The Digest. 06.10.08.

Graffiti in Andalucía, Spain. (Photo by Loso.)

• The Earth and the Moon from Mars. (Via ackackack.)
• The National Gallery: Letting commercial galleries curate their programming. Practically.
• CultureGrrl croons her rendition of Santa Baby to Philippe di Montebello. Coming soon: C-Monster to serenade Larry Gagosian with her rendition of The Man Who Sold the World.
• The Day in Museum Marketing: The Seattle Art Museum wants to let people know that Impressionists are big. And they’re willing to spend big bucks to do so.
• Gawker scoffs at the idea of reporters as bloggers. Linda Yablonsky, who has been blogging about Basel for nytimes.com, gets taken down for a sex-y simile that is “exhausting and exhilarating.” (Via MAN.)
• Buyers with big Euros kept Basel afloat, reports Bloomberg.
• Salon 94 Freemans in NYC needs your old toys for an installation by Maya Lin.
• The Inquisition, What a Show! Photos from the Jake and Dinos Chapman Hitler exhibit.
• Modern-day apprenticeships come with corporate sponsors.
• Audio slideshow: Photographer Bill Eppridge on his view of RFK’s assassination.
• Fascinating: Terrorists don’t take pictures. (Via AFC.)
• Seed bombs. (Thanks, Luna!)
• Sarasota, Fla. school board to deliver its verdict on the fate of the Paul Rudolph-designed Riverview High School next week. (Via Unbeige.)
• A house by TNA Architects, outside of Tokyo, that appears to dissolve into a forest.
• The Dark Lord Foster does the Elephant House at the Copenhagen Zoo. See photos here.
• A conversation with I. M. Pei. If you want to skip all the intros, start the video at Minute 8:00, when Pei comes on. Interesting facts: Pei digs Bing Crosby and thinks Graceland is awful (via architecture.mnp). In related news: Duran Duran to gig under Pei’s glass pyramid at the Louvre.
• Graff of the Day: Gualicho in Buenos Aires.
• So conceptual: Street artist makes art out of street objects.
• Oh, yeah…it’s official: our government misled us into war.
• Your moment of holy fuck.