Tuesday's Art Notes

_People walk towards the entrance of the ArtScience Museum at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore. Designed by renowned architect Moshe Safdie, the new 50,000 sq.ft. lotus-inspired building houses 21 galleries. Photo by Chris McGrath/ Getty Images_ * The Egyptian Museum in Cairo reopened on Sunday, though the political unrest has dealt a major blow to tourism, via "The New York Times' ArtsBeat":http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/21/egypt-reopens-museums-and-historical-sites/. * The Detroit Symphony Orchestra has canceled the rest of its season after musicians voted on Friday to reject a contract offer from the management, via the "Detroit Free Press":http://www.freep.com/article/20110219/ENT04/110219009/DSO-rejects-contract-season-threatened. * Books once owned by Thomas Jefferson were rediscovered in the private collection of Washington University in St. Louis, via "The Associated Press":http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/22/AR2011022203381.html. * A state legislator who suggested that the University of Iowa sell its multi-million dollar painting by Jackson Pollock has retracted the idea, via "The Des Moines Register":http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/2011/02/21/iea-to-force-iowa-to-sell-its-150-million-jackson-pollock-painting-dies/.