Nature

Here's an interesting article about how natural beauty affects us.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33243959/ns/health-behavior/
It states that even pictures of natural things makes us happy. This could correspond to Kant's argument about nature being connected to this feeling of pleasure that unites us all.

Presidential Taste

Here is an interesting editorial about the selection of artworks that the Obama family made for the White House.  It brings up issues of taste and the causes of taste (the author playfully gives a political motive to each selection.)

Have fun,

Allen