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...incestuous, trend-conscious world of international art collectors and the hot money of the hundreds of new millionaires that China's boom has created come together, it could push prices for Chinese art to even more dizzying levels. "You are already seeing works that sold for a few thousand dollars being bought for $50,000, $60,000, $70,000," says artist and Beijing gallery director Zhao Gang. "And right now there's no end in sight." He cites the case of Zeng Fanzhi, until recently a relatively unknown artist. "Two years ago, I was selling his work...
...console wars. This time Sony bet on a chip called the Cell and a disc format called Blu-ray. They're probably awesome, but how would anybody know? The PS3 is hideously expensive--it goes for up to $600--and Sony manufactured only a piddling few hundred thousand for the U.S., fewer for Japan. Plus it's hard to write games for; the launch titles were lame. You know you're in trouble when you get beat by something called...
...kills all-American Apollo Creed (“Rocky IV”)—The Cold War turns hot, though not as hot as the tears that are sure to roll down your cheeks. Inspired by this incident, President Reagan decides to end global communism and initiate the thousand-year reign of peace and prosperity we enjoy today. —Patrick R. Chesnut ’09 is the incoming Books editor. He throws a mean left hook and eats raw eggs for breakfast...
...just as quickly, sadness turns into triumph. A quick flick of the stick and the puck flies into the goal. The drums strike up a roll into “Ten Thousand Men of Harvard” for men’s games and “I Like It, I Love It” at women’s. The band plays with gusto until play resumes once more, and the “sieve” cheer comes back to remind the opposing goalie just who has As the last seconds count down, the team emerges victorious...
...industrial scale depicted in the movie For that, as the Guggenheim exhibit suggested, one would have to look 300 miles west to the Aztecs, who had made it their religious centerpiece. Hernan Cortes (who probably rounded upward, since he conquered them), claimed the Aztecs dispatched between three and four thousand souls a year that way. Why Gibson decided to turn the Mayans into Aztecs is anyone's guess...