Rutherford, a Republican, estimated that Illinois outstanding [...]
After what seemed like years of keeping the movie under their hats, Fox has finally started releasing a ton of images from X-Men: First Class, all of which you can find at our Blend Film Database. But somehow even cooler than actual images from the film is concept art, the sketches and renderings that the [...]
Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse and RBS borrowed at least $30 billion from the Fed in 2008 via top-secret loan facility that not even Congress kmew about, Bloomberg reported, via the Sydney Morning Herald. The lending program was called ST OMO (short for single-tranche open-market operations) and in addition to Congress, shareholders and the public were [...]
In America, at least 1.2 million people sit down with Simon de Pury every week. They’re tuning in to “Work of Art: The Next Great Artist,” a reality TV show that pits 14 emerging artists against each other in a “Project Runway kind of setup. Mr. de Pury, a co-founder of auction house Phillips de [...]
Art instructor Sallie Roniss of Gurnee, carries Juanita Cruzs painting, White Purple Irises -Japanese. | Rob Dicker~Sun-Times Media
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United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Washington, DC 20510-6125 May 18, 2011 The Honorable Charles F. Bolden, Jr. Administrator National Aeronautics and Space Administration Washington, DC 20546-0001 DearAdministrator Bolden: It has now been more than seven months since the NASA Authorization Act of 2010 (the 2010 Act – PL111-267) was signed into [...]