Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/fridays-art-notes-66 Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Friday’s Art Notes Arts Apr 1, 2011 10:22 AM EDT A security guard stands next to a work by Yue Minjun entitled ‘Contemporary Terracotta Warriors No 9’, estimated at $1.8 – 2.3 million, at a Sotheby’s auction preview in Hong Kong on March 31, 2011. Sotheby’s Hong Kong will hold its 2011 spring sales this coming April. Photo by Mike Clarke/ AFP/ Getty Images * A new biography of Gandhi is banned in some parts of India because it claims the leader had a sexual relationship with a German bodybuilder, via Christian Science Monitor. * After an 80 year hiatus, Bauhaus magazine begins a new run, via New Scientist. * The Los Angeles Times makes a musical assessment of Rebecca Black’s “It’s Friday” song to decipher why the song that everyone loves to hate is also so popular ARTINFO has assembled a list of the best high culture art pranks in honor of the holiday. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now
A security guard stands next to a work by Yue Minjun entitled ‘Contemporary Terracotta Warriors No 9’, estimated at $1.8 – 2.3 million, at a Sotheby’s auction preview in Hong Kong on March 31, 2011. Sotheby’s Hong Kong will hold its 2011 spring sales this coming April. Photo by Mike Clarke/ AFP/ Getty Images * A new biography of Gandhi is banned in some parts of India because it claims the leader had a sexual relationship with a German bodybuilder, via Christian Science Monitor. * After an 80 year hiatus, Bauhaus magazine begins a new run, via New Scientist. * The Los Angeles Times makes a musical assessment of Rebecca Black’s “It’s Friday” song to decipher why the song that everyone loves to hate is also so popular ARTINFO has assembled a list of the best high culture art pranks in honor of the holiday. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now