Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/mondays-art-notes-50 Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Monday’s Art Notes Arts Dec 20, 2010 1:25 PM EDT The fountain of Piazza della Repubblica is unusually frozen in Rome. Photo by Andreas Solaro/ Getty Images * The Washington Post profiles a new ice art museum in Russia, that preserves once-ephemeral sculptures by kepping the temperature down all year long. * The Wall Street Journal charts Christmas hits of yore, and wonders why there are no new modern classics. * The New York Times explores an opera boom in China. * ARTINFO offers a roundup of end-of-the-year critics’ roundups. * Don Van Vliet, the avant-garde rock musician known as Captain Beefheart, died on Friday age 69. Greg Kot of WBEZ writes an appreciation for the Chicago Tribune. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now
The fountain of Piazza della Repubblica is unusually frozen in Rome. Photo by Andreas Solaro/ Getty Images * The Washington Post profiles a new ice art museum in Russia, that preserves once-ephemeral sculptures by kepping the temperature down all year long. * The Wall Street Journal charts Christmas hits of yore, and wonders why there are no new modern classics. * The New York Times explores an opera boom in China. * ARTINFO offers a roundup of end-of-the-year critics’ roundups. * Don Van Vliet, the avant-garde rock musician known as Captain Beefheart, died on Friday age 69. Greg Kot of WBEZ writes an appreciation for the Chicago Tribune. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now