(with thanks to boingboing.com)

http://filthyluker.deviantart.com/art/octo-pied-building-90953286

"Master origamist Eric Joisel has created this stunning set of papercraft Lord of the Rings figures, each folded from a single, uncut sheet.http://www.boingboing.net/2007/11/05/lord-of-the-rings-or.htmlRead more... )

"It looks like a modernist painting. Some of those who saw it have likened it to work by (Paul) Klee. Through carbon dating we established it is from around 9,000 B.C.," Coqueugniot said."http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071011/en_nm/syria_painting_dcRead more... )

From
http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/10/05/jealous_designer/

"I have a good if perilous middle-class existence. And so do you. But in our hearts, if we are artists, we are hungry and desperate. That is utterly normal. That is our condition. That ( Read more... )

A detail from Raphael's "School of Athens"

http://slog.thestranger.com/files/2006/10/zschoolofathensc2.jpg

Update: The hotel hosting the gallery canceled the display, citing fears for their safety. I think there's a big difference between calling in to express displeasure (or even a commercial boycott) for a perceived insult, and sending death threats. The first is defensible; the second is censorship through terror ( Read more... )