The Digest. 08.23.10.

Un gato. (Photo by Yvonne Connasse.)

Hey Folks: The flood situation in Pakistan is grim. Crops, livestock and infrastructure have been wiped out. (See Boston’s Big Picture to get a glimpse of the disaster.) Please consider pitching in via a reputable organization such as Oxfam. Every little bit helps.

• It’s not just the Pacific. The Atlantic also has a swirling garbage patch.
• The true cost of oil.
• Christo and Jeanne-Claude project in Colorado seems to be on the skids. You can send a comment in support of the project at Over The River. You’ve got ‘til Sept. 14. (Arts Journal.)
• The Art Industrial Average is Low: Chelsea Art Museum temporarily shuts down.
• Van Gogh painting stolen from Cairo museum.
• Making art out of apps. (Arts Journal.)
• The Day in Celebrity Art: James Franco gets reviewed in the New York Times (by Roberta!) and a slideshow of Bob Dylan’s paintings. (L.A. Times.)
• Picasso fabric.
• Fred Kaplan pays tribute to jazz photographer Herman Leonard, who passed away earlier this month. That shot of Dexter Gordon is all kinds of wonderful.
• The photography of Flo Fox. Fascinating story.
• Art Fag City wants your fart art sounds.
• Not sure how I missed this spectacularly grim piece of art merch: The Andy Warhol Electric Chair watch.
• Photographer and AP drop claims against each other in Shepard Fairey case. Presumably leaving them more energy to go after Fairey.
• Chernobyl street art. (Grazie, fabrye.)
• Today’s Graff, Morse Code Edition: Line Line Dot, in L.A.
• The McMansion of my dreams.
• Tracking trends in fantasy book cover art. Swords, big. Fog/mist, on the rise.
• Tadashi Kawamata’s Pompidou huts. Like architectural nests.
• From the Department of Whoa: A pallet pavilion.
• Marie Osmond reciting dada poetry. Oh fuck yes.