Brandalism and subvertising! That’s what graffiti artists are doing these days, and it’s great. Here’s a gallery of recent work. I think my favorite is the depiction of stock market charts using bolts of lightning.




However, London is not amused, especially with the Olympics about to start, and the police are (rather ham-fistedly) trying to accost former artists and prohibit them from going near the Games. Sure, that should work.



Speaking of nonsensical concepts, here’s a transit map for Alice’s Wonderland. Destinations not guaranteed, of course.



Jacob’s Pillow turns eighty this summer, and it’s had an interesting history.



Can a dictionary tell you more about a place than historians? Yes! Here’s why.