Eero Saarinen’s sloping, futuristic TWA terminal at JFK was built in 1962 in the height of the age of romantic air travel. The terminal, whose four vaulted concrete shell Saarinen’s chief associate architect claimed he modelled partly after a grapefruit, was meant to be a “building in which the architecture itself would express the drama and specialness and excitement of travel.” In 2001, the terminal was shuttered in the airline industry struggles following the 9/11 attacks, but this past year, the building was fully renovated (though The Port Authority has not decided what purpose it will ultimately serve), and the terminal was recently opened for a few hours, allowing these photographs to be taken. Click through to see photographs of Saarien’s magnificent building both old and new, and let us know if you’d like to be taking a flight out of there anytime soon. Photos courtesy Brian Kelly for Phaidon.

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Today at Flavorpill, we were happy to hear that Steve Jobs is actually alive — despite what many people on Twitter seem to think. We went to the beach with Beirut. We were surprised by how much better certain famous works of art look after adding some fat tabby cats to the canvas. We were glad that John Ore already ate everything at the Minnesota State Fair so that we don’t have to. We loved this love list from Eero Saarinen to his wife. We visited some of Dorothy Parker’s old drinking haunts. We hoped that the rumors that Mary Faber will be joining the cast of SNL are true. We got incredibly exciting for the second season of Downton Abbey after watching the spoiler-filled trailer. And finally, we were impressed by Tom Brady’s acting range in his new commercial for man UGGs.

Online forum ArtBabble has museums like the Guggenheim and MoMA riding the digital wave with original video contributions.

The site features exclusive content from visual heavy hitters such as the Museum of Art & Design and Art Institute of Chicago, as well as a platform for user-generated discussion. Visitors can watch lectures from the 2009 International Design Symposium, scope demos of the art-installation process, and preview Season 5 of PBS series Art:21, all providing a diverse bird’s-eye view of the world of contemporary art.

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The artist duo Elmgreen & Dragset originated one of the most winning ideas of the Venice Biennale: The Collectors. The talk of the town among critics and curators, the project has contributions by 24 international artists and artists groups, along with some classic pieces of Scandinavian modern furniture, and earned Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset a special mention from the Biennale jury of the 53rd International Art Exhibition. Presented in the Danish and Nordic pavilions, which represents a first-time collaboration between Denmark and Norway and the first joint venture of two national pavilions in the Biennale, the exhibition transforms the neighboring, Modernist-style buildings into domestic settings, where the spectator becomes a voyeur to the private lives of the inhabitants. Read More »