Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/mondays-art-notes-41 Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Monday’s Art Notes Arts Oct 11, 2010 11:01 AM EST Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei holds some seeds from his Unilever Installation ‘Sunflower Seeds’ at The Tate Modern on October 11, 2010 in London, England. The sculptural installation comprises 100 million handmade porcelain replica sunflower seeds. Visitors to the Turbine Hall will be able to walk on the work, which opens on October 12, 2010 and runs until May 2, 2011. Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/ Getty Images * Solomon Burke, who was one of America’s first soul singers and also an evangelical minister and mortician, died at age 70 while traveling in Amsterdam, via The Telegraph. [After the jump, listen to another hit by Burke] * The Association of Art Museum Directors has offered help to Fisk University to figure out how to hold onto its Georgia O’Keefe collection, via the Associated Press. * British street artist Banksy created a tongue-in-cheek opening credits sequence for “The Simpsons” this week, via The New York Times’ Arts Beat. A new exhibit at the Victoria and Albert in London is an opportunity for The Independent to ask whether street art has become too commercial. * A free press is a cornerstone of a healthy democracy. Support trusted journalism and civil dialogue. Donate now
Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei holds some seeds from his Unilever Installation ‘Sunflower Seeds’ at The Tate Modern on October 11, 2010 in London, England. The sculptural installation comprises 100 million handmade porcelain replica sunflower seeds. Visitors to the Turbine Hall will be able to walk on the work, which opens on October 12, 2010 and runs until May 2, 2011. Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/ Getty Images * Solomon Burke, who was one of America’s first soul singers and also an evangelical minister and mortician, died at age 70 while traveling in Amsterdam, via The Telegraph. [After the jump, listen to another hit by Burke] * The Association of Art Museum Directors has offered help to Fisk University to figure out how to hold onto its Georgia O’Keefe collection, via the Associated Press. * British street artist Banksy created a tongue-in-cheek opening credits sequence for “The Simpsons” this week, via The New York Times’ Arts Beat. A new exhibit at the Victoria and Albert in London is an opportunity for The Independent to ask whether street art has become too commercial. * A free press is a cornerstone of a healthy democracy. Support trusted journalism and civil dialogue. Donate now