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My Brother (1943) by John Wilson, at the Smith College Museum of Art. (Photo by C-M.)

• A whole lotta penguins. (Thanks, Antonio.)
• Whitney Biennial review of the day: “This is the blandest Biennial in memory and, in its own dithering way, the happiest.”
• Even worse than the Biennial: The catalogue. Works great if you’re trying to induce a coma.
• A gallery of arches.
• From the Department of Having Your Cake and Eating It, Too: Stockholm museum wants buyer to purchase Rembrandt’s Conspiracy of the Batavians, but they want the buyer to leave it hanging in their museum. (Via AJ.)
• Uplifting: Getty buys rarely seen Gaugin painting of a severed head.
• In related museum spending news: LACMA buys more land, across the street from BCAM.
• A link round-up to the NYT special section on museums.
• The Last Supper: Star Wars edition.
• In related news: I want, I need, I have to have…a hand-knitted Princess Leia wig. (Via Coudal.)
• How traffic jams happen. (Via reBlog.)
• June Wayne talks about her tapestries.
• Oh Gag: Plexiglas now protecting a Banksy piece in London.
• New Book: Los Angeles Graffiti by Roger Gastman and Sonja Teri.
• Graff of the Day: H.O.P.E. in Greece.
• For the germophobes: Mythical 16^th century disease critters.
• The Dark Lord Foster unveils his design for Abu Dhabi’s World Trade Center. (What’s with the prominently placed blond chick in the concept sketch?)
• Audio slideshow: Contemporary architecture in China.
• Herzog & De Meuron’s Caixa Forum opens in Madrid.
• House KN by Kochi Architects Studio in Kanagawa. (Via NotCot.)
• Photos from Come Up to My Room in Toronto.
• Delft dildoes. (Via NotCot.)
• Your moment of Wall Street.