Rollarama, by Becki Fuller. (Image courtesy of Becki Fuller.)
- Holy guacamole… Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize. Video of the announcement here.
- There’s no service on the downtown side.
- Brooklyn painter wins American Idol-style contest in Michigan.
- The New York gallery scene, not dead yet. Plus: The Saltz-master takes us on a video tour. (@ArtinGeneral.)
- Duuuuuude. Microscopic photos. Love the angler fish ovary. (Arts Journal.)
- Fly art. (Coudal.)
- The Guardian’s Jonathan Jones defends Tracey Emin’s right to be cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs.
- Philippine shoe museum saves Imelda’s shoes from flooding.
- Crowdsourcing Star Wars.
- Graff getting ever more high fashion: MIRF does Marc Jacobs’ windows. (What You Write.)
- Today’s Graff: Zezao in Paris.
- Sucky use of stimulus cash: Buffing MTA in L.A.
- Chicago’s Santiago Calatrava-designed spire may not be as moribund as once thought.
- Looks like the MoMA tower may be getting circumcised.
- Historic preservationists hating on the proposed 77-story Gazprom tower that was just approved in St. Petersburg. Kinda looks like the sort of trophy that’d be given out at an engineering awards show. See an image here. (Arts Journal.)
- A mini-tour of Liverpool contemporary architecture.
- Your moment of A Stirring Message on Death. (Old Time Religion.)
Why doesn’t Jonathan Jones shut up already?