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Chicago graff. (Leave a message if you know who did this.) Photo by Señor Codo.

• Let the corporate jockeying begin! Philippe de Montebello, the Met’s director, is retiring. Read about what it all means and who’s in line for the job.
• On the Internets: Eli Broad’s decision to keep his art to himself: L.A. Times, Lacayo, Green and Winkleman.
  
• The Flog has a life jacket recommendation to rescue LACMA’s rapidly sinking status.
• Because everybody loves a preview: Winter museum shows in Europe.
• And, finally, a museum for me: The Museum of Laziness, in Bogotá, Colombia.
• Moneygami.
• Art Fag City has a list of the 10 worst websites: ArtNet and ArtInfo made the cut; sadly, I did not. She also forgot about this unnavigable monstrosity.
  
• Richard Prince photo (of someone else’s photo) breaks auction record.
• I need my Art TV. Check out the Wolf Kahn interview, where he talks about how his macular degeneration has made his art better.
• Cremaster Fanatic, a Matthew Barney fansite, has a poll: What is your favorite Cremaster film? I myself loved the little-seen Cremaster VIII: With a Vengeance, the one with Bruce Willis. (Via Art Observed.)
• Graff of the Day: Sego and Ovbal in Mexico. (See more here and here.)
  
• 17^th century painting discovered in a flea market is returned to the Dresden State Art Collection.
• Architecture News Nobody Cares About: Thom Mayne to design the Museum of Nature & Science in Dallas, provided someone can raise the cash.
• Photo Essay: Afghan treasures.
• From the Department of Belated Apologies: New Jersey really sorry about slavery.
• It’s gonna be a mudfight of an election, folks: Making comebacks, Hillary and McCain take New Hampshire.
• Brazilian police locate stolen Picasso and Portinari paintings in a house on the outskirts of São Paulo. And not a moment too soon, ‘cuz the museum they were stolen from didn’t have any insurance. D’oh!
• A chewing gum sculpture by Maurizio Savini.
• Nothing gets the day going like a little Elvis, in his white jumpsuit period (before the peanut butter and banana sandwiches had taken their toll).
• In NYC: Luis Gispert’s El mundo es tuyo at Zach Feuer Gallery, opening this Saturday.
• In the Hudson Valley, NY: The Salt Point House by Thomas Phifer. (Dear Cool Hunter: If you’re going to “cover” architecture, it’d be helpful if you guys could name the architect in your write-up. Thanks.)
• Your moment of Buck Rogers: super freaky disco edition.