Monday's Art Notes

_A statue in front of a view of the Black Sea in Sochi, the Russian host city of the 2014 Winter Olympics. The games are scheduled to begin February 7, 2014. Photo by Franck Fife/ AFP/ Getty Images_ * "Tree of Life," the latest film by American auteur Terrence Malick, was awarded the Palme D'Or at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday, via "The New York Times":http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/23/movies/cannes-gives-top-prize-to-the-tree-of-life.html. Actress Kirsten Dunst ("Melancholia"), actor Jean Durjardin ("The Artist") and director Nicolas Winding Refn ("Drive") were also honored. * A "federal program":http://www.arts.gov/bluestarmuseums that offers members of the military and their families free entrance to many American museums all summer has expanded this year, almost doubling the roster of partipating institutions, via "The Associated Press":http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/arts-endowment-expands-program-to-allow-military-families-to-tour-1300-us-museums-for-free/2011/05/23/AFMw1Z9G_story.html. * Some Romans think a new statue erected to honor Pope John Paul II looks more like Mussoulini, via "The Associated Press":http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gCq8tKxqOQvVW3dbf4i5aK2ejHoQ?docId=fc8ab291452c4726a13836243ae46fb9. * The Guardian "reports on":http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/22/ai-weiwei-friends-missing the under-reported disappearance of four friends of detained artist Ai Weiwei who have been missing for several weeks. * The New York City Opera says it is moving out of Lincoln Center, where it's called home for almost fifty years, due to major cost-cutting, via "The Wall Street Journal":http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704904604576335770022007678.html. * Bill Hunter, often called the iconic Australian actor, has died at age 71, via "BBC":http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13488200.