Tuesday’s Art Notes

Photo by Patrik Stollarz/ AFP/ Getty Images

A woman restores wall paintings inside Cologne’s landmark, the Cologne Cathedral, pictured on August 15, 2011. Photo by Patrik Stollarz/ AFP/ Getty Images

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Tareque Masud, Bangladesh’s most prominent filmmaker, died in a car accident on Saturday at the age of 55, via The Guardian.

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A Rembrandt stolen Saturday from the Ritz Carlton in Los Angeles was recovered at a church on Monday evening, via the Los Angeles Times.

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Artist Shepard Fairey was beat up by four men in Copenhagen while in town for a gallery show, via ARTINFO.

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The Wall Street Journal finds out how artists are adapting to huge cost increases in bronze due to the rising price of copper. (Answer: They’re not using so much bronze.)

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