It is very fashionable right now to be modest, not to think big. Grandeur is considered a metaphysical evil. Me, I am for grandeur, I am for heroism. I am for the affirmation of the thought and the deed.

Alain Badiou interview at Cabinet.

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If you want a signifier of the changed image of empire, and imperial adventures in foreign lands, think about last Sunday’s six Oscars for The Hurt Locker, including ones for Best Movie and Best Director. The film’s director, Kathryn Bigelow, said at the end of her acceptance speech, “I’d like to dedicate this to the women and men in the military who risk their lives on a daily basis in Iraq and Afghanistan and around the world and may they come home safe.”

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Oliver Michaels at Shoshana Wayne: “An installation of seven new sculptures, each structure acting as a stage for the projected videos. These videos animate images of sculptures taken from museum postcards so it appears the figures are talking.”

Jonathan Lasker at LA Louvre.

Larissa Bates at Richard Heller.