2009 in Ideas
From the New York Times Magazine: The Ninth Annual Year in Ideas
[http://www.nytimes.com/projects/magazine/ideas/2009/#a] (with a really cool
user interface).
Alissa Wilkinson
<a href="http://www.alissawilkinson.com">Alissa Wilkinson</a> founded The Curator in 2008 and was its editor for two years. She now teaches writing and humanities a <a href="http://www.tkc.edu">The Ki
Drawing to Find Out
From the London Review of Books: At the End of My Pencil
[http://www.lrb.co.uk/v31/n19/bridget-riley/at-the-end-of-my-pencil].
> For me, drawing is an inquiry, a way of finding out
On the Art Market
From the Economist: Suspended Animation
[http://www.economist.com/specialreports/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14941181].
> The longest bull run in a century of art-market history ended on a dramatic note
with a
Celebrity: Not for the Faint of Heart
From the New York Times: Tiger Woods and the Perils of Modern Celebrity
[http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/13/weekinreview/13tanenhaus.html?ref=weekinreview]
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> It is fitting that the hidden costs
Why We Repeat Ourselves
From the New York Times: Story? Unforgettable. The Audience? Often Not.
[http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/01/health/01mind.html?_r=1]
> “You hear people of all ages, not just elderly