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...acquire, with some rentals costing more than $75. Purchasing the works is even more difficult—individual pieces can go for thousands of dollars a piece, according to Carrie Lambert-Beatty, Assistant Professor of Visual and Environmental Studies and of History of Art and Architecture at Harvard.The current exhibition features more than 600 videotapes by a variety of artists, including both established and rising stars. Yoko Ono, a well-known name in both rock and video art is featured in the exhibit, as is Christian Jankowski, who is known for combining television broadcasting with his video art.The show features...
...sophisticated scientific analysis has raised questions about the authenticity of three paintings attributed to Jackson Pollock, Harvard researchers reported this week. But the canvasses are still slated to go up for exhibition at Boston College this fall. Using scanning electron microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and a slew of other state-of-the-art techniques, scholars at the Harvard University Art Museums found materials in the paintings that were not available until years after Pollock died. The analysis revealed that one of the three paintings includes a brown pigment that was not created until the early 1980s and not available...
Zoologists have known for many years that homosexuality isn't uncommon among animals. (My own cat has raised suspicions ever since he tried to mount a cowering male dachshund.) But I was surprised to learn recently that male sheep exhibit homosexuality at least as often as humans: roughly 8% of rams turn out to have sex exclusively with other rams...
...Design Triennal 2006," which runs until July 29 at the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York City. On display are more than 100 of the most inventive works from the past three years, ranging from new graphics for prescription pill bottles to wardrobes for Madame Butterfly. The exhibit is meant to showcase recent design feats, but it feels futuristic, with a prominent pack of robotic dogs and sci-fi humanoids coming to life among the customary displays of architectural models and modernist furniture...
...pattern typically changes, however, in people who are severely depressed. Their cortisol level still rises early in the morning, but it stays high all day long. It's almost as if their hypothalamus has forgotten how to turn off the stress response. (Intriguingly, people who are sleep deprived also exhibit a high, flat cortisol level...