Wednesday's Art Notes

_Rock legend Buddy Holly, who died in February 1959, would have turned 75-years-old today._ * Iran has barred filmmaker Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, a collaborator of Jafar Panahi, from traveling abroad, via "The Globe and Mail":http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/tiff/news-and-buzz/iranian-director-barred-from-leaving-country-cant-come-to-tiff/article2155463/. Mirtahmasb was scheduled to attend the Toronto Film Festival to promote his new film. * The New York Times "looks at":http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/07/arts/chinese-art-collectors-prove-to-be-a-new-market-force.html the growing buying power of Chinese art collectors. * ARTINFO "rounds up":http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/38530/its-a-model-invasion-inside-fashion-weeks-full-blown-takeover-of-nycs-galleries-and-museums/ all the runway shows taking place at art musuems or galleries this year during New York Fashion week.