Southern California, 1985 by Henry Wessel. Part of the exhibit The View From Here at SFMOMA. (Image courtesy of SFMOMA.)

• Frozen lake sounds. (ackackack.com)
• Edward Winkleman pens an op-ed in the Art Newspaper to declare that the sky is not falling just ‘cuz MOCA appointed a gallerist as its new director.
• In related news: L.A.’s gain is New York’s loss says Jerry Saltz of the Deitch appointment.
• The first announcements are out for the Art Olympics, I mean the Venice Biennale.
• In unrelated news: The Art Handling Olympics. Looks hilarious.
• Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! Hyperallergic is on the hunt for the Worst. Press. Release. Ever. (Art Fag City.)
• ¡Blogga smackdown! Tyler Green versus Regina Hackett, the sequel.
• Andrea Zittel’s floating island. And I gotta confess, it looks ever so slightly like an upside down bidet. Plus: Zittel’s favorite books.
• Photographers to gather in London tomorrow for street photography rights.
• A tree in jars.
• Paprika Mars.
• Tire truck Buddha.
• Vintage passport photos of artists, actors, writers and poets. My favorite. (Coudal.)
• The proto-TMZ.
• A Banksy movie about trying to film Banksy. Here’s the trailer. (@SamSifton, @unurth.)
• Today’s Street Art: Aakash Nihalani.
• Deitch to close his gallery with a Shepard Fairey show.
• Part country cabin, part I-don’t-know-what: The cool looking Rennes Metropole Museum by architects Guinée et Potin.
• The personal flying suit. Want.