• Douglas Wolk of The New York Times takes a look at eccentric comic book artist, Steve Ditko, the creator of Spider-Man.
• The CBC reports on the reaction to the Government of Canada's proposed spending cuts to several arts programs.
• Sotheby's has a video interview with everybody's favourite whipping boy, Damien Hirst. (For the record, I rather like Hirst.)
• A renaissance portrait originally thought to be of German origin is now being attributed to Leonardo da Vinci. (CBC News)