Running Out of Ideas - Telegraph
A critic asks contemporary artists to let their viewers make up their minds about art.

Not Just Hot Air - NY Magazine
Jeff Koons typifies event art. He also transcends it.

Dance: Too Sexy for Art? - Guardian
Where do you draw the line between sensual or sleazy, physical or raunchy?

Kay Ryan Named Poet Laureate - NY Times
Reserved poet chosen to succeed Charles Simic.

West Side Story Revival - Playbill
A bilinguil West Side Story to land on Broadway in 2009

Devil Dogged - Village Voice
In Damn Yankees and The Bacchae powers from down below get up to no good.

Emmy Nominations - CNN
John Adams, Mad Men, and 30 Rock lead this year's Emmy nominations.

Auction Cruises - NY Times
A new type of cruise brings fine art to big bidders.

Behind Walls of Warehouses - NY Times
An emerging warehouse art industry.

The New Yorker Draws Fire - Slate
The man behind the New Yorker cover.

It's Funny How Humor Is So Ticklish - Washington Post
Examining irony against the backdrop of the New Yorker cover.

Peter Martins Inducted Into Dance Hall of Fame - NY Sun
Master in Chief of NY City Ballet gets inducted into Hall of Fame.

Meet Your Four Father - Village Voice
A discussion with Brian Wood, comic world star and Park Slope dad.

Death by Gonzo - NY Magazine
No one was more ambivalent about his own legend than Hunter Thompson.

Dispatches From Capitalist China - NY Times
A former Washington Post correspondant writes compellingly about the state of affairs in China.

Wright House Renovated - Bloomberg
House designed by Frank Lloyd Wright remodeled for $50 million.

E-Readers - UK Times
Why electronic books may not be the future.

Where Are They Now? - Guardian
Recalling some forgotten winners of prestigious book awards.

A Beat Box Saved My Life - Slate
Pitch Perfect and the strange allure of a cappella.

Ballet in Beijing - UK Times
The Royal Ballet's Asian tour is a great lesson in cultural diplomacy

Stealing Shakespeare - Guardian
Man held over theft of Shakespeare first folio.

A Maturing Sedaris - CNN
David Sedaris is trying to be more "fairer" at 51.

A Reshaped Beijing - NY Times
An interactive map of the new Beijing.

SAG Stalls - Vareity
Screen Actors Guild remains unswayed by growing pressure.

Out of This World - Guardian
Iain Banks on how practising with SF led to The Wasp Factory

Compagnie Maguy Marin: Moving Days - Village Voice
How many steps does it take to make a world?

Paint it Black - TONY
Portraitist Kehinde Wiley temporarily sets up shop in Africa.

A History of Alcohol - NY Magazine
http://nymag.com/arts/books/reviews/48320/

Battle of the Lunkheads - Slate
The latest HBO miniseries presents a one-sided view of American soldiers.

Talk About Your Spring Awakening - NY Times
The International Thespian Festival is part summer camp, part summer school, part arts festival and part recruitment fair.