Monday’s Art Notes

—Visitors explore an installation at the opening of Ruhr.2010. The European Union designated Germany’s Ruhr region, Istanbul and Pecs, Hungary, as European Capitals of Culture for 2010. The honor spotlights the locales’ cultural history and development, and is expected to draw millions of tourists. Photo by wilhei55 via Flickr.

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The man who documented the scene at Andy Warhol’s Factory says he has lost his entire archive of photographic negatives.

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A once-lost collection of eight etchings by William Blake has been purchased by the Tate in London and will go on exhibit in Moscow next winter.

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After reorganizing its primetime lineup last fall by giving late night comedian Jay Leno an earlier time slot, NBC has decided to cut its losses and retract those changes.

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Meanwhile, there are new details about an NBC project that might have made Warhol proud: a new Bravo reality series called “Work of Art: The Next Great Artist,” in which 14 contemporary artists compete for a solo show at a “nationally recognized museum.”