Chicago architect, Chicago skyscraper — but the Times’ national edition “runs a picture of Boston’s John Hancock Tower … not Chicago’s John Hancock Center, which was Graham’s greatest skyscraper.” Chicago Tribune 03/10/10

Or there will be, if a 27-year-old artist completes his self-appointed “mission to sketch every person in New York City, all 8,363,710.” He “had only just dropped anchor in a studio apartment the size of a city bus when he began the dogged pursuit of his expansive goal with nothing more than a black pen and a notebook the size of a DVD box.” Los Angeles Times 03/10/10

“Ole Scheeren

“Looking out at the madness of modern life in the early 20th century, Surrealism said, ‘Bring it on.’

Forty carved figures from the tomb of John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy, are currently touring the US. “With faces of portrait-like specificity, gesturing hands, and expressive body language, the mourners mix mystery with candor as they pray, chant, weep, wipe away tears, turn towards their neighbors, bear witness.” Obit Mag 03/04/10