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Sant Jeroni, circa 1470, by Perre Garcia de Benavarri. Saint Jerome has been painted relentlessly, but this version, at the Museu Nacional D’Art de Catalunya in Barcelona is tops: he’s in this totally pimping outfit high-fiving a lion. (Photo by C-M.)

Hey Folks: I’ve got a new layout and I just got a Wordpress update, so I’m trying to figure out a bunch of things at once. Let me know how things look on your end in the comments below. And thanks for your patience with any technical glitches. xox, C.

Update: Okay, so it’s just gonna be a Wordpress update for now. There were some problems viewing the site with the Vista browser. Looks like the new layout needs a little more tinkering in the tool shed. Thanks again for your patience, C.

• Awesome art-related ticket stub.
• Fear of a Camera Planet: English law enforcement terrified of anyone wielding a camera in public, reports The Telegraph (via A.J.). Related: How to hack a security camera, super-cheap Luddite edition (via Animal).
• Documenting the Face of America, a film about the photographers of the Federal Farm Administration, will air tonight on most PBS stations. Photo essay here.
• The Damien Hirst Market Report: Butterfly paintings, medicine cabinets and dot paintings are on their way out. No word yet on how much longer he’ll be milking the formaldehyde animals.
• Part of a stained glass window by Marc Chagall at the Saint-Étienne Cathedral in Metz, France is shattered by vandals.
• The U.S. Postal Service to unveil a stamp with a painting of Yosemite by Albert Bierstadt this week.
• A profile (with pix) about Catherine Opie at the Gugg. (Via A.O.)
• Modern Art Notes reports that an oil company’s attempt to drill near Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty has been sidelined. For the moment.
• House Party of the Week: Photos from Matthew Barney’s Black Metal pig roast. But was there any chicharrón?
• The paintings of Dara Engler.
• The SoHo-ization of Beijing’s arts district 798.
• Is your art gallery struggling financially? Add a bar. (Via A.J.)
• Ashes to ashes, library of dust.
• NPR does a story on Steve Powers’ Waterboarding Thrill Ride in Coney Island.
• Graff of the Day: OA- in Spain.
• Swoon to participate in another flotilla, this time on the Hudson. Photo essay here.
• Ikea, purveyors of crap-ass furniture…and destroyers of noteworthy architecture.
• Paul Goldberger on Brad Cloepfil’s redo of Edward Durell Stone’s lollipop building in Manhattan: Okay on the outside, nicely organized on the inside.
• U.S. vs. China architecture/urban infrastructure symbolism smackdown. China wins.
• Your moment of Rosanne Rosannadanna’s Columbia J-School commencement address.