The Digest. 05.18.09.

From Joe Polifrone’s A Still Life series. (Image courtesy of Joe Polifrone.)

• Techie gang signs. (Gracias, Royce!)
• Museums in movies. (@brooklynmuseum)
• Photos from the Frank Lloyd Wright show at the Guggenheim. Justin Davidson of New York Mag reviews the show here.
• Plus: The Saltz-master on Francis Bacon.
• LACMA’s new big-ass Roberto Matta. Which reminds me: How many more Cisneros-fluffing shows am I gonna have to endure at MoMA before they finally get around to giving Matta the retrospective he so sorely deserves?
• Studio 360 covers the changing landscape of arts criticism and journalism.
• The Getty Research Institute is on Flickr.
• Christopher Knight gives Michelle Obama the smackdown for going to the Met. I, for one, would pay money to watch FLOTUS admire the banana peel at the New Museum.
• Photos of the Jessica Stockholder installation in Madison Square Park.
• Twittering Alice in Wonderland.
• Hilarious: After 400 years, Oxford University has banned stepladders from its library for “health and safety” reasons. Problem: Now no one can reach the books.
• The best baguettes in Paris. (Hustler of Culture.)
• Today’s Street Art: Judith Supine in NYC.
• The Washington Post looks at the National Trust’s most endangered list. (Arts Journal.)
• The architecture of evil lairs.
• Princess Zaha’s latest footwear.
• A round-up of designs for the temporary pavilions at the Shanghai 2010 World Expo, including my favorite, the Dark Lord Foster’s labial sand dune.
• Underwater volcanoes and killer shrimps.
• Your moment of awkward family photos. My favorite. A close second. (Thank you, Gary!)