The Digest. 07.16.08.

Up the Dosage, by Marc Johns. From his series of Post-it Note drawings. (Courtesy of Marc Johns.)

• Thank you, Daily Show, for picking apart the bullshit scandal over the New Yorker cartoon, in one and two parts.
• The oceanic waterscapes of Asako Narahashi.
• In the wake of Jesse Helms: The politics of art. (Via AFC.)
• Design the new Iraqi flag.
• Going after art-buying newbies (not always legitimately): Cruise auctions.
• New Museum launches triennial, which will focus on artists “Younger Than Jesus.” Because what the world needs is more navel-gazing from 22-year-old art school grads. More here and here.
• Brooklyn Museum to exhibit Coptic art fakes in ‘09. (Via A.J.)
• If you’re into high-end art talk: The artists at Creative Time—including David Byrne, Malcolm McLaren and Mika Rottenberg—interview each other here. (Via Heart as Arena.)
• The business of art shipping and packaging is booming.
• In Seattle: The art of doing what you’re told.
• A slide show of outrageous cars. (Via Art to Go.)
• Graff of the Day: Ache in Slovakia.
• Street art exhibits in London: It’s all about surveillance, reports Looking Around.
• “Has Banksy’s reputation been fatally damaged by speculation that he is middle class?”
• The Day in Art Merch: A laptop case with KR drips.
• Don’t dump on Zaha Hadid for cost overruns at London’s Aquatics Centre, says Jonathan Glancey of the Guardian. “The Aquatics Centre is the architectural saving grace of the bad-tempered, secretive and ill-mannered Olympics project.”
• Interactive graphic: Nicholas Ouroussof of the NYT looks at Beijing architecture. In related news: Vanity Fair has that obligatory pre-Olympics media staple: an article about how Beijing is changing (via Coudal).
• The real star of The Wire is the architecture, reports the Guardian.
• Your moment of zen. (Via ackackack.)