Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/thursdays-art-notes-86 Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Thursday’s Art Notes Arts Sep 8, 2011 9:21 AM EST George Kuchar, an underground filmmaker who with his twin brother Michael produced hundreds of low-budget movies and inspired other artists like John Waters and Andy Warhol, died Tuesday at the age of 69, via the San Francisco Chronicle. * One of Rodin’s Thinker statues was vandalized with paint in Argentina, causing potentially permanant damage, via AFP. * Performers at La Scala in Milan have called off a strike, ensuring that a special cultural exchange program featuring a group from Vienna will go on, via The New York Times. * Discover explains how scholars identified the remains of a sailboat shipwrecked more than two centuries ago that was found last year in the ruins of the World Trade Center. A free press is a cornerstone of a healthy democracy. Support trusted journalism and civil dialogue. Donate now
George Kuchar, an underground filmmaker who with his twin brother Michael produced hundreds of low-budget movies and inspired other artists like John Waters and Andy Warhol, died Tuesday at the age of 69, via the San Francisco Chronicle. * One of Rodin’s Thinker statues was vandalized with paint in Argentina, causing potentially permanant damage, via AFP. * Performers at La Scala in Milan have called off a strike, ensuring that a special cultural exchange program featuring a group from Vienna will go on, via The New York Times. * Discover explains how scholars identified the remains of a sailboat shipwrecked more than two centuries ago that was found last year in the ruins of the World Trade Center. A free press is a cornerstone of a healthy democracy. Support trusted journalism and civil dialogue. Donate now