Monday’s Art Notes

Taddy Porter performs onstage at the Jim Beam Live Music Series ‘Emerging Artist Showcase’ at South by Southwest on March 18, 2011 in Austin, TX. Photo by Michael Kovac/ WireImage

We’ll have a roundup of music coverage from SXSW later this week.

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The New York Times celebrates both World Poetry Day and the fifth anniversary of Twitter with tweetable poems by Elizabeth Alexander, Robert Pinsky, Claudia Rankine and Billy Collins.

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As part of an ongoing ban on U.S. art museums, the Russian government invoked a state of emergency measure to remove art works it has loaned to an institution in Massachusetts, via ARTINFO.

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Trading was halted in a new Chinese art stock exchange after too many investors bought shares in two paintings, via Reuters.

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The Los Angeles Times interviews billionaire Eli Broad about his passion for collecting art.