Duh. Deutsche Welle, the English language on-line news site, reports that intelligent Europeans who study our political system essentially think the way we select candidates for office is, well, n...

Daniel Joseph It's starting to rain acrylic, latex and collage on wood 96" x 24" [artist's note mounted to right of painting, completing installation of "It's starting to rain"] Daniel Joseph I...

Flowers, like other objects of our affection - or lust - are usually sought out for their freshness and youth, and not for their spots and wrinkles. Anyone familiar with this site knows I love flo...

Out of sight and out of mind. Our concentration camp in Guantanamo is still off the chart (literally); missing from the Democratic Congressional agenda; "not present" in presidential campaign rh...

A girl, who was wounded in a bomb attack, receives treatment in a hospital in Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad, December 25, 2007. U.S. forces killed two gunmen and detained four other...

Ester Partegàs Yes Collection 2007 resin, spray acrylic and enamel paint 12.25" x 82.75" x 59" [installation view] Barcelona's Nogueras Blanchard gallery showed work by Ester Partegàs at NADA, inc...

Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen The Artist's Song 2007 video (16mm film transferred to DVD) [large detail of still from video] Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen's terrific rap take on the state/hotness of the c...

four views of Ara Peterson's site-specific wall relief inside one of the most popular containers of "Art Positions" at Art Basel Miami Beach last week. This installation, of hand-painted, laser-cu...

It was totally dark on far West 27th Street at 6:15 last night, except for the amber incandescent lights overhead, so this beast looks even more weird than it might normally.

The first Smart of winter. The Mercedes Smart (yes, Mercedes) will finally be available in the U.S. by the end of January. We spotted this little beauty (a cabriolet with manufacturer's plates) p...