Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/wednesdays-art-notes-37 Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Wednesday’s Art Notes Arts Sep 1, 2010 10:54 AM EST A statue of a Lion is exhibited near the Palazzo del Cinema as workers put the last touch on a wall on the eve of the opening of the 67th Venice Film Festival, which runs from September 1 to September 11 at the Venice Lido. Twenty-four films will compete for the Golden Lion and the jury will be directed by US filmmaker Quentin Tarantino. Photo by Vincenzo Pinto/ AFP/ Getty Images The New York Times has a preview of the festival. * Speaking of Venice, the city’s next Bienniale in 2011 may showcase an official pavilion of Iraqi artists for the first time since 1976, via ARTINFO. * A main venue for the upcoming Toronto Film Festival was searched for bed bugs after a film critic tweeted that a friend may have received bites while watching a movie, via The Globe and Mail. (Exterminators did not find any bugs.) * Mexico’s new 500-pesos bill features the portraits of artists Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, via the Los Angeles Times. * The Los Angeles Times reports on an upcoming taping of performances of the Miami City Ballet, set to air on PBS next year. A free press is a cornerstone of a healthy democracy. Support trusted journalism and civil dialogue. Donate now
A statue of a Lion is exhibited near the Palazzo del Cinema as workers put the last touch on a wall on the eve of the opening of the 67th Venice Film Festival, which runs from September 1 to September 11 at the Venice Lido. Twenty-four films will compete for the Golden Lion and the jury will be directed by US filmmaker Quentin Tarantino. Photo by Vincenzo Pinto/ AFP/ Getty Images The New York Times has a preview of the festival. * Speaking of Venice, the city’s next Bienniale in 2011 may showcase an official pavilion of Iraqi artists for the first time since 1976, via ARTINFO. * A main venue for the upcoming Toronto Film Festival was searched for bed bugs after a film critic tweeted that a friend may have received bites while watching a movie, via The Globe and Mail. (Exterminators did not find any bugs.) * Mexico’s new 500-pesos bill features the portraits of artists Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, via the Los Angeles Times. * The Los Angeles Times reports on an upcoming taping of performances of the Miami City Ballet, set to air on PBS next year. A free press is a cornerstone of a healthy democracy. Support trusted journalism and civil dialogue. Donate now