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The art paparazzi get to work. (Sublime photo by eugenio_gp.)

• Bush has made the ultimate sacrifice during this war: he’s given up golf.
• Renaissance painting by Domenico Beccafumi broken in two at London’s National Gallery. The best part of this story is the sidebar: a list of pieces of art that have been damaged or destroyed by accident. More here.
• Ickier than a Damien Hirst: Thai artist Kittiwat Unarrom makes dismembered body parts out of bread. Perfect for fans of Saw. (Via NotCot.)
• Polaroid lovers: A show of Robert Mapplethorpe’s Polaroid pictures at the Whitney.
• A list of pieces by Rauschenberg that you can see in NYC right now.
• Calling all portraits. The Smithsonian is having a competition. And there’s a $25,000 prize.
• Photo Essay: The tribal arts and textile show in NYC.
• Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center gathers more than 300 Marilyn Monroe-themed works for exhibition.
• A film about Lawrence Weiner. What we learned: he hates Helvetica. (Via Coudal.)
• At Carnegie: Industry in art.
• The General Accounting Office tells the Smithsonian to shape the hell up. Ever wonder why the Smithsonian is so fucked? This little paragraph in WaPo should explain why: “The Board of Regents is a 17-member voluntary body with representation from the executive, judicial and legislative branches, as well as the public. The membership includes the U.S. chief justice, the vice president, three members each from the House and Senate and nine citizens. Only Congress can remove a regent.” (The GAO report, courtesy of MAN.)
• Looks like the Barnes will be moving to Philly. More here and here.
• Getting trippy and blobby: In the studio with Ernesto Neto.
• New Photojournalism Book: Robert Frank, by Steidl.
• Graff of the Day: Rubio in France. See a full set.
• Now you too can be the proud owner of a Shepard Fairey laptop. Likewise, for a mere $7, you can buy an Obey sticker pack and redecorate the laptop you already have.
• Photos from Insa’s show in Luxembourg.
• Blandifying NYC: Development pressure in the West Village is at an all-time high, reports Bloomberg.
• Photo Essay: Oscar Niemeyer’s Museu Contemporânea de Niteroi. (Via Coudal.)
• An interesting Modernist rethinking of rural Latin American architecture: Casa en el Campo by Benjamín Murúa and Constanza Infante in Chile.
• Architects debate what to do with Eero Saarinen’s Bell Labs building in Holmdel, N.J.
• Folding façades.
• Building a house on a sharp incline means you gotta put in a lotta stairs: the Tolo House by Alvaro Leite Siza in Portugal. (Via NotCot.)
• The Air Hostesses of Yesteryear.
• Your moment of dude. (Via VSL.)

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