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‘They paid more for this one page than Razumovsky paid for those three Russian quartets.’

A page torn from a Beethoven sketchbook,found in a Connecticut home,fetches $100,000.

A page torn from a Beethoven sketchbook,found in a Connecticut home,fetches $100,000.

Favela Cinderella.

The Favela ballet project gives young Brazilian girls opportunity to transcend their harsh reality.

The Favela ballet project gives young Brazilian girls opportunity to transcend their harsh reality.

Apres nous le déluge.

Paris.Dec.2015.Climate change means all of us.

Paris.Dec.2015.Climate change means all of us.

‘ I got it from my daddy’.

Things turn ugly at the Mister Ugly competition,Zimbabwe.

Things turn ugly at the Mister Ugly competition,Zimbabwe.

e=mc2 is 100.

Einstein stumbles upon his theory of relativity while practising his Fsharp and Gflat major scales.

Einstein stumbles upon his theory of relativity while practising his Fsharp and Gflat major scales.

Maxed out.

Billionaire Liu Yiqian bought Modigliani's "Reclining nude" on his American Express card for $170m.: enough flier points never to be earthbound again.

Billionaire Liu Yiqian bought Modigliani’s “Reclining nude” on his American Express card for $170m.: enough flier points never to be earthbound again.

Sustained pedalling.

Davide Martello biked his grand piano to the Bataclan concert hall to play Lennon's 'Imagine'.

Davide Martello biked his grand piano to the Bataclan concert hall to play Lennon’s ‘Imagine’.

” It’s tasty…but is it Art? “

Janitors mistakenly cleaned up an art installation in a gallery in Bolzano.The debris on the floor was a comment on the excesses of Italian politicians in the 1980's.

Janitors mistakenly cleaned up an art installation in a gallery in Bolzano.The debris on the floor was a comment on the excesses of Italian politicians in the 1980’s.

Bob Murphy 1945–Oct.2015

A lost treasure of Vancouver's musical life.

A lost treasure of Vancouver’s musical life.

Artist’s block.

Lego refused to supply Ai Weiwei with toy bricks for an art installation for fear of offending Beijing.

Lego refused to supply Ai Weiwei with toy bricks for an art installation for fear of offending Beijing.