MIA hires new director: Olga Viso, the Walker’s new director, will have good company when she arrives in town. The Minneapolis Institute of Art has hired its new director as well: Kaywin Feldman, eight-year director of the Brooks Museum of Art in Memphis. She told the Pioneer Press, “I’m a huge fan of Olga.It’s an auspicious moment that we would both start at the same time. We can work together to get…

The Year of Living Biblically chronicles the time A.J. Jacobs spent adhering to the more than 700 rules contained in the Bible. He strictly upheld the 10 commandments and many more obscure rules (sleeping in a hut on certain holidays, eating crickets). What caught my eye though, was the photo progression of his hair growth (thou shalt not cut side hair, in case you needed an explanation). It reminded me…

A moment of silence: French artist and mime master Marcel Marceau, who “brought poetry to silence” (AP), died Saturday night at age 84. Homer and Homage: A side-by-side comparison of Simpson’s scenes and the films that inspired them. Typography of the Times: After last week’s naughtily titled post about a new book of hand-drawn typography, I noticed its author, Mike Perry (who’s giving a talk at MCAD, his…

Writers’ Rooms: The Guardianoffers a fascinating glimpse of writers’ workspaces as described by the authors themselves in words and pictures: JG Ballard, Jonathan Safran Foer, Seamus Heaney, Hanif Kureishi, Picasso biographer John Richardson, and others. (Pictured: Geoff Dyer) Recycled Rose: Mircea Cantor, an artist in the forthcoming Walker show Brave New Worlds, has a simulated rose window called Rosace…