Monday's Art Notes

_Columns and arches of the Sagrada Familia, designed by iconic Barcelona architect Antoni Gaudi, are seen during a solemn mass celebrated by the Pope Benedict XVI and consecrating the famous temple in a basilica on November 7, 2010 during the Pontiff's two-day visit in Spain. Photo by Christophe Simon/ AFP/ Getty Images_ * Poland is now the home of the world's tallest statue of Jesus, via "CNN":http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/11/08/worlds-tallest-jesus-statue-completed/. * Artist Ai Weiwei writes an open letter to British Prime Minister David Cameron about human rights violations in China, via "The Guardian":http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/nov/07/david-cameron-china-listen. * Harvard is making its collection of portraits reflect more diversity at the school, via "The Boston Globe":http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2010/11/07/harvard_aims_to_reflect_diverse_faces_in_portraits/. * A group of musicologists from Oxford spent months trying to replicate instruments depicted in a 16th-century painting by Hieronymus Bosch, but were disappointed by how badly the instruments sound, via "The Guardian":http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/nov/07/sam-leith-shocking-news-oxford.