Culture Canvas

*A roundup of the week's arts and culture headlines.* _Click to enlarge. Wire sculptures made by Occupy protesters on the UC Davis campus. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images._ An album to benefit the Occupy Wall Street protests is in the works, with music from Third Eye Blind, David Crosby and Graham Nash, Jackson Browne and Lucinda Williams, among others, [via the Associated Press.](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MUSIC_WALL_STREET_PROTEST?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-11-23-11-06-16) * After Beijing police [interrogated Ai Weiwei's videographer](http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia-pacific/ai-weiwei-says-police-investigating-his-assistant-on-allegation-of-putting-pornography-online/2011/11/18/gIQAvJ1RXN_story.html) for allegedly spreading pornography online by taking nude photographs of Ai and four women, fans of the Chinese artist posted nude photos of themselves on a website called "Ai Wei Fans' Nudity -- Listen, Chinese Government: Nudity is not Pornography," [via Reuters. ](http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/21/us-china-dissident-idUSTRE7AK0FS20111121) * "Knife Edge Two Piece, 1962-1965," a bronze sculpture by Henry Moore that stands outside the British Houses of Parliament has fallen into disrepair and is not being restored because it is unclear who owns the piece, [via the Telegraph.](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/8901604/Million-pound-sculptures-fall-into-disrepair-as-owners-cannot-be-found.html) * National Gallery Workers in London are planning a strike that coincides with the opening of the new Leonardo da Vinci exhibit, [via the Guardian. ](http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/nov/20/leonardo-da-vinci-exhibition-national-gallery) * [Via ARTnews,](http://www.artnews.com/2011/11/17/moma%E2%80%99s-problematic-provenances/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=moma%25e2%2580%2599s-problematic-provenances) the story behind a lawsuit brought against the Museum of Modern Art in New York by the heirs of German artist George Grosz, who claim artwork stolen by the Nazis, which passed through a Manhattan art gallery with profits funding the Third Reich, ended up in MoMA's permanent collection. * A recently discovered manuscript by a 14-year-old Charlotte Bronte that contains more than 4,000 words crammed onto 19 pages, each measuring approximately 35-by-61 millimeters, will be auctioned next month, [via NPR.](http://www.npr.org/2011/11/23/142619460/small-book-big-story-bronte-manuscript-discovered) * Recently discovered graffiti by Sex Pistols frontman Johnny Rotten may be of greater significance than the discovery of early Beatles recordings, [via the BBC.](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15837031) * [ARTINFO asks the question:](http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/750983/how-do-performance-artists-make-any-money-a-market-inquiry) "How do artists with ephemeral work get paid?" * Art Beat is taking off Thursday and Friday for Thanksgiving and will return Monday.