Norman Foster’s new skyscraper has “slipped so easily into the London skyline that it comes as a shock to discover that it officially opened only yesterday. That is the trouble with a very, very tall building. It takes so long to go up that, by the time it is finished, you feel you’ve known it for ever.”
Tag: 04.29.04
Could Picasso Set A Record?
Some auction watchers are saying (no self-interest there) that Picasso’s “Boy With a Pipe” might set a record sale price. “Dealers and experts are betting that it could fetch as much as $100 million next week, eclipsing the world record set in 1990 when van Gogh’s “Portrait of Dr. Gachet” sold at Christie’s in New York for $82.5 million.”
Spam Spam Spam Spam… (It’s A Hit)
Minnesota’s Spam Museum has become an oddball hit. “Opened in September 2001 on the site of an old Kmart, the Spam Museum has become something of a kitsch icon throughout the Midwest. The folks at the museum have taken out billboards up and down I-90 with quirky messages like: “The Spam Museum: Believe the Hype” and “Find Out What’s Inside.”