High Five. From the Love Letters series by Steve Powers (aka Espo) in Philly. (Photo by Becki Fuller.)
- The Knave Abides: The Big Lebowski as written by Shakespeare. (@roo370)
- L.A. MoCA was going to be announcing its new director today (but apparently, the press conference has been postponed because it interfered with the broadcast of Lost). On the short list: commercial gallerist Jeffrey Deitch. (Read about the other contenders here.) Either way, expect an awesome art world knotted-panty clusterfuck of coverage in the coming days. Update: It’s gonna be Deitch, says Christopher Knight of the LAT. The paper’s arts blog has the (very short) story. Roberta Smith of the NYT chimes in. The paper’s main story here.
- Edward Winkleman has a very thoughtful post on the whole Deitch schmegagie over at Art World Salon.
- The envelope please: The judges for Bravo’s art reality show — called Work of Art — have been announced! They will be NY Mag‘s Jerry Saltz, curator Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn (who will be representing the art-industry’s pixie haircut cartel) and auctioneer Simon de Pury, with “art enthusiast” China Chow as host. And is it me, or do I see China’s Spanx in this press photo? (@TwoCoats.)
- Important Warhol negs go missing.
- Wu-Tang Clan’s The RZA, celebrity artiste.
- Where art and Google Streetview intersect.
- This is art: Dude goes to Best Buy for 24 hours and doesn’t buy anything.
- Cloud Prototype #1.
- A stock photo of Dash Snow used for a story about teeth cleaning. (Anaba.)
- The last days of the El Dorado Hotel: Photographs by David Sotelo. (Coudal.)
- Elvis at 21.
- Today’s Street Art: Tosco in Lisbon.
- Paul Goldberger on architecture on Charlie Rose: “It’s not a cure for cancer.” Plus he says he’s working on a story about women architects who aren’t La Zaha. Interesting. (architecture.mnp.)
- Defending the Burj Khalifa: Blair Kamin and architecture.mnp.
- Twin Towers, the firm started by Minoru Yamasaki, who designed New York’s Twin Towers, is folding due to debt.
- Best description I’ve ever read of Jay Leno.