On a slightly smaller scale, there's the huge Siemens breaker I saw at the Bonneville Power Administration. (If you're thinking of buying one as an art object, ask your dealer for a Siemens 72.5 kV SF6 sulfur hexafluoride power circuit breaker).

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More recently, I started to ask the question, if the art of investing is really about identifying great talent early, then lately I feel like I'm working at the wrong abstraction layer.

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Of course there are the common questions being asked, such as whether or not these pieces qualify as art and whether it's ok to replace the craftsmen with machines (you know, the same questions people ask every time a new "art" technology comes out).

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So if you're donating art or other appreciated personal property, ask for a letter from the charity indicating it intends to use the item.

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Just ask Budi Tek, who has been focusing on Chinese art since 2004.

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You know, this is an art form, but I would like to ask KaBoom, someone that has been around in this business for quite some time, I have the feeling that there may be a sentiment of folks that are saying technology is not helping this art form.

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Pollock isn't trained in architecture, so the questions he asks his friend tend to be questions you or I might ask if we met him, and because both of them are engaged in trying to create art in disciplines that are mostly about commerce, they find plenty of common ground.

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