Thursday's Art Notes

_DJ Erick Morillo performs at a club in Ibiza, Spain on September 1, 2010. Photo by Victor Spinelli/ Getty Images_ * A fire was extinguished at the "Phillips Collection":http://www.phillipscollection.org/ in Washington, D.C. this morning, via "The Washington Post":http://voices.washingtonpost.com/goingoutgurus/2010/09/fire_at_the_phillips_collectio.html. The museum has reported that no art has been "significantly" harmed. You can find updates on the fire at "Modern Art Notes":http://blogs.artinfo.com/modernartnotes/2010/09/phillips-collection-fire/ * On Sunday, a painting by Titian was damaged by water after a fire broke out in a church building in Venice, via "The Telegraph":http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/7971680/Titian-masterpiece-damaged-by-sprinklers.html. * On Monday, a new state law was passed by California legislators that would extend the time limit that people have to make claims on stolen art, via "The New York Times' Arts Beat":http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/01/california-lawmakers-approve-bill-on-stolen-art-claims/. * The band "Radiohead":http://www.radiohead.com/deadairspace/ has collaborated with a group of fans from Prague to produce a DVD that adds a hi-fi recording of the band's music to the fans' edited amateur concert video footage, via "The Guardian":http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/sep/01/radiohead-fan-made-live-film. You can watch a trailer for the free DVD "here":http://www.youtube.com/user/keilj07. * Some archaeologists are opposing a plan from oil company BP to drill in the Mediterreanean off the coast of Libya, fearing damage to some of the world's richest underwater archaeology sites, via "The Art Newspaper":http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Archaeo%C2%ADlogists-attack-BP%E2%80%99s-drilling-plans/21319.