The Digest. 07.05.10.

Nature of Commodity, 2010, by Jud Turner. On display as part of the group show Objectophilia, at Capsule Temporary Space, in Denver, through July 25.  (Image courtesy of Jud Turner.)

• Must-Read: Young Manhattanite‘s “This is Divorce Blogging” Series.
• Crisis in the Gulf, for Xbox.
• Sorta related: Create an oil spill on your website. (Eyeteeth.)
• NEA study shows that artsy internerdz types are super engaged. In other words: sponsor my blog.
• Deitch, at work in L.A. In case you were wondering: Yes, he broke down and got a car. A grey Lexus.
• Photographer Zoe Strauss is doin’ some fundraising so that she can shoot the oil spill. Help her out here.
• Are those really Caravaggio’s bones? Some aren’t so sure.
• Gallery Beat caught Jaclyn Santos at the Work of Art tryouts, in which she discusses how her hotness has affected her career. (To be fair: She seems perfectly normal, if not very interesting.)
• Jeff Koons’ BMW art car fails to finish at Le Mans.
• Louis Vuitton cracks down on Japanese sculptor who uses Louis Vuitton fakes in his sculpture. Lame.
• The making of Chicago’s giant eyeball, which is being officially unveiled on Wednesday.
• Art as a Village Voice Ad: 16 Miles on Adrian Piper. Now on view at MoMA.
• America, a series of photo slideshows curated by Tema Stauffer at Culturehall. Worth getting lost in.
• A Q&A with Chuck Close: “I’ve been around long enough to have painting be dead four or five, six times.” Related: Radiolab on face blindness, which includes a discussion with Close. (MW Capacity.)
• A coupla worthwhile Studio 360 interviews: William Kentridge and Laurie Anderson.
• These jelly shoes are the shizzle.
• Banksy fakers in England sentenced to 240 hours of community service.
• Today’s Graff: Faif in Barcelona. Oh so yellow.
• The Day in Awesome Real Estate: A torpedo testing outside of London is up for sale. The kitchen is all kinds of awesome.
• The Death Star Cookie.