Monday’s Art Notes

‘Continuum,’ a quilt by Irish artist Ann Fahy, part of a traveling exhibit called ‘Quilt Art: International Expressions’ now on show at the Taubman Museum of Art in Roanoke, Va., through April 23, 2011.

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A documentary slated to debut at the Berlin Film Festival about the imprisoned former Russian oil magnate Mikhail Khodorkovsky, has been stolen from the filmmaker’s office, via The Guardian.

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A newly uncovered Byzantine-era church in Israel may be the tomb of the Jewish prophet Zechariah, via AFP.

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The fate of the Edgar Allan Poe house in Baltimore is uncertain, after the city cut the museum’s funding out of its budget, via the Los Angeles Times.

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After the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology was told that it wouldn’t be allowed to show over a hundred artifacts — including mummies — from China for a planned exhibit, the staff decided to make replicas to show instead of just canceling outright, via The Associated Press.

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The New York Times reports on a significant innovation in curatorial practice: at the Denver Art Museum, they have begun attributing Native American art to specfic artists (rather than just their tribe).