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 EST 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. A free press is a cornerstone of a healthy democracy. Support trusted journalism and civil dialogue. 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. A free press is a cornerstone of a healthy democracy. Support trusted journalism and civil dialogue. Donate now