Monday’s Art Notes

A sculpture by artist Jim Dine called ‘Nancy and I at Ithaca, 1966-1969’, now on show at the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids, Mich., through May 8. The heart is one of Dine’s iconic recurring themes.

Google wishes you Happy Valentine’s Day (by conjuring Robert Indiana).

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The Grammy Awards were given out last night. Country music group Lady Antebellum received the most awards with five, including record of the year and song of the year for ‘Need You Now’. Arcade Fire took home album of the year for The Suburbs (which includes this song based on an art history reference). Lady Gaga, the Black Keys and John Legend & the Roots each won two awards, respectively. Other winners included Neil Young, Rihanna, Jay-Z and Alicia Keys and Cee-Lo Green.

Esperanza Spalding was named the best new artist. We profiled her on the NewsHour in October:

 
Jazz legend Herbie Hancock won for best pop collaboration for a song from his The Imagine Project. Jeffrey Brown talked to him last summer:

 
Art Beat also interviewed the winners of the best contemporary folk album award. Click here for a conversation with Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs.

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On Friday, Yale reached a settlement with Peru to establish a new center for study and conservation located near Machu Pichu, tentatively ending a major fight over looted artifacts in the university’s collection, via Yale Daily News

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Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark was given two safety citations by the New York labor department, via The New York Times.

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Organizers of Ai Weiwei’s first retrospective in China have decided to cancel his show due to the political climate, via AFP.

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Egypt’s antiquities minister confirms that items were stolen during a late January break-in during the political upheaval, via BBC.

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The New York Times explores the lack of racial diversity in this year’s Academy Award nominations.