To one SF “performance artist,” the line between arson and art is confusing. To the rest of us, Paul Addis, out on bail for torching the Burning Man, was a vandal in his efforts to set fire to the Grace Cathedral. [Yahoo, HT: Dallas News Religion Blog]
(Above) The New Acropolis Museum in Athens, Greece, with the Parthenon in the distance. Photo: IHT. According to IHT, “It’s impossible to stand in the top-floor galleries, in full view of the Parthenon’s ravaged, sun-bleached frame, without craving the marbles’ return,” which of course raises the controversial question about who owns the marbles. “Until now my sympathies tended to lie with the British. Most of the world’s great museum collections have some kind of dubious deals in their pasts. Why bother untangling thousands of years of imperialist history? Wise men avert their eyes and move on.”
What is the conversion rate between price and pixelation? Da Vinci’s priceless Last Supper is worth 16 billion pixels (though a CP caption reads 15b), in a new online format that “will allow people to examine details they otherwise couldn’t see, including traces of drawings Da Vinci put down before painting the masterpiece, curator Alberto Artioli said.” See the image here. [Christian Post]
What are the tastiest Halloween candies that can also get you into Heaven? Beliefnet has the top 10 list, via Dallas News Religion Blog.
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