The Digest. 03.28.08.

Elbow-toe paste-up of a cat. Photo by Jake Dobkin.

• The Day in Rejected Star Wars Merch: I want, I need, I have to have…a Death Star Grill and a Han in Carbonite mini-fridge. Seriously, I might die without the mini-fridge. (Via LAist.)
• Eiffel Tower proposed modifications not for real.
• The Farnsworth House in Second Life.
• Citroën’s new Paris showroom, by Manuelle Gautrand.
• Fine art Simpsons-ized. (Via Ekosystem.)
• Profile of David Hockney: “…there’s a moment when spring is full…I call it nature’s erection.”
• Public art versus the public. (Via AJ.)
• River art by Eduardo Srur in São Paulo. More here.
• Motorcycles of the 20^th Century. (Via Coudal.)
• The NY Times weighs in on Armory-palooza: “There is nothing wrong with art fairs that fewer of them wouldn’t cure.”
• In related news: Sales appear to be holding up.
• The LA Art Fair.
• In the studio with Kathy Grayson.
• Whitney Biennial Headline of the Day: “Nice building—shame about the art.”
• In a related story: Denver plans art biennial for 2010.
• The Krens-master Cycle, Day 30: His Guggenheim franchise in Abu Dhabi will be “pharaonic.” Glad to see he’s keeping it low-key…
• More on Spiral Jetty.
• Hitler once owned a painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder that now hangs in London’s National Gallery.
• The last thing we need is Rudy Giuliani.
• Today, I’m Feeling Peruvian: A little vintage Chabuca Granda to fill your morning.
• Spencer Tunick: Nekkid people at the Four Seasons.
• Frackin’ awesome graff of the day: Yar in Houston.
• Yo! MTV Raps making a comeback.
• Your moment of tentacle.