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Rating Art: The Best Approach To Criticism? - "In fact, in all the interviews with and biographies of great artists I have read, this is how they talk about art. The truth is that overanalysing art, as opposed to intuitively rating it, carries its own dangers."... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:14:02 -0800

Gardner Heist Author: 'Run-Of-The-Mill Crooks' Did It - "The museum was less secure than the average 7-Eleven or bank that night, [Ulrich] Boser said. According to a previous Globe investigation, the Gardner was equipped with only one alarm button and two young guards."... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:42:33 -0800

Prosecutor: Whitey Bulger Didn't Steal Gardner Paintings - "Assistant US Attorney Brian Kelly, who prosecuted [South Boston gang leader turned fugitive] Bulger and his criminal gang, said that investigators had specifically looked at a possible Bulger link to the crime, including interrogating former Bulger associates Stephen Flemmi and Kevin Weeks, but found no links."... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:32:11 -0800

Archaeologists Find Cemetery Rife With Sexual Symbolism - "In the women's coffins, the Chinese archaeologists encountered one or more life-size wooden phalluses.... Looking again at the shaping of the 13-foot poles that rise from the prow of each woman's boat, the archaeologists concluded that the poles were in fact gigantic phallic symbols," corresponding to "symbolic vulvas" on the men's.... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:38:13 -0800