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Chomp. Photo by Vidalia.

• The trippiest video I’ve seen in a very long time: The Pearce Sisters, a BAFTA-winning short. (Via NotCot.)
• Art Story Lead of the Day: “You could almost hear the New York art world breathe a sigh of relief when the Guggenheim Foundation announced today that Thomas Krens had resigned as its director.”
• The Krens-master Cycle, Day 2: MAN, Art Daily, Culture Grrl, Goings On.
• Robert Rauschenberg sues gallery over “art” pulled from his trash. (Via ArtForum.)
• Okay, so maybe that Amber Room isn’t gonna be so easy to find after all.
• Photo Essay: Frida Kahlo at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Plus: The latest Frida merch.
• And I Quote… Andrew Kuo on Charlie Rose, talking about art: “It hangs on a wall. It’s ridiculous if you think about it.”
• The show everybody loves to hate: A preview of the Whitney Biennial.
• ¡Artworld Smackdown! Tyler Green versus the Warhol Foundation.
• Tampa Museum receives $2.5 million gift. (Via ArtForum.)
• Art paralysis, a condition that no doubt will soon be remedied by the pharmaceutical industry. (Via AJ.)
• Photos of Windows.
• Graff of the Day: Zonenkinder Collective and Spectrum Crew in Poland.
• A Q&A with James Powderly of Graffiti Research Lab. (Via Ekosystem.)
• The Day in Sublime Ridiculosity: The Guardian channels All the President’s Men on some Banksy graffiti in a London parking lot. (There appears to be other graffiti in the lot, but the reporter completely ignores it. There’s some crack information gathering for you…)
• Bring on the boogar sugar: there’s cocaine at Colette.
• When you wake up this morning, please read my diary. Look through my things, and figure me out, by Gretchen Bennett.
• Bring back Chris March.
• Lori Earley painting stolen from the Jonathan Levine Gallery in NYC.
• In related news: Stolen 19^th century painting turns up at the Palm Beach Art Fair.
• Monaco House by McBride Charles Ryan in Melbourne.
• The recently renovated Rossio Railway Station in Lisbon. (Via Coudal.)
• I Park Like an Idiot. (Via NotCot.)
• The Global Seed Vault.
• Not safe for anywhere: New Abu Ghraib photos show Americans jailers displaying all the subtlety of Savak.
• Balloon tank.
• Your moment of rockin’ it to the bang bang boogie.