Today is the feast day of St. Adomnan, which we mark around here by spending all day face down in a whole rhubarb pie.

We won’t leave you totally in the lurch, however; take a look at the following articles, provided without the usual pithy, totally unfounded opinion.

• The Financial Times, just like everyone else, says Asian art is hot. In this case, however, they have a dollar figure to prove it.
• The People’s Daily online reports the results of the second Beijing biennale, which no one outside the Chinese state media seems to have noticed.
• Professional supreme boob Antonin Scalia spars with Stephen Sondheim in bizarre debate over gov’t funding of the arts.

See you Monday, as per usual.