Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/wednesdays-art-notes-35 Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Wednesday’s Art Notes Arts Aug 18, 2010 12:49 PM EDT Workers build an ‘air castle’ with hundreds of inflatable mattresses at Biddinghuizen in the Netherlands. On this site, the three-day Lowlands Music Festival will run from August 20 to 22 2010. Photo by Marcel Antonisse/ AFP/ Getty Images * Battling against a potential foreclosure on the building that houses its collection, the Chelsea Museum of Art in Manhattan announced it would close for the month of August, via The Wall Street Journal. * Archaeologists have uncovered ancient Buddhist remains at an excavation site south of Kabul in Afghanistan, via Reuters. * The Metropolitan Opera broke a sales record on Sunday when tickets for the new season were released, via BBC. Watch our 2009 profile of the Met on its endeavors to revitalize public interest in opera. * A library memorializing author Kurt Vonnegut will open this fall in Indianapolis, via the Associated Press. * ARTINFO talks to gallerist James Cohan about launching an online-only week-long art fair catering to exclusive collectors. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now
Workers build an ‘air castle’ with hundreds of inflatable mattresses at Biddinghuizen in the Netherlands. On this site, the three-day Lowlands Music Festival will run from August 20 to 22 2010. Photo by Marcel Antonisse/ AFP/ Getty Images * Battling against a potential foreclosure on the building that houses its collection, the Chelsea Museum of Art in Manhattan announced it would close for the month of August, via The Wall Street Journal. * Archaeologists have uncovered ancient Buddhist remains at an excavation site south of Kabul in Afghanistan, via Reuters. * The Metropolitan Opera broke a sales record on Sunday when tickets for the new season were released, via BBC. Watch our 2009 profile of the Met on its endeavors to revitalize public interest in opera. * A library memorializing author Kurt Vonnegut will open this fall in Indianapolis, via the Associated Press. * ARTINFO talks to gallerist James Cohan about launching an online-only week-long art fair catering to exclusive collectors. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now