The Digest. 02.23.09.

Stroll Again, 2008, by Alexandre Arrechea. (Image courtesy of Alexandre Arrechea.)

• Jaydiohead. (elbowtoe.)
• A Flickr set of vintage packaging. (marcjohns.)
• Photographing foreclosure.
• Is the art market less ethical than the stock market? Considering it’s mostly the same people who operate in both, it shouldn’t be surprising if it was.
• The demented superheroes of Peruvian painter Fernando “Huanchaco” Gutierrez.
• Photo Essay: Justine Cooper’s behind-the-scenes shots at the Museum of Natural History. My favorite is #19. (Eco Art Blog.)
• Images from vintage anatomy books.
• Kerry James Marshall takes on a coupla presidents in his new murals at SFMOMA. SF Chronicle story here. (Modern Art Notes.)
• Because too much make-up is never enough: The Rodeo Queens of Stefan Ruiz.
• The Obamas said to be on a contemporary art hunt for the White House. Among the possibilities: Rauschenberg and Ruscha. (Personism.)
• The Whitney has withdrawn its four Madison Avenue brownstones from the real estate market.
• A carbon dioxide map of the U.S. (Eyebeam reBlog.)
• Kaws get (breathlessly) profiled in the L.A. Times.
• Today’s Graff: Sweet Tooth in London.
• Miss Van poupée pins.
• A visual riff on the Oscars and architecture.
• The recession might be good for the architecture of affordable housing.
• The revamped Alice Tully hall better integrates itself into the streets of NYC, reports Looking Around. Plus: reviews from the NY Times and NY Mag.
• Cities of sugar.
• R.I.P. Marvin Rand, architectural photographer.
• Your moment of rodents of unusual size. (Art Fag City.)