The Digest. 02.08.08.

Dan Flavin at the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich. Photo by Styx_.

Public Service Announcement: Never, ever, for any reason whatsoever, eat at the China section at Epcot Center in Orlando.

• “For the tan you’ve been cravin’, stop by Flavin.”
• The Crime Blotter: Two Picasso paintings stolen from Swiss gallery.
• In related news: The Russian government has launched a website that logs 46,000 art works that went missing due to Nazi looting.
• The Real Housewives Art Fraudsters of Orange County. Go, O.C.!
• Damien Hirst to open retail shop in Marylebone, England, featuring t-shirts, books, housewares and art.
• 3-D virtual graff by Daim.
• Graffiti in Iraq by U.S. soldiers. (Via Ekosystem.)
• Cute Overload: Skelewags by Chewie. (Via Right Some Good.)
• LACMA’s new Broad wing still getting finishing touches. More here.
• Knight Foundation gives a whole lotta dough (in 1 and 2 parts) to three Miami arts organizations, including MAM.
• Photo Essay: Chinese shadow puppets.
• Star Wars toys and the celebrities that unintentionally look like them. (Via ackackack.)
• “Money is art’s umbilical cord, but it’s also art’s abortionist.”
• The Art Market: Not Dead Yet. Thanks, largely, to the Russians.
• Western Civilization all Freaked Out: China replaces France as the third most important art market by value.
• Bling of the Day.
• These days it’s all about steampunk.
• UN Studio’s VilLa NM in Bethel, NY, destroyed by fire.
• Santa Monica Place: Just because a starchitect builds it doesn’t mean they will come.
• The future of concrete.
• Your moment of reefer man.