Tuesday’s Art Notes

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People walk towards the entrance of the ArtScience Museum at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore. Designed by renowned architect Moshe Safdie, the new 50,000 sq.ft. lotus-inspired building houses 21 galleries. Photo by Chris McGrath/ Getty Images

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The Egyptian Museum in Cairo reopened on Sunday, though the political unrest has dealt a major blow to tourism, via The New York Times’ ArtsBeat.

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The Detroit Symphony Orchestra has canceled the rest of its season after musicians voted on Friday to reject a contract offer from the management, via the Detroit Free Press.

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Books once owned by Thomas Jefferson were rediscovered in the private collection of Washington University in St. Louis, via The Associated Press.

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A state legislator who suggested that the University of Iowa sell its multi-million dollar painting by Jackson Pollock has retracted the idea, via The Des Moines Register.

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