can't a farming college get an art break?

Construction of Eli Broad's new museum in Michigan pushed back

I didn't know that MSU's art program could tell the difference between a tube of paint and a beer can? (just a little Michigan college humor, kids)

Broad went to MSU for undergrad; I did not know that, seeing as his name is plastered everywhere here in LA. Can't MI suck a little more arts money from him? Come on MI, put on a little more lipstick and hike that skirt up, now that the State ain't taking you out for corndogs anymore.

what to do for lunch wed.///sci-arc and usc lecture

Andrew Zago lecture

info here
and you can even watch it live online - whoo-hoo!
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OR THIS:

Mary Heilmann MFA Lecture Series, 3001 S. Flower St.

info here

I am in love with HHF architects! (and the space/location/vision of this upstate NY collection *storage*)

HHF website

if they build it...

I can't believe that this is England's first Gehry?! I thought every big country was required to have one? Well, in any case, it is wonderful to see a different design and I even enjoy the structure more when I read the inspiration. Go Gehry. You still got it dude.

from Serpentine website (and you can see a video of the build-time-lapse):

The Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2008, which gives England the first built project by legendary architect Frank Gehry, is now open to the public. The spectacular structure – designed and engineered in collaboration with Arup – is anchored by four massive steel columns and is comprised of large timber planks and a complex network of overlapping glass planes that create a dramatic, multi-dimensional space. Gehry and his team took inspiration for this year’s Pavilion from a fascinating variety of sources including the elaborate wooden catapults designed by Leonardo da Vinci as well as the striped walls of summer beach huts...