The Digest. 01.28.08.

Robots Will Kill. Photo by Luna Park.

• 475 Kent Follow-up: Tell Mayor Bloomberg what you think about the city booting out artists to make way for rich people (via Winkleman). More on Gothamist and AFC. Also: see updates to my original post.
• Seamonsters.
• “Holy Grail” of photographer Robert Capa’s negatives found in Mexico. Photo essay here.
• Photo Essay: Iraq’s wounded, photographed by Farah Nosh.
• The Art Industry has seen more Feds than an episode of the Sopranos: Affidavits used for search warrants at the California museums raided last week describe a hotbed of institutional corruption. See a scan of one of the affidavits, courtesy of the NYT. Other reports on the case: CultureGrrl, LA Times, Newsweek, San Diego Union-Tribune, BBC and the O.C. Register.
• These raids are gonna be a “headache” for museums, says one expert. You mean they aren’t going to be able to openly traffic in plundered antiquities? A headache, indeed.
• Speaking of which: Perp Walk of the Day.
• Weed ATMs. (Via ackackack.)
• Museum director musical chairs: The Chicago Sun-Times recommends James Cuno, of the Art Institute, for the gig at the Met. (Via Arts Journal.)
• Art museum voice mail systems are going the way of commercial radio.
• Researchers are trying to restore the world’s first oil paintings, which date back 15 centuries and surround the remains of the Buddhas of Bamiyan in Afghanistan. (Via Arts Journal.)
• Graff of the Day: My Monsters in Barcelona. (See the full set.)
• Leave it to the tech geeks: Devising ways of identifying graffiti walls.
• In related news: The BBC profiles various Brazilian graffiti artists, including Zezao and TitiFreak. See a related images here and here.
• Calling Seattle Singles: Gallery owner and her friends want to find you a match based on your taste in art.
• Miami Art Exchange has photos from the Palm Beach Art Fair.
• An interview with video artist Michael Bell-Smith. (Via AFC.)
• Portable cellular phone booth by Nick Rodrigues. (Click through to see the video. It’s worth it.)
• In related news: A good round-up of online art-video sites.
• Where the media and bird shit intersect. (Gracias, Alex.)
• The turntable wristwatch.
• NPR asks: Is architectural design outpacing engineering? Special mentions: Frank Gehry’s leaky M.I.T. structure and Renzo Piano’s falling chunks of ice at the NY Times building.
• Speaking of leaks: Frank Lloyd Wright’s La Miniatura, in L.A., was opened to the public yesterday for the first time since 1992.
• In related news: Architects now hawking Blackberries.
• If you added a hot tub, you could probably turn this article into an art reality show.
• Nudar.
• Your moment of incredibly odd pairings.