Tuesday's Art Notes

_A pigeon sits on a sculpture titled 'Berlin' by German artists Martin Matschinsky and Brigitte Matschinsky-Denninghoff in Berlin. Photo by Johannes Eisele/ AFP/ Getty Images_ * Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says music "is not compatible" with Islamic religious practice in his country, via the "Guardian":http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/aug/02/iran-supreme-leader-music-islam. * "UNESCO":http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/ adds 21 new sites to their World Haritage list, including Amsterdam's canal system and the Bikini Atoll where the U.S. exploded the first atomic bomb tests, via "AFP":http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gbjFr8646PjdHS3Qap7lUVUIzeaQ. * King Tut's chariot goes on display in New York, via the "New York Times":http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/03/arts/design/03chariot.html. * Italian scientists are studying the veracity of the Stendhal Syndrome, the condition where a person faints when they are overwhelmed by great art, via the "Telegraph":http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/7914746/Scientists-investigate-Stendhal-Syndrome-fainting-caused-by-great-art.html. Jonathan Jones, art blogger for the Guardian, "questions":http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2010/aug/02/art-ill-stendhal-syndrome the researchers' "choice of loacation":http://www.palazzo-medici.it/eng/home.htm for their study.