Slice and Dice - New York Magazine
One man's vandalism is another's political art. Just ask Poster Boy, the Matisse of subway-ad mash-ups.

Stone says no malice intended in W. - Reuters
Oliver Stone's film portrait of U.S. President George W. Bush is intended to prod voters to reflect upon the past eight years.

The inventive side of da Vinci - Detroit Free Press
The Detroit Science Center's new exhibit, Leonardo da Vinci: Man, Inventor, Genius, recreates 60 of da Vinci's models with polished pine.

Tony honors humanitarian efforts - Variety
The Tony Awards will inaugurate a new award next year, which will recognize an individual with a record as a volunteer for humanitarian, social service or charities.

Web of Riches - NY Post
The budget for Julie Taymor's Broadway manifestation of Spiderman swells to over 40 million dollars.

Some antiquities returned to Iraq - LA Times
Approximately 6,000 artifacts that went missing in the chaos that erupted following the U.S. invasion in 2003 have been returne

Imports Suffering Identity Problems - NY Times
American adaptations of foreign series are prevalent this season, but not all copycat shows are equally well crafted.

French Novelist Le Clezio Wins Nobel for Literature - Bloomberg
French novelist Jean Marie Gustave le Clezio won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Netflix sponsors its own Clockwork Orange - Reuters
This weekend, Netflix held the Movie-Watching World Championship in Times Square.

Spielberg's List - The Daily Beast
The break-up between DreamWorks and Paramount raises questions about what Hollywood's biggest director will take on next.

A Clothing Shop Moves Up, and a Dance Company Must Move Out - NY Times
The Paul Taylor Dance Company has lost its lease due to the expansion of a Banana Republic store.

Funeral parlour resurrected as modern art HQ aims to refresh lifeless Paris scene - Guardian
A former state funeral parlor in north-east Paris will reopen this weekend after being transformed into the city's most daring modern arts centre.

Sphinx looks to change makeup of U.S. orchestras - Chicago Tribune
The Sphinx Organization seeks to address the lack of minority musicians in American orchestras.

Using Video Games as Bait to Hook Readers - NY Times
Publishers, authors and even libraries are embracing video games to promote books to young readers.

Billy Elliot gives Broadway a boost - Variety
In spite of the financial crisis, the Broadway box office climbs by $1 million, thanks to a new musical.

Faith, hope and clarity - Guardian
Le Corbusier infused everything he built with spirituality, creating an astonishing artistic legacy.

Saturday Night Live is buzzworthy again, thanks to Tina Fey as Sarah Palin - NY Daily News
SNL ratings this season have increased more than 40% over last year in Nielsen's metered markets, due largely to recent political satire.

Now hear this: theatre's revolution in sound design - Guardian
The relationship between the stage and audio has never been more exciting than in recent years.

Hollywood goes political as election nears - Reuters
his fall, Hollywood will release a series of political movies as the tight U.S. presidential campaign nears its climax.

Sign of things to come? - Art Newspaper
Global stocks crash; buying drops at auctions in US and fairs in Korea and France.

Will American writers get a Nobel brushoff? - Herald Tribune
In an interview last week, Horace Engdahl appeared rule out the possibility of a Nobel prize in literature going to any American writer.

Higher art - Boston Globe
Universities should become society's great patrons of the arts.