Seawall, 1957 by Richard Diebenkorn at the DeYoung Museum in San Francisco. (Photo by C-M.)
- The mysteries of American Chinese food. Fascinating.
- A stellar piece — with video — by the L.A. Times on the Felix Gonzalez-Torres go-go box at the Hammer. (Which I saw last week, but without the dancer. Grrr.)
- Jerry Saltz is on Facebook! (Hrag Vartanian.)
- Robert Capa remixed.
- The NYT reports on museums in the age of uncertainty.
- Plus, more on the economic gloom and doom: Denver Art Museum slashes budgets, as does Chicago’s Field Museum. And Christie’s gets ready for layoffs.
- LACMA trying to sell its only piece by Lucas Cranach the Elder.
- Why art needs a recession. (Arts Journal.)
- Should all looted art be returned? No, says a former exhibition secretary from England’s Royal Academy. (Arts Journal.)
- From the Department of WTF? The Washington Post argues that Walt Disney deserves museum space. Because what the art world really needs right now is a Mickey. (Modern Art Notes.)
- The Seattle P-I is in the ICU. Regina Hackett does a visual tribute.
- Updated gun targets.
- Today’s Street Art: Momo1030 and Mascaras in Austria.
- Louis Vuitton + graffiti + skateboard=Gag.
- San Francisco in Jell-O. (Hrag Vartanian.)
- Greg Lynn, talking about architecture’s mathematical roots. (architecture.mnp.)
- Deathwatch for Frank Gehry’s Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn.
- Neat-O Infographic of the Day: Watch Wal-Mart invade the country. (Life Without Buildings.)
- Your moment of Zen.