Tuesday's Art Notes

_Local artist Justin Pyles puts the finishing touches on some of his cherry blossom paintings along the Tidal Basin on March 28, 2011 in Washington, DC. Photo by Karen Bleier/ AFP/ Getty Images_ * Once slated for auction, the Polaroid collection has been purchased as a whole by a "Viennese museum":http://www.westlicht.com/index.php?id=12882&lang=5 so that it will not be broken up, via "AFP":http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gX0eX33Nrbn91zwlUcbU9RlF7crw?docId=CNG.82fce0d1e069b2865b114176f57c0264.7e1. * On Monday, an Italian official offered a resolution dispute with the Getty Museum over ownership rights to "an ancient bronze":http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artObjectDetails?artobj=8912 by offering to share it with the Los Angeles institution, but the Getty turned down the idea since the matter is in litigation, via "The Wall Street Journal":http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704471904576229001598979060.html?mod=googlenews_wsj. * Farley Granger, perhaps a stranger today to many moviegoers, but a star in Alfred Hitchcock's "_Strangers on a Train_":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkLNFKyHfR8&feature=related, among others, has died at age 85, via "The Guardian":http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2011/mar/29/farley-granger-life-in-clips.