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 EST 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. A free press is a cornerstone of a healthy democracy. Support trusted journalism and civil dialogue. 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. A free press is a cornerstone of a healthy democracy. Support trusted journalism and civil dialogue. Donate now