Curtis, in Brooklyn. (Photo by Luna Park.)

• Bible Bars: A Biblical Alternative to Junk Food. For reals.
• Everything you want to know about deaccessioning but were afraid to ask.
• R.I.P. Coosje van Bruggen, Claes Oldenburg’s wife and collaborator.
• Touching Strangers: The photographs of Richard Renaldi. (Eyebeam reBlog.)
• Hrag Vartanian has a round-up from the New Orleans Biennial over at Art21 in one and two parts.
• What is jazz?
• The WSJ profiles Italy’s new culture czar (and former McDonald’s exec) Mario Resca. This story brought to mind Richard Lacayo’s post, from Monday, that discusses the political issues that invariably become entangled in any government culture minister-like position. (Culture Grrl.)
• The Art Newspaper outlines ten steps that Obama could take to renew the arts.
• Galleries as soviets: Edward Winkleman picks apart Charlie Finch.
• A crocheted coral reef.
• Salvador Dalí bento. See the full set of pictures here.
• The internet says “no.” (Art Fag City.)
• Related: High caffeine intake linked to hallucination process. (Eyebeam reBlog.)
• The Shepard Fairey Obama poster as political branding: “If, in four years, or eight, this image is still in circulation, and its statuesque vagueness remains all we know of the man, then we will regret the day we first saw it.” (Modern Art Notes.)
• Today’s Street Art: The shadow paintings of Pablo Herrero in Salamanca, Spain.
• Hilarious: How to cut a Banksy off a wall.
• Prison architecture, video game edition.
• For the design- and font-heads: A killer pop-up book. (Thank you, Shane!)
• Stewart shreds Bush’s recent media blitz. Thank you.
• Your moment of dog training.