Tuesday’s Art Notes

Dancers from Scottish Ballet perform during a dress rehearsal for their current production of Cinderella, at the Theatre Royal on December 13, 2010 in Glasgow, Scotland. Cinderella opens at Theatre Royal, Glasgow, on 14 December and runs until 31 December, before touring Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Inverness and Belfast. Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/ Getty Images

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Nominations for the 68th Golden Globe Awards were announced Tuesday morning in Los Angeles, via The Wall Street Journal.

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The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles commissioned a mural by an Italian street artist, and then painted over it when the institution deemed it inappropriate, via the Los Angeles Times.

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While the new historical musical The Scottsboro Boys was not a hit on Broadway, closing after only 49 performances, it may be reincarnated for the big screen with some big name actors, via NPR.

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In Paris, an Art Exchange market for buying shares of artworks in galleries is set to open up for trading in the coming days, via The Art Newspaper.

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Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconni reportedly used state funds to boost the acting career of his mistress, including creating a special award for her at the Venice Film Festival, via ARTINFO.

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In the fallout over the Smithsonian’s removal of a work of video art from its “Hide/Seek” exhibit, one of the National Portrait Gallery’s funders (the Warhol Foundation, which donated $100,000) says it disapproves of the decision as an act of censorship, and may not support future shows, via The New York Times.

A Fire in My Belly, the video piece that was targeted by conservative groups and lawmakers for its depiction of a crucifix, can now be seen at many art museums and galleries across the country, including the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis and the New Museum in New York.

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The confidential cables released by Wikileaks reveal that North Korea wanted to arrange an Eric Clapton concert in Pyongyang to help strengthen diplomatic communication with the U.S., via CNN.

Two weeks sgo, CBC published a report about cables from U.S. diplomats who complained about how America is portrayed by Canadian media.

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Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin paid tribute to Fats Domino by singing “Blueberry Hill” at a charity event over the weekend, via The Washington Post.