Thursday's Art Notes

_Jane Henson, co-creator of the Muppets, participates in a ceremony at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, on August 25, 2010 in Washington, DC. Jane Henson "donated 10 of her late husband Jim Henson's characters":http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11094631 from "'Sam and Friends'":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vIYhfjudEM&feature=related to the museum including the original Kermit the Frog. Photo by Mark Wilson/ Getty Images_ **[After the jump, watch a classic clip from 'Sam and Friends']** * A film student at New York's School of Visual Arts was charged with attempted murder yesterday for stabbing a Muslim taxi driver, via "The Wall Street Journal":http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2010/08/25/school-of-visual-arts-student-charged-with-hate-crime-in-taxi-slash/. * Italian officials have made 12 arrests in a major art forgery ring, via "ARTINFO":http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/35580/italy-cracks-112-million-art-forgery-ring/. * Playboy Magazine will publish a new English translation of the once-scandalous 19th century French novel "Madame Bovary" in its September issue, via "The New Yorker":http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2010/08/i-buy-it-for-the-bovary.html. * The former London home of Jimi Hendrix, which is right next door to the former home of baroque composer George Frideric Handel, will open to the public for a short time in September, via "Vanity Fair":http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2010/08/now-you-can-visit-jimi-hendrixs-home-of-his-own.html.