Michael Kimmelman, in a recent article in the New York Times, discusses the issues surrounding two major American museums possessing looted art from Italy in their collection. Both the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art are negotiating the terms in which they will be allowed to continue to show the [...]

(clockwise from bottom left: 1-3 items from The Cooper Union Student Art Sale and Auction, 4-6 and middle item from the Riviera Gallery Holiday Sale.)
Both this weekend and next weekend there will be two lesser-priced art sales happening in NYC for collectors on shoe-string budgets. The Editors’ of petiteMort will defintely be around as [...]

Sony’s guerilla marketing campaign for the new PSP backfires in marketing sensitive cities like San Francisco. (read more + pictures : Wired article: Sony Draws Ire With PSP Graffiti By Ryan Singel) I also read in the Wired article that the anti-Sony sentiment might also be stemming from the invisible virus-prone software that Sony [...]

Can’t get this pretty little song out of my head…
Giant Drag- Pretty Little Neighbor
I heard ‘em on C’est Lenoir, a French radio show, while looking to hear a stream of Cat Power’s recent live show. When visited Giant Drag’s website I remembered them from all The Polaroid Scene/ The Cobra Snake party photos.

I’ll keep it short because it’s Thursday and we both got lots of work to do before the work week ends…
Rumour has it that the new Yeah Yeah Yeahs album is going to be a narrative about Karen O’s cat Coco Beware. The album illustrates Coco Beware’s journey from his birth place in [...]