The Digest. 01.13.10.

Decaying amusements: The photographs of Pablo Calado. (Image courtesy of Pablo Calado; via Conscientious.)

• Photo Essay: Earthquake in Haiti. Donate here.
• IT’S THE DEITCH/MOCA KNOTTED PANTY CLUSTERFUCK!!! Cue the playaz: Tyler Green is outta the gate with a round-up, plus the first post-announcement Deitch Q&A in one, two and three parts, though the LAT quickly followed up with one of their own.
• So what’s everyone think? Critic Christopher Knight is, to put it mildly, concerned. Culture Grrl thinks it’s wrongwrongwrong. Art Fag City doesn’t think the sky will fall; plus, she has links. Jörg Colberg talks potential conflict-of-interest; while the LAT reports that the dealer reportedly has safeguards built into his contract. The New York Observer, in a rare moment of online presence, announced that Deitch is gonna ditch his gallery, Alissa Walker at Fast Company chronicles art industry reaction and Sharon Butler wonders what will happen to all those Deitch artists. Plus, ‘cuz the world needs more links, Art Observed has ‘em.
• Last but not least, Flavorwire has the best photo of Deitch and an extravagant Deitch-a-palooza slide show. And Gallery Beat comes through with a flashback to the Deitch exhibit on Beth B.’s pussy portraits in the ’90s. Don’t miss an opportunity to watch Deitch talk about cooch.
• Update: ‘Cuz yours truly has to get her two cents in…Me and many others give Deitch plenty of unsolicited advice.
• What does former LIFE photographer Bill Eppridge think of having one of his well-known pictures turn up in a fine art collage by Deborah Faye Lawrence? Not much. “I risked my life many times to make photographs — in this case I was standing on the skid outside a helicopter at 500 feet. Seeing my work stolen in this manner just flat-out offends me because the artist used something that she didn’t earn.“
• Another cache of alleged Frida Kahlo works is “discovered.” (Arts Journal.)
• Help me do my job: Join me and WNYC in covering the Tino Seghal show at the Gugg.
• Jonathan Jones’ blogging philosophy: Play it fucking loud.
• William Burroughs’ stuff. A Q&A with the photographer here. (Coudal, Dinosaurs & Robots.)
• The trash mirror.
• I want, I need, I have to have…a knitted superhero suit.
• Space, the final frontier. Read about the project here.
• Lego trucks. (The World’s Best Ever.)
• Today’s Street Art: Nelio in Lyon.
• Norman Mailer’s 1973 book on graffiti.
• Richard Nixon, architecture critic. And: Richard Nixon, art critic. More here.
• ’70s hard rock yodeling. Seriously.