The Transportation of Psyche by Zephyrus to the Palace of Eros, c. 1808-1809 by Pierre Paul Prud’hon at the Norton Simon Museum of Art. (Photo by C-M.)
- So bogus: Blogger Paddy Johnson at AFC has received a cease and desist letter from the estate of Helmut Newton for daring to use a Newton image in a post related to Art Basel.
- I need, I want, I have to have…the Darth Vader toaster. (Coudal.)
- The photographs of Jacob Aue Sobol.
- Anarchist art collective occupies ritzy London townhouse.
- It’s all about embroidery.
- Video: Maya Lin discusses her latest land art piece, Wave Field. Read the story.
- Design Miami art projects by Ai Weiwei and Olaf Breuning. (NotCot.)
- The Art Industrial Average: In the crapper. More here.
- Google Street View gets all Olafur Eliasson and public arty-like.
- When Nike ads imitate Zhang Huan.
- Today’s Graff: Snafu in L.A.
- Archinect is seeking active members of the architecture industry for its survey on the state of the profession. (ArchiDose.)
- One hell of a roof line: The Dark Lord Foster’s new performance venue in Saint Etienne, France.
- That giant sucking sound? Those MoMA pre-fab houses failing to sell.
- Frank Gehry’s first Canadian building opens Friday in Toronto.
- Undulating brick.
- Pipelight: an electrical installation on an abandoned house in São Paulo.
- Architectural origami: Showroom H by Akihisa Hirata in Nigata, Japan.
- 94% of blogs are abandoned.
- Your totally weird moment of Space Invaders meets anime. (Thank you, jennydeluxe.)