The Digest. 03.05.10.

Anti-Mass, 2005 by Cornelia Parker a the DeYoung Museum of Art in 2008. (Photo by C-M.)

Today is Art Yoga with C-Mon Day at Ed Winkleman. You can participate via the live web stream at the official #CLASS website, starting at 2pm ET.

• A history of blackouts.
• Roberta Smith tears the New Museum’s Skin Fruit a new one. In the lead graf: “The project did not sound like a good idea when it was announced last fall. Seeing it up close does not change that.”
• Me me me, on my three favorite pieces at the Armory Show over at WNYC. Leave a comment and you’ll be entered to win a Jen Bekman art fair survival kit, which includes this print by William Powhida.)
• Art21 explores the ethics of using live animals in art.
• The Smithsonian rejects O.J. Simpson’s acquittal suit. (World’s Best Ever.)
• Artwork from Michael Crichton’s collection, including pieces by Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns, is going on sale.
• Snow art censored in Jersey. Hilarious.
• The trippy sculptures of Andrea Myers.
• Hrag Vartanian is looking for art industry secrets.
• Ostrich egg shell fragments reveal 60,000 year old graphic design tradition. (Hyperallergic.)
• Marina Abramovic and her big ass homes.
• Customized Eames chairs.
• Will it be truly possible to have wild bison repopulate the American plains?
• The Big Picture: Chile, three days after the quake.
• The Art of Graffiti Beefs: Banksy versus Robbo versus Banksy versus Robbo versus… (Arts Journal.)
• Today’s Street Art: Lister in Brooklyn.
• Slideshow: Contemplating the Void at the Guggenheim. My favorite here. On a totally unrelated note, thinking about the Gugg’s void for some reason gets me thinking about the Pizza Cone.)
• The police stations of Georgia, as in the former Soviet republic. (@thornburgh.)
• Herzog & de Meuron do a parking structure in Miami Beach.
• Asian carp threaten Chicago architecture tours.
• In case somebody wants to build me a writing studio, here’s some inspiration.