The Digest. 07.10.08.

Population, 2008, a painting by Carl Hammoud. (Via Eclectic Cow.)

• Tetris ice cube trays.
• D’you have Mad Artspeak Skillz?? For those of you who took a guess on the Dia: Beacon artspeak quiz, the answer is…Donald Judd.
• A real loss: The building that houses East L.A.’s Self Help Graphics has been sold. The organization, which has supported countless neighborhood artists and exhibited the work of figures such as Gronk and Frank Romero since its founding in 1978, will remain at the site through December. No word on what happens after that. (Via Marshall Astor.)
• Frieze reports on “rude” art coverage. Which doesn’t sound all that rude. (Via AFC.)
• Anish Kapoor and Herzog & de Meuron to collaborate on Tribeca tower.
• Tracey Emin hearts Julian Schnabel.
• Rare manuscript about early colonial life in Peru gets its day at the Getty Center in L.A.
• Acropolis Museum to recreate missing portion of Parthenon marble frieze (which now reside at the British Museum) using plaster casts.
• Hilarious: To sell a Banksy on the secondary market, you have to get his permission first.
• Photos: Graffiti on Seattle’s Lander Street Wall.
• Augor redoes another L.A. billboard.
• Blu, of that famous graffiti animation, just released a book of his work.
• A video profile of Martha Cooper on Current TV. (Via What You Write.)
• The work of A1one, an Iranian street artist.
• Everyday, I think that our President has sunk to a new low. But then he goes and impresses me by sinking ever lower.Yesterday, he signed off from his last G-8 meeting by telling his colleagues: “Goodbye from the world’s biggest polluter.” (Via Eyeteeth.)
• Seattle mayor wants to do something about fugly buildings. Good luck with that.
• Workers remove some of the ceramic rods at Renzo Piano’s NY Times tower to prevent stunt climbing. (Via Animal.)
• A time lapse video of Work AC’s month-long installation of Public Farm 1 at P.S. 1 in Queens.
• Your moment of the Great Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain covering Nirvana. (Via Art to Go.)