Tuesday's Art Notes

Sherwood Schwartz, the writer and creator of "_Gilligan's Island_":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfR7qxtgCgY and "_The Brady Bunch_":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICVXf8Vznec died Tuesday at the age of 94, via "The Associated Press":http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2011/07/12/arts/AP-US-Obit-Sherwood-Schwartz.html. * The man who is accused of stealing a Picasso from a San Francisco gallery is expected to plead not guilty at an arraignment on Friday, via the "San Francisco Chronicle":http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/07/12/BA0O1K95J7.DTL. * Eleven paintings by prominent Canadian artists were stolen from a Toronto gallery overnight on Sunday, via the "Toronto Star":http://www.thestar.com/news/crime/article/1023372--group-of-seven-paintings-nabbed-in-toronto-art-gallery-heist?bn=1 * Rhinosaurus heads are being stolen from museums in Belgium, via "ARTINFO":http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/38074/belgian-police-baffled-by-spree-of-sophisticated-rhino-horn-thefts/. * The University of Texas is suing actor Ryan O'Neal over a $30 million Warhol portrait of O'Neal's former partner Farrah Fawcett, via "AFP":http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jMfJt4Il_kS-C6q8v9TJR4fI-Jcg?docId=CNG.96f2bd1e98958899d20ad090a8aeefc5.931. * Two women got stuck in quicksand on a beach in England near Liverpool while they were trying to take photographs of a sculpture by Antony Gormley, but were saved by the Coast Guard, via "The Art Newspaper":http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Tourists+trapped+gaping+at+Gormley%27s+Iron+Men/24320.