The Digest. 06.02.08.

One more turquoise throw pillow and I think we’ve got it: Bedroom decor as featured in Seventeen, Oct. 1967. See the full set of retro decor pics. This one looks like a Jim Lambie installation. (Image courtesy of sugarpie honeybunch.)

• Because the art industry needs less cock and more vagina. (For propriety’s sake, I won’t reveal who sent this to me.)
• The $155,000 book.
• A profile of Nan Goldin. (Via A.O.)
• I’m with Tyler on this one: What the hell is “black art”?
• Showing art in shipping containers: hot, hot, hot. (Via A.J.)
• Audio Slideshow: Photos from RFK’s funeral train by Paul Fusco (via AFC). A story about the 40^th anniversary of his death here.
• The Week does a nice analysis of the sagging market. Interesting point: Everyone might wanna stop ragging on all those Russian, Asian and Middle Eastern nouveau riches ‘cuz they’re the ones who may be keeping everything afloat. (Via AFC.)
• Christie’s and Sotheby’s raise buyer’s premiums.
• I’m sure this won’t be rife with conflict-of-interest: Charles Saatchi to advise fine art hedge fund.
• LACMA keeping armed guards next to Damien Hirst formaldehyde piece. ‘Cuz if some vandal busted the glass, it’d turn the museum into a superfund site.
• Creepy photo essay: Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch. (Thanks, Alex!)
• It’s come to this: a design-conscious sheep stable.
• Chicago landmark commission is as useful as tits on a bull: They have allowed corporate sponsor Chicago Board Options Exchange to maintain their bright yellow acronym on the landmarked walls of Wrigley Field.
• Frank Gehry skyscraper rises in downtown Manhattan.
• From the Department of Tell-Yourself-Whatever-You-Need-To: Rem Koolhaas says that by working in China, he isn’t supporting a corrupt, authoritarian regime, he’s helping “support a more modern China.”
• Graff of the Day: Thoup in England.
• The Day in WTF?: The Philosophy of Obey.
• Designer gas masks.
• Your moment of the worst album covers ever. (Via VSL.)