The Digest. 03.10.09.

Some days are just like that. Detail of a man-lion avatar of Vishnu from India, from c. 1000, at the Norton Simon Museum of Art. (Photo by C-M.)

• Urban camouflage.
• Better than an art fair: an arms fair.
• Bushwick galleries, not about selling. And thank goodness for that, ‘cuz lord knows ain’t nothin’ sellin’. (Bloggy.)
• Studio 360 reports on the work of the Getty Conservation Studio, namely the restoration of a 16th century painting of a Madonna on wood by Nosadella. (Look for the audio link on the right hand side.)
• In case you need a little something for over the couch: LACMA still selling off their Lucas Cranach the Elder.
• Jeremy Strick talks to Culture Grrl about the L.A. MoCA mess — and seems reluctant to take any responsibility for spending down the museum’s endowment.
• The reported appearance of the Washington Post’s Blake Gopnik on Twitter has the critics all astir — in one and two parts.
• Psychedelic photomicrography.
• Artists getting hit hard by the economy.
• In the event that you’re not paranoid enough about the economy: The Inflation iPhone app and Archinect’s Economy Monitor. (reBlog, architecture.mnp.)
• The NY Times examines the making of murals in San Francisco.
• Hurt You Bad is looking for photos of dissed Banksys. (World’s Best Ever.)
• Today’s Graff: Gee-Wiz and Do-It in Atlanta.
• Oh, the irony: No photos allowed at Shepard Fairey’s show at Boston’s ICA.
• That sublime point where Coop Himmelb(l)au and Bob’s Big Boy intersect.
• Frank Gehry’s Toronto gallery leaky and damp. (Arts Journal.)
• Zaha Hadid Architects cutting jobs. (architecture.mnp.)
• NPR reports on the architecture of splashy, vintage L.A.
• Le Corbusier’s vacation cabin.
• The government’s recovery logo: “Tasteful, but bland,” says the Chicago Trib’s Blair Kamin.
• Your moment of incisive financial reporting. More here. (BLTv.)