Quick Takes - Feb. 4, 2011

Jagger going to Grammys

A Rolling Stone will fete the King of Soul during the 53rd Grammy Awards on Feb. 13. Mick Jagger, whose early work with the Stones drew inspiration from the late Solomon Burke, will perform on the Staples Center stage along with Grammy winner Raphael Saadiq — whose forthcoming album is called “Stone Rollin’.”

Surprisingly, it will mark the first time that the lead singer of the Rolling Stones will step on the Grammy stage — even though he has received the Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award and has been a visible presence in the pop world for almost 50 years.

It’s a good fit, though. The Rolling Stones have covered numerous Burke songs over the years, most notably “Cry to Me” and “Everybody Needs Somebody to Love.”

—Randall Roberts

Getty lands its Turner painting

Seven months after the gavel came down at Christie’s in London, declaring the Getty Museum its proud buyer — for $44.9 million — a prized 1839 painting by J.M.W. Turner is indeed finally “sold” and heading for Brentwood.

FOR THE RECORD:
Turner painting: A Quick Takes item in the Feb. 4 Calendar identified Christie’s as the London auction house where the Getty Museum placed the high bid in 2010 for an 1839 painting by J.M.W. Turner. The sale was at Sotheby’s. —

The Getty reported Thursday that it has been granted an export license for “Modern Rome — Campo Vaccino.” That means it has cleared a hurdle it previously had tripped over in trying to complete purchases from Great Britain.

Under British law, artworks of “special significance” that have been on British soil for more than 50 years can’t be sold and exported without a license — and if a buyer surfaces in Britain who can match what the foreign buyer was willing to pay, that institution or individual gets to cut in like a suitor at a dance and walk away with the object.

But “Modern Rome” is coming. David Bomford, acting museum director, announced the news to Getty staffers by e-mail Thursday, noting that he expects the painting to go on view “toward the end of this month.”

—Mike Boehm

Poet garners $100,000 prize

Chase Twichell, a former teacher and publisher who has been writing for more than 30 years, has won the $100,000 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award from Claremont Graduate University.

Twichell, of Keene, N.Y., is being honored for “Horses Where the Answers Should Have Been,” her seventh book of poetry, which was published by Copper Canyon Press last year.

Atsuro Riley, author of “Romey’s Order,” was chosen to receive the $10,000 Kate Tufts Discovery Award.

The awards will be presented April 28 in a ceremony on the Claremont campus. The event is free and open to the public.

—Lee Margulies

Sheen eyes ‘Men’ return

Charlie Sheen wants to get back to work this month on “Two and a Half Men,” a spokesman said Thursday.

The 45-year-old actor remains in rehab but hopes to return to TV’s top-rated comedy by the end of February, publicist Stan Rosenfield said.

The series halted production after Sheen sought treatment for undisclosed reasons following a 911 call and brief stay at a Los Angeles-area hospital last week. According to a tape of the 911 call, Sheen was said to be intoxicated and in pain.

CBS and series producer Warner Bros. Television declined comment on Sheen’s intentions.

Out of 24 episodes ordered for the season, 16 have been completed.

—Associated Press