Wednesday’s Art Notes

Sufjan Stevens performs at a benefit concert as part of Celebrate Brooklyn at the Prospect Park Bandshell on Tuesday. Photo by Al Pereira/WireImage.

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The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation’s BMW Guggenheim Lab opens Wednesday in New York. “Part think tank, part open-air forum, part community center….Its goal is to engage New Yorkers in discussions about urban living,” via the New York Times.

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“Rembrandt and the Face of Jesus” debuts Wednesday at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The exhibition of more than 50 works by Rembrandt van Rijn and his pupils includes a group of oil paintings of Jesus that have not been seen together since they left Rembrandt’s Amsterdam studio in 1656, via the Associated Press.

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An art installation by Mideo Cruz that mixes imagery of Jesus with pop culture and includes a crucifix with a movable penis has set off an uproar in the Philippines, via Reuters.

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Footage from a lost silent movie featuring work by Alfred Hitchcock has been discovered in New Zealand. It was the first film that the 24-year-old Hitchcock worked on, via the Guardian.

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Claims that Swedish author Stieg Larsson wrote a fourth novel are off the mark, his partner Eva Gabrielsson told BBC Radio 4’s Woman Hour.