The Digest. 07.14.08.

The Lost Angel, by Mr. Cartoon, in L.A. (Photo by C-M.)

• The military industrial complex gets surreal. (Via AFC.)
• When corporations rip off art for the sake of advertising.
• But will it be encrusted in diamonds? Rumors are afoot that Damien Hirst is gonna do a cell phone. (Via A.O.)
• Jerry Saltz digs Jeff Koons.
• Iowa floods update.
• NYC collector Shelby White to return two antiquities to Greece.
• A member of the European Parliament will face charges for defacing a sculpture by Maurizio Cattelan.
• Wanted: 200 electric guitarists. For a performance piece by Rhys Chatham at NYC’s Lincoln Center in mid-August.
• Is the Dallas Museum of Art pimping itself out for the benefit of a private, for-profit company? Sure sounds like it. (Via MAN.)
• Graff of the Day: Screw and El Tono in Mexico.
• Glad to see media resources spent on quality, investigative journalism: The Daily Mail thinks it may have the lowdown on Banksy’s identity (via World’s Best). And, gasp, he’s middle class. Commentary here.
• In remarks before a Serpentine Gallery crowd in London, Frank Gehry says that the Bilbao Effect is “bullshit.
• A 540-acre “green” resort by Norman Foster set to deface the last stretch of unspoiled coast in Bulgaria.
• Well done: A convention center that mimics the arid landscape it’s built on, by AMP Arquitectos in Tenerife Brazil.
• Photo Essay: The architecture of John Lautner. Story here.
• Berlin Weimar-era housing projects are named a World Heritage Site.
• Frank Lloyd Wright’s Darwin D. Martin House in Buffalo, N.Y., finishes up a 12-year restoration.
• The daruma-otoshi demolition method: Taking apart a skyscraper, by starting at the bottom.
• A beautifully zen clip from Grand Theft Auto IV. (Via The Flog.)
• Your moment of honest R&B songs.