Friday's Art Notes

_Bronze works by renowned French artist Edgar Degas are seen at a press preview in Sofia. Bulgaria's National Art Gallery has announced that it will present the full collection of 74 bronze sculptures by the French impressionist Edgar Degas. Photo by Ditmar Dilkoff/ AFP/ Getty Images_ * Conservators at the "Van Gogh Museum":http://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/vgm/index.jsp in Amsterdam have finished restoring the artist's iconic painting of his bedroom at Arles, via the "Associated Press":http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jUSZCkqT-iHtWopxSDyQFf7FoGawD9HVMN882. You can read more about the process on the museum's "blog":http://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/blog/slaapkamergeheimen/en/. * The "Seattle Art Museum":http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/ has asked for a $10 million loan as it struggles to keep up with the costs of its expensive new building through the economic downturn, via "ARTINFO":http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/35695/in-financial-jeopardy-the-seattle-art-museum-seeks-a-10-million-loan/. * Slate "reveals":http://www.slate.com/id/2265853/ an exclusive look at artwork made by the prisoners of Guantanamo Bay. * Need To Know "follows":http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/culture/video-haitis-lost-music/3147/ the daughter of a famous ethnomusicologist who is trying to restore Haiti's lost music.