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http://news.yahoo.com/arts/ Get the latest Arts news headlines from Yahoo! News. Find breaking Arts news, including analysis and opinion on top Arts stories, photos and more.en-USCopyright (c) 2013 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reservedSun, 23 Dec 2012 15:55:04 -05005http://news.yahoo.com/arts/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/witch-burns-audience-fire-vienna-opera-show-204619748.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/TSvdKj2imR6.7TAzIzy_CA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/1e7ad78a06a38c24240f6a706700fc30.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this undated, publicly provided picture by Volksoper Vienna, children dressed as angels perform during a rehearsal of the opera Hansel and Gretel, by composer Engelbert Humperdinck in the Volksoper opera in Vienna. (AP Photo/HONS/ Barbara Palffy,Volksoper Vienna)" align="left" title="In this undated, publicly provided picture by Volksoper Vienna, children dressed as angels perform during a rehearsal of the opera Hansel and Gretel, by composer Engelbert Humperdinck in the Volksoper opera in Vienna. (AP Photo/HONS/ Barbara Palffy,Volksoper Vienna)" border="0" /></a>VIENNA (AP) ? At the end of the evening, the witch was toast Sunday ? or more precisely a gingerbread cookie ? and the audience at Vienna&#039;s Volksoper loved it.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/witch-burns-audience-fire-vienna-opera-show-204619748.htmlSun, 23 Dec 2012 15:55:04 -0500Associated Presswitch-burns-audience-fire-vienna-opera-show-204619748<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/witch-burns-audience-fire-vienna-opera-show-204619748.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/TSvdKj2imR6.7TAzIzy_CA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/1e7ad78a06a38c24240f6a706700fc30.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this undated, publicly provided picture by Volksoper Vienna, children dressed as angels perform during a rehearsal of the opera Hansel and Gretel, by composer Engelbert Humperdinck in the Volksoper opera in Vienna. (AP Photo/HONS/ Barbara Palffy,Volksoper Vienna)" align="left" title="In this undated, publicly provided picture by Volksoper Vienna, children dressed as angels perform during a rehearsal of the opera Hansel and Gretel, by composer Engelbert Humperdinck in the Volksoper opera in Vienna. (AP Photo/HONS/ Barbara Palffy,Volksoper Vienna)" border="0" /></a>VIENNA (AP) ? At the end of the evening, the witch was toast Sunday ? or more precisely a gingerbread cookie ? and the audience at Vienna&#039;s Volksoper loved it.</p><br clear="all"/>NEW YORK (AP) ? Marcello Giordani struggled mightily, his top notes effortful and thin. It turned out the tenor's third performance of Aeneas in the Metropolitan Opera's revival of Berlioz's "Les Troyens" would be his last.http://news.yahoo.com/berliozs-troyens-revived-metropolitan-opera-181944668.htmlSun, 23 Dec 2012 13:19:44 -0500Associated Pressberliozs-troyens-revived-metropolitan-opera-181944668<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/stokowski-sleuth-tracks-past-philly-orchestra-154544107.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/xHYzDS.4oFOsY1FIz5oemQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/f0e2bbc4d22c5823240f6a706700e7e0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - in this Jan. 25, 1968 file photo, conductor Leopold Stokowski rehearses in the Felt Room in Madison Square Garden in New York. A century after Leopold Stokowski (sto-KOV&#039;-ski) took the reins of The Philadelphia Orchestra, a history detective set on his trail has tracked down rarely-seen correspondence and belongings of the conductor affectionately known as &quot;Stoki.&quot; Jack McCarthy, an archivist for the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, conducted a yearlong project for the orchestra to mark the 100th anniversary of Stokowski&#039;s 1912 appointment as conductor. (AP Photo)" align="left" title="FILE - in this Jan. 25, 1968 file photo, conductor Leopold Stokowski rehearses in the Felt Room in Madison Square Garden in New York. A century after Leopold Stokowski (sto-KOV&#039;-ski) took the reins of The Philadelphia Orchestra, a history detective set on his trail has tracked down rarely-seen correspondence and belongings of the conductor affectionately known as &quot;Stoki.&quot; Jack McCarthy, an archivist for the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, conducted a yearlong project for the orchestra to mark the 100th anniversary of Stokowski&#039;s 1912 appointment as conductor. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>PHILADELPHIA (AP) ? A century after Leopold Stokowski took the reins of The Philadelphia Orchestra, a history detective set on his trail has tracked down rarely-seen correspondence and belongings of the conductor affectionately known as &quot;Stoki.&quot;</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/stokowski-sleuth-tracks-past-philly-orchestra-154544107.htmlFri, 21 Dec 2012 11:25:26 -0500Associated Pressstokowski-sleuth-tracks-past-philly-orchestra-154544107<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/stokowski-sleuth-tracks-past-philly-orchestra-154544107.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/xHYzDS.4oFOsY1FIz5oemQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/f0e2bbc4d22c5823240f6a706700e7e0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - in this Jan. 25, 1968 file photo, conductor Leopold Stokowski rehearses in the Felt Room in Madison Square Garden in New York. A century after Leopold Stokowski (sto-KOV&#039;-ski) took the reins of The Philadelphia Orchestra, a history detective set on his trail has tracked down rarely-seen correspondence and belongings of the conductor affectionately known as &quot;Stoki.&quot; Jack McCarthy, an archivist for the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, conducted a yearlong project for the orchestra to mark the 100th anniversary of Stokowski&#039;s 1912 appointment as conductor. (AP Photo)" align="left" title="FILE - in this Jan. 25, 1968 file photo, conductor Leopold Stokowski rehearses in the Felt Room in Madison Square Garden in New York. A century after Leopold Stokowski (sto-KOV&#039;-ski) took the reins of The Philadelphia Orchestra, a history detective set on his trail has tracked down rarely-seen correspondence and belongings of the conductor affectionately known as &quot;Stoki.&quot; Jack McCarthy, an archivist for the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, conducted a yearlong project for the orchestra to mark the 100th anniversary of Stokowski&#039;s 1912 appointment as conductor. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>PHILADELPHIA (AP) ? A century after Leopold Stokowski took the reins of The Philadelphia Orchestra, a history detective set on his trail has tracked down rarely-seen correspondence and belongings of the conductor affectionately known as &quot;Stoki.&quot;</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/renowned-opera-singer-vienna-going-strong-95-073824047.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/B_rPECDBR2JoTkWQKZvfCA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/c026c506b65b3623240f6a706700cf25.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="NIn this Aug. 31, 2012 photo provided by the Austrian parliament 95 year-old soprano Hilde Zadek delivers a speech after being awarded with the Great Medal of Honor of the Austrian Republic, at the parliament in Vienna, Austria. For Zadek, the city she once despised as part of Hitler&#039;s evil empire has long become a home that she says she would never leave _ and one that is proud to call her own. She has been showered with medals, granted high honorary titles and a singer&#039;s competition named after her 13 years ago has turned into an international launching pad for future opera stars. (AP Photo/Parlamentsdirektion/Bildagentur Zolles KG/Jacqueline Godany)" align="left" title="NIn this Aug. 31, 2012 photo provided by the Austrian parliament 95 year-old soprano Hilde Zadek delivers a speech after being awarded with the Great Medal of Honor of the Austrian Republic, at the parliament in Vienna, Austria. For Zadek, the city she once despised as part of Hitler&#039;s evil empire has long become a home that she says she would never leave _ and one that is proud to call her own. She has been showered with medals, granted high honorary titles and a singer&#039;s competition named after her 13 years ago has turned into an international launching pad for future opera stars. (AP Photo/Parlamentsdirektion/Bildagentur Zolles KG/Jacqueline Godany)" border="0" /></a>VIENNA (AP) ? It was 1947 in post-war Vienna, and Hilde Zadek remembers taking a deep breath behind the curtain. A rookie on her first opera gig, she was about to sing the prestigious role of Aida for an audience full of particularly harsh critics ? whistle-packing Nazis she says were determined to show &quot;that Jew from Palestine&quot; she was not welcome at one of the world&#039;s greatest opera houses.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/renowned-opera-singer-vienna-going-strong-95-073824047.htmlThu, 20 Dec 2012 08:29:27 -0500Associated Pressrenowned-opera-singer-vienna-going-strong-95-073824047<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/renowned-opera-singer-vienna-going-strong-95-073824047.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/B_rPECDBR2JoTkWQKZvfCA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/c026c506b65b3623240f6a706700cf25.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="NIn this Aug. 31, 2012 photo provided by the Austrian parliament 95 year-old soprano Hilde Zadek delivers a speech after being awarded with the Great Medal of Honor of the Austrian Republic, at the parliament in Vienna, Austria. For Zadek, the city she once despised as part of Hitler&#039;s evil empire has long become a home that she says she would never leave _ and one that is proud to call her own. She has been showered with medals, granted high honorary titles and a singer&#039;s competition named after her 13 years ago has turned into an international launching pad for future opera stars. (AP Photo/Parlamentsdirektion/Bildagentur Zolles KG/Jacqueline Godany)" align="left" title="NIn this Aug. 31, 2012 photo provided by the Austrian parliament 95 year-old soprano Hilde Zadek delivers a speech after being awarded with the Great Medal of Honor of the Austrian Republic, at the parliament in Vienna, Austria. For Zadek, the city she once despised as part of Hitler&#039;s evil empire has long become a home that she says she would never leave _ and one that is proud to call her own. She has been showered with medals, granted high honorary titles and a singer&#039;s competition named after her 13 years ago has turned into an international launching pad for future opera stars. (AP Photo/Parlamentsdirektion/Bildagentur Zolles KG/Jacqueline Godany)" border="0" /></a>VIENNA (AP) ? It was 1947 in post-war Vienna, and Hilde Zadek remembers taking a deep breath behind the curtain. A rookie on her first opera gig, she was about to sing the prestigious role of Aida for an audience full of particularly harsh critics ? whistle-packing Nazis she says were determined to show &quot;that Jew from Palestine&quot; she was not welcome at one of the world&#039;s greatest opera houses.</p><br clear="all"/>MILAN (AP) ? La Scala has canceled the inaugural ballet of its season because of a strike by the chorus.http://news.yahoo.com/la-scala-chorus-strike-forces-ballet-cancellation-164658696.htmlWed, 19 Dec 2012 11:46:58 -0500Associated Pressla-scala-chorus-strike-forces-ballet-cancellation-164658696<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/one-direction-named-mtvs-2012-artist-010212999.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Ap5Sl8ualhtVrFPSfmxH2Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/ed77c2b21ab4a123230f6a7067007f9a.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Friday Dec. 7, 2012 file photo, One Direction performs at Z100&#039;s Jingle Ball 2012 presented by Aeropostale at Madison Square Garden in New York. Band members, from left, are Liam Payne, Zayn Malik, Harry Styles, Niall Horan, and Louis Tomlinson. MTV on Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012 announced that One Direction is the network&#039;s 2012 Artist of the Year. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Friday Dec. 7, 2012 file photo, One Direction performs at Z100&#039;s Jingle Ball 2012 presented by Aeropostale at Madison Square Garden in New York. Band members, from left, are Liam Payne, Zayn Malik, Harry Styles, Niall Horan, and Louis Tomlinson. MTV on Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012 announced that One Direction is the network&#039;s 2012 Artist of the Year. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)" border="0" /></a>They&#039;re platinum. They&#039;re fascinating. And now One Direction is MTV&#039;s 2012 Artist of the Year.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/one-direction-named-mtvs-2012-artist-010212999.htmlThu, 13 Dec 2012 20:08:20 -0500Associated Pressone-direction-named-mtvs-2012-artist-010212999<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/one-direction-named-mtvs-2012-artist-010212999.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Ap5Sl8ualhtVrFPSfmxH2Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/ed77c2b21ab4a123230f6a7067007f9a.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Friday Dec. 7, 2012 file photo, One Direction performs at Z100&#039;s Jingle Ball 2012 presented by Aeropostale at Madison Square Garden in New York. Band members, from left, are Liam Payne, Zayn Malik, Harry Styles, Niall Horan, and Louis Tomlinson. MTV on Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012 announced that One Direction is the network&#039;s 2012 Artist of the Year. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Friday Dec. 7, 2012 file photo, One Direction performs at Z100&#039;s Jingle Ball 2012 presented by Aeropostale at Madison Square Garden in New York. Band members, from left, are Liam Payne, Zayn Malik, Harry Styles, Niall Horan, and Louis Tomlinson. MTV on Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012 announced that One Direction is the network&#039;s 2012 Artist of the Year. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)" border="0" /></a>They&#039;re platinum. They&#039;re fascinating. And now One Direction is MTV&#039;s 2012 Artist of the Year.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/trevin-hunte-talks-elimination-voice-im-excited-start-193830190.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/HskLN_nEsUiaarA7Dwwgmw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/AccessHollywoodTV/179007.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Trevin Hunte performs on &#039;The Voice&#039; -- NBC" align="left" title="Trevin Hunte performs on &#039;The Voice&#039; -- NBC" border="0" /></a>Team Cee Lo lost teenager Trevin Hunte from &quot;The Voice&quot; competition on Tuesday, when he was eliminated just shy of the finals, and his reaction backstage was positively upbeat.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/trevin-hunte-talks-elimination-voice-im-excited-start-193830190.htmlWed, 12 Dec 2012 14:38:30 -0500Access Hollywoodtrevin-hunte-talks-elimination-voice-im-excited-start-193830190<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/trevin-hunte-talks-elimination-voice-im-excited-start-193830190.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/HskLN_nEsUiaarA7Dwwgmw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/AccessHollywoodTV/179007.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Trevin Hunte performs on &#039;The Voice&#039; -- NBC" align="left" title="Trevin Hunte performs on &#039;The Voice&#039; -- NBC" border="0" /></a>Team Cee Lo lost teenager Trevin Hunte from &quot;The Voice&quot; competition on Tuesday, when he was eliminated just shy of the finals, and his reaction backstage was positively upbeat.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/swiss-opera-diva-della-casa-dies-93-103025528.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/w_FfmkoBMNk1SKMZDyzosA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/da2db26bd0b16822230f6a706700b351.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - This is an October 1973 file photo of Swiss opera singer Lisa della Casa, center, as she performs on stage at the Zurich Opera &quot;Opernhaus Zuerich&quot;, Switzerland, . According to media reports on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012, Lisa della Casa died at the age of 93 at Muensterlingen at the Lake of Constance, Switzerland. (AP Photo/Keystone/file) NO ARCHIVE" align="left" title="FILE - This is an October 1973 file photo of Swiss opera singer Lisa della Casa, center, as she performs on stage at the Zurich Opera &quot;Opernhaus Zuerich&quot;, Switzerland, . According to media reports on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012, Lisa della Casa died at the age of 93 at Muensterlingen at the Lake of Constance, Switzerland. (AP Photo/Keystone/file) NO ARCHIVE" border="0" /></a>Famed for her beauty that matched her serene voice, Swiss-born diva Lisa Della Casa swept up crowds at opera houses of the past century with an elegant and radiant style that established her as one of the finest sopranos of her generation.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/swiss-opera-diva-della-casa-dies-93-103025528.htmlWed, 12 Dec 2012 10:46:25 -0500Associated Pressswiss-opera-diva-della-casa-dies-93-103025528<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/swiss-opera-diva-della-casa-dies-93-103025528.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/w_FfmkoBMNk1SKMZDyzosA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/da2db26bd0b16822230f6a706700b351.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - This is an October 1973 file photo of Swiss opera singer Lisa della Casa, center, as she performs on stage at the Zurich Opera &quot;Opernhaus Zuerich&quot;, Switzerland, . According to media reports on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012, Lisa della Casa died at the age of 93 at Muensterlingen at the Lake of Constance, Switzerland. (AP Photo/Keystone/file) NO ARCHIVE" align="left" title="FILE - This is an October 1973 file photo of Swiss opera singer Lisa della Casa, center, as she performs on stage at the Zurich Opera &quot;Opernhaus Zuerich&quot;, Switzerland, . According to media reports on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012, Lisa della Casa died at the age of 93 at Muensterlingen at the Lake of Constance, Switzerland. (AP Photo/Keystone/file) NO ARCHIVE" border="0" /></a>Famed for her beauty that matched her serene voice, Swiss-born diva Lisa Della Casa swept up crowds at opera houses of the past century with an elegant and radiant style that established her as one of the finest sopranos of her generation.</p><br clear="all"/>The Metropolitan Opera's final performance this season of Mozart's last opera, "La Clemenza di Tito," was notable for the unexpected company debut of mezzo-soprano Geraldine Chauvet.http://news.yahoo.com/soprano-geraldine-chauvet-makes-met-opera-debut-232921660.htmlTue, 11 Dec 2012 18:29:21 -0500Associated Presssoprano-geraldine-chauvet-makes-met-opera-debut-232921660<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/russian-opera-diva-vishnevskaya-dies-86-153942200.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/4.FsktWnxNVlUH_FemqjnQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/b3739a28d0c06822230f6a706700432d.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this photo taken on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2007, Galina Vishnevskaya speaks to the media in Moscow, Russia. Russian opera diva Galina Vishevskaya, who conquered audiences all over the world with her rich soprano, has died. She was 86. Moscow&#039;s Opera Center, which Vishnevskaya created, said the singer died Tuesday in the Russian capital. It didn&#039;t give the cause. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)" align="left" title="In this photo taken on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2007, Galina Vishnevskaya speaks to the media in Moscow, Russia. Russian opera diva Galina Vishevskaya, who conquered audiences all over the world with her rich soprano, has died. She was 86. Moscow&#039;s Opera Center, which Vishnevskaya created, said the singer died Tuesday in the Russian capital. It didn&#039;t give the cause. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)" border="0" /></a>World-renowned Russian opera diva Galina Vishnevskaya, who with her husband defied the Soviet regime to give shelter to writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn and suffered exile from her homeland, has died at 86.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/russian-opera-diva-vishnevskaya-dies-86-153942200.htmlTue, 11 Dec 2012 14:45:52 -0500Associated Pressrussian-opera-diva-vishnevskaya-dies-86-153942200<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/russian-opera-diva-vishnevskaya-dies-86-153942200.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/4.FsktWnxNVlUH_FemqjnQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/b3739a28d0c06822230f6a706700432d.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this photo taken on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2007, Galina Vishnevskaya speaks to the media in Moscow, Russia. Russian opera diva Galina Vishevskaya, who conquered audiences all over the world with her rich soprano, has died. She was 86. Moscow&#039;s Opera Center, which Vishnevskaya created, said the singer died Tuesday in the Russian capital. It didn&#039;t give the cause. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)" align="left" title="In this photo taken on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2007, Galina Vishnevskaya speaks to the media in Moscow, Russia. Russian opera diva Galina Vishevskaya, who conquered audiences all over the world with her rich soprano, has died. She was 86. Moscow&#039;s Opera Center, which Vishnevskaya created, said the singer died Tuesday in the Russian capital. It didn&#039;t give the cause. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)" border="0" /></a>World-renowned Russian opera diva Galina Vishnevskaya, who with her husband defied the Soviet regime to give shelter to writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn and suffered exile from her homeland, has died at 86.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/van-gogh-dazzles-netherlands-kroeller-mueller-124347101.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/MTa6vRoeAfru4qlmWKlK_w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/c9cfa87bd0046522230f6a7067007cc8.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this photo provided by the Kroeller-Mueller Museum in Otterlo on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012 the 1887 painting &quot;Four sunflowers gone to seed&quot; by Vincent van Gogh is seen.With the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam closed for renovations, the world&#039;s second-largest collection of the tortured Dutch master&#039;s work is stepping into the limelight. The lesser-known Kroeller-Mueller museum in the eastern Netherlands has revamped the layout of its central rooms, giving more space and focus to many of its top works. (AP Photo/ Kroeller-Mueller Museum)" align="left" title="In this photo provided by the Kroeller-Mueller Museum in Otterlo on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012 the 1887 painting &quot;Four sunflowers gone to seed&quot; by Vincent van Gogh is seen.With the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam closed for renovations, the world&#039;s second-largest collection of the tortured Dutch master&#039;s work is stepping into the limelight. The lesser-known Kroeller-Mueller museum in the eastern Netherlands has revamped the layout of its central rooms, giving more space and focus to many of its top works. (AP Photo/ Kroeller-Mueller Museum)" border="0" /></a>With the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam closed for renovations until April, the world&#039;s second-largest collection of the tortured Dutch master&#039;s work is stepping into the limelight.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/van-gogh-dazzles-netherlands-kroeller-mueller-124347101.htmlTue, 11 Dec 2012 14:37:09 -0500Associated Pressvan-gogh-dazzles-netherlands-kroeller-mueller-124347101<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/van-gogh-dazzles-netherlands-kroeller-mueller-124347101.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/MTa6vRoeAfru4qlmWKlK_w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/c9cfa87bd0046522230f6a7067007cc8.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this photo provided by the Kroeller-Mueller Museum in Otterlo on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012 the 1887 painting &quot;Four sunflowers gone to seed&quot; by Vincent van Gogh is seen.With the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam closed for renovations, the world&#039;s second-largest collection of the tortured Dutch master&#039;s work is stepping into the limelight. The lesser-known Kroeller-Mueller museum in the eastern Netherlands has revamped the layout of its central rooms, giving more space and focus to many of its top works. (AP Photo/ Kroeller-Mueller Museum)" align="left" title="In this photo provided by the Kroeller-Mueller Museum in Otterlo on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012 the 1887 painting &quot;Four sunflowers gone to seed&quot; by Vincent van Gogh is seen.With the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam closed for renovations, the world&#039;s second-largest collection of the tortured Dutch master&#039;s work is stepping into the limelight. The lesser-known Kroeller-Mueller museum in the eastern Netherlands has revamped the layout of its central rooms, giving more space and focus to many of its top works. (AP Photo/ Kroeller-Mueller Museum)" border="0" /></a>With the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam closed for renovations until April, the world&#039;s second-largest collection of the tortured Dutch master&#039;s work is stepping into the limelight.</p><br clear="all"/>STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A new museum devoted to ABBA may attract hundreds of thousands of visitors to the Swedish capital but that does not mean the four members of the super group will ever reunite, at least on stage, former ABBA member Bjorn Ulvaeus said. The museum, a permanent exhibition within a hall of fame of Swedish pop music, opens in May next year. It will feature memorabilia like stage costumes worn by the singers, and visitors will also be able to sing along to ABBA songs alongside life size holograms of the group. ...http://news.yahoo.com/museum-abba-no-stage-reunion-153032009.htmlTue, 11 Dec 2012 10:30:32 -0500Reutersmuseum-abba-no-stage-reunion-153032009<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/russias-hermitage-museum-denounces-blasphemy-investigation-161606225.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/xN.BYj4qHbj6MIId1kPc1g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-12-10T211226Z_1_CBRE8B91MWX00_RTROPTP_2_RUSSIA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="People launch floating paper lanterns into the sky in front of the Hermitage museum to mark Earth Hour in St. Petersburg" align="left" title="People launch floating paper lanterns into the sky in front of the Hermitage museum to mark Earth Hour in St. Petersburg" border="0" /></a>MOSCOW (Reuters) - The head of Russia&#039;s renowned Hermitage Museum accused Russian authorities on Monday of fostering &quot;mob rule&quot; in taking up complaints by Russian Orthodox Christians over a British exhibit they said injured religious feelings. The row coincides with a surge in religious, nationalist sentiment in Russia, with President Vladimir Putin moving closer to the Orthodox Church to consolidate his support after facing the biggest protests since he rose to power nearly 13 years ago. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/russias-hermitage-museum-denounces-blasphemy-investigation-161606225.htmlMon, 10 Dec 2012 16:12:26 -0500Reutersrussias-hermitage-museum-denounces-blasphemy-investigation-161606225<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/russias-hermitage-museum-denounces-blasphemy-investigation-161606225.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/xN.BYj4qHbj6MIId1kPc1g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-12-10T211226Z_1_CBRE8B91MWX00_RTROPTP_2_RUSSIA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="People launch floating paper lanterns into the sky in front of the Hermitage museum to mark Earth Hour in St. Petersburg" align="left" title="People launch floating paper lanterns into the sky in front of the Hermitage museum to mark Earth Hour in St. Petersburg" border="0" /></a>MOSCOW (Reuters) - The head of Russia&#039;s renowned Hermitage Museum accused Russian authorities on Monday of fostering &quot;mob rule&quot; in taking up complaints by Russian Orthodox Christians over a British exhibit they said injured religious feelings. The row coincides with a surge in religious, nationalist sentiment in Russia, with President Vladimir Putin moving closer to the Orthodox Church to consolidate his support after facing the biggest protests since he rose to power nearly 13 years ago. ...</p><br clear="all"/>BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Comic artist Brecht Evens decided to break away from the traditional comic strip images of clear lines and pencil sketches developed in Belgium more than half a century ago. After surviving at first on government subsidies, in 2010 he produced a graphic novel featuring vibrant watercolours and smudged scenes of sexuality and riotous nightlife, with characters blurred into their surroundings. ...http://news.yahoo.com/belgian-graphic-artist-breaks-comic-tradition-142526248.htmlMon, 10 Dec 2012 09:25:26 -0500Reutersbelgian-graphic-artist-breaks-comic-tradition-142526248<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/chinese-nobel-literature-winner-censorship-must-173753873.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/4xh6f8XFtn4fbjR2U5NmIw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/836849ed4f48ed22220f6a706700123b.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="The 2012 Nobel Literature Prize laureate, Mo Yan of China speaks during a press conference Thursday Dec. 6, 2012 at the Royal Swedish Academy in Stockholm. The official prize giving ceremony takes place in Stockholm on Dec. 10. (AP Photo/Janerik Henriksson) SWEDEN OUT" align="left" title="The 2012 Nobel Literature Prize laureate, Mo Yan of China speaks during a press conference Thursday Dec. 6, 2012 at the Royal Swedish Academy in Stockholm. The official prize giving ceremony takes place in Stockholm on Dec. 10. (AP Photo/Janerik Henriksson) SWEDEN OUT" border="0" /></a>This year&#039;s Nobel Prize in literature winner, Mo Yan, who has been criticized for his membership in China&#039;s Communist Party and reluctance to speak out against the country&#039;s government, defended censorship Thursday as something as necessary as airport security checks.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/chinese-nobel-literature-winner-censorship-must-173753873.htmlThu, 06 Dec 2012 20:24:03 -0500Associated Presschinese-nobel-literature-winner-censorship-must-173753873<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/chinese-nobel-literature-winner-censorship-must-173753873.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/4xh6f8XFtn4fbjR2U5NmIw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/836849ed4f48ed22220f6a706700123b.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="The 2012 Nobel Literature Prize laureate, Mo Yan of China speaks during a press conference Thursday Dec. 6, 2012 at the Royal Swedish Academy in Stockholm. The official prize giving ceremony takes place in Stockholm on Dec. 10. (AP Photo/Janerik Henriksson) SWEDEN OUT" align="left" title="The 2012 Nobel Literature Prize laureate, Mo Yan of China speaks during a press conference Thursday Dec. 6, 2012 at the Royal Swedish Academy in Stockholm. The official prize giving ceremony takes place in Stockholm on Dec. 10. (AP Photo/Janerik Henriksson) SWEDEN OUT" border="0" /></a>This year&#039;s Nobel Prize in literature winner, Mo Yan, who has been criticized for his membership in China&#039;s Communist Party and reluctance to speak out against the country&#039;s government, defended censorship Thursday as something as necessary as airport security checks.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nobel-literature-winner-says-censorship-necessary-131127892.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/4xh6f8XFtn4fbjR2U5NmIw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/836849ed4f48ed22220f6a706700123b.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="The 2012 Nobel Literature Prize laureate, Mo Yan of China speaks during a press conference Thursday Dec. 6, 2012 at the Royal Swedish Academy in Stockholm. The official prize giving ceremony takes place in Stockholm on Dec. 10. (AP Photo/Janerik Henriksson) SWEDEN OUT" align="left" title="The 2012 Nobel Literature Prize laureate, Mo Yan of China speaks during a press conference Thursday Dec. 6, 2012 at the Royal Swedish Academy in Stockholm. The official prize giving ceremony takes place in Stockholm on Dec. 10. (AP Photo/Janerik Henriksson) SWEDEN OUT" border="0" /></a>This year&#039;s Nobel literature winner Mo Yan, who has been criticized for his cozy relationship with China&#039;s Communist Party, defended censorship Thursday as something as necessary as airport security checks.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/nobel-literature-winner-says-censorship-necessary-131127892.htmlThu, 06 Dec 2012 11:12:06 -0500Associated Pressnobel-literature-winner-says-censorship-necessary-131127892<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nobel-literature-winner-says-censorship-necessary-131127892.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/4xh6f8XFtn4fbjR2U5NmIw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/836849ed4f48ed22220f6a706700123b.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="The 2012 Nobel Literature Prize laureate, Mo Yan of China speaks during a press conference Thursday Dec. 6, 2012 at the Royal Swedish Academy in Stockholm. The official prize giving ceremony takes place in Stockholm on Dec. 10. (AP Photo/Janerik Henriksson) SWEDEN OUT" align="left" title="The 2012 Nobel Literature Prize laureate, Mo Yan of China speaks during a press conference Thursday Dec. 6, 2012 at the Royal Swedish Academy in Stockholm. The official prize giving ceremony takes place in Stockholm on Dec. 10. (AP Photo/Janerik Henriksson) SWEDEN OUT" border="0" /></a>This year&#039;s Nobel literature winner Mo Yan, who has been criticized for his cozy relationship with China&#039;s Communist Party, defended censorship Thursday as something as necessary as airport security checks.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/royal-opera-stages-meyerbeer-rarity-130217842.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/v1aktp3_sL0UcYW4Cey3HQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-12-06T142720Z_1_CBRE8B5145N00_RTROPTP_2_ARTS-US-DEVIL-OPERA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="(Blank Headline Received)" align="left" title="(Blank Headline Received)" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - The audience at London&#039;s Royal Opera House is in for a big surprise on Thursday night. They will witness German composer Giacomo Meyerbeer&#039;s 1831 grand opera &quot;Robert le Diable&quot; (Robert the Devil), a work so rarely performed that virtually no one has seen it, let alone sung it or played it. In fact, the last time Britain&#039;s prestigious Royal Opera House put on the epic work was in 1890, by which time it had fallen out of favor, never to recover fully. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/royal-opera-stages-meyerbeer-rarity-130217842.htmlThu, 06 Dec 2012 09:27:57 -0500Reutersroyal-opera-stages-meyerbeer-rarity-130217842<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/royal-opera-stages-meyerbeer-rarity-130217842.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/v1aktp3_sL0UcYW4Cey3HQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-12-06T142720Z_1_CBRE8B5145N00_RTROPTP_2_ARTS-US-DEVIL-OPERA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="(Blank Headline Received)" align="left" title="(Blank Headline Received)" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - The audience at London&#039;s Royal Opera House is in for a big surprise on Thursday night. They will witness German composer Giacomo Meyerbeer&#039;s 1831 grand opera &quot;Robert le Diable&quot; (Robert the Devil), a work so rarely performed that virtually no one has seen it, let alone sung it or played it. In fact, the last time Britain&#039;s prestigious Royal Opera House put on the epic work was in 1890, by which time it had fallen out of favor, never to recover fully. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Dave Brubeck?recently called "the reigning elder statesman of jazz" by the Washington Post?died Wednesday in Connecticut on his way to a cardiology appointment, one day shy of his 92nd birthday.http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/stop-the-presses/world-mad-brubeck-dave-brubeck-1920-2012-180310597.htmlWed, 05 Dec 2012 18:07:55 -0500blogs/stop-the-presses/world-mad-brubeck-dave-brubeck-1920-2012-180310597<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/londons-dickens-museum-reopens-makeover-145932532.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/spUFDtlaWRkNUrqGMCaFow--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/19bd15533623d722220f6a70670051f7.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="The study in Charles Dickens&#039; home, part of the Charles Dickens Museum in London, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012. For years, the four-story brick row house where the author lived with his young family was a dusty and slightly neglected museum, a mecca for Dickens scholars but overlooked by most visitors to London. Now, after a 3 million pound ($4.8 million) makeover, it has been restored to bring the writer&#039;s world to life. Its director says it aims to look &quot;as if Dickens had just stepped out.&quot; (AP Photo/Sang Tan)" align="left" title="The study in Charles Dickens&#039; home, part of the Charles Dickens Museum in London, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012. For years, the four-story brick row house where the author lived with his young family was a dusty and slightly neglected museum, a mecca for Dickens scholars but overlooked by most visitors to London. Now, after a 3 million pound ($4.8 million) makeover, it has been restored to bring the writer&#039;s world to life. Its director says it aims to look &quot;as if Dickens had just stepped out.&quot; (AP Photo/Sang Tan)" border="0" /></a>Charles Dickens&#039; London home has gone from &quot;Bleak House&quot; to &quot;Great Expectations.&quot;</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/londons-dickens-museum-reopens-makeover-145932532.htmlWed, 05 Dec 2012 12:21:13 -0500Associated Presslondons-dickens-museum-reopens-makeover-145932532<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/londons-dickens-museum-reopens-makeover-145932532.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/spUFDtlaWRkNUrqGMCaFow--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/19bd15533623d722220f6a70670051f7.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="The study in Charles Dickens&#039; home, part of the Charles Dickens Museum in London, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012. For years, the four-story brick row house where the author lived with his young family was a dusty and slightly neglected museum, a mecca for Dickens scholars but overlooked by most visitors to London. Now, after a 3 million pound ($4.8 million) makeover, it has been restored to bring the writer&#039;s world to life. Its director says it aims to look &quot;as if Dickens had just stepped out.&quot; (AP Photo/Sang Tan)" align="left" title="The study in Charles Dickens&#039; home, part of the Charles Dickens Museum in London, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012. For years, the four-story brick row house where the author lived with his young family was a dusty and slightly neglected museum, a mecca for Dickens scholars but overlooked by most visitors to London. Now, after a 3 million pound ($4.8 million) makeover, it has been restored to bring the writer&#039;s world to life. Its director says it aims to look &quot;as if Dickens had just stepped out.&quot; (AP Photo/Sang Tan)" border="0" /></a>Charles Dickens&#039; London home has gone from &quot;Bleak House&quot; to &quot;Great Expectations.&quot;</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/review-golden-age-offers-sneak-pique-opera-015509192.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/IbyRs21m5rcDuQgO8c5l4Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/cf07d4751d67c422220f6a706700bb99.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This undated theater image released by Boneau/Bryan-Brown shows, from left, Lorenzo Pisoni, Lee Pace, Will Rogers and Bebe Neuwirth, in a scene from Terrence McNally?s &quot;Golden Age,&quot; currently performing at Manhattan Theatre Club at City Center in New York. (AP Photo/Boneau/Bryan-Brown, Joan Marcus)" align="left" title="This undated theater image released by Boneau/Bryan-Brown shows, from left, Lorenzo Pisoni, Lee Pace, Will Rogers and Bebe Neuwirth, in a scene from Terrence McNally?s &quot;Golden Age,&quot; currently performing at Manhattan Theatre Club at City Center in New York. (AP Photo/Boneau/Bryan-Brown, Joan Marcus)" border="0" /></a>Jealous sniping has always been in fashion, whatever the century.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/review-golden-age-offers-sneak-pique-opera-015509192.htmlTue, 04 Dec 2012 20:55:09 -0500Associated Pressreview-golden-age-offers-sneak-pique-opera-015509192<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/review-golden-age-offers-sneak-pique-opera-015509192.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/IbyRs21m5rcDuQgO8c5l4Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/cf07d4751d67c422220f6a706700bb99.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This undated theater image released by Boneau/Bryan-Brown shows, from left, Lorenzo Pisoni, Lee Pace, Will Rogers and Bebe Neuwirth, in a scene from Terrence McNally?s &quot;Golden Age,&quot; currently performing at Manhattan Theatre Club at City Center in New York. (AP Photo/Boneau/Bryan-Brown, Joan Marcus)" align="left" title="This undated theater image released by Boneau/Bryan-Brown shows, from left, Lorenzo Pisoni, Lee Pace, Will Rogers and Bebe Neuwirth, in a scene from Terrence McNally?s &quot;Golden Age,&quot; currently performing at Manhattan Theatre Club at City Center in New York. (AP Photo/Boneau/Bryan-Brown, Joan Marcus)" border="0" /></a>Jealous sniping has always been in fashion, whatever the century.</p><br clear="all"/>DALLAS (Reuters) - The Dallas Museum of Art has returned an ancient piece of artwork to Turkish officials after learning that the piece was likely looted from an archeological site. Museum officials said they are cooperating with Italian authorities over the return of several antique artifacts that had been obtained from an Italian dealer under investigation for selling looted antiquities. The museum "deplores the illegal trade in antiquities" and officials said they have made it a priority to identify and return looted treasures from other countries. ...http://news.yahoo.com/dallas-art-museum-returns-stolen-mosaic-turkish-officials-223701377.htmlTue, 04 Dec 2012 17:37:01 -0500Reutersdallas-art-museum-returns-stolen-mosaic-turkish-officials-223701377<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/louvre-comes-poor-french-city-raising-eyebrows-124754403.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/b_emnGqxySpnvAdWQH_UtQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/0c6b60c80213a522220f6a706700ef62.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A woman walk past &quot;La Vierge, l&#039;Enfant Jesus et Sainte Anne&quot; by Leonard de Vinci in the Louvre Museum in Lens, northern France, Monday, Dec. 3, 2012. The museum in Lens, to open the 12 Dec, is part of a strategy to spread art beyond the traditional bastions of culture in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)" align="left" title="A woman walk past &quot;La Vierge, l&#039;Enfant Jesus et Sainte Anne&quot; by Leonard de Vinci in the Louvre Museum in Lens, northern France, Monday, Dec. 3, 2012. The museum in Lens, to open the 12 Dec, is part of a strategy to spread art beyond the traditional bastions of culture in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)" border="0" /></a>The Louvre has embarked on an ambitious quest ? opening a ?150 million ($196 million) extension in an abandoned coal mining town in northern France that has an unemployment rate nearly three times the national average.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/louvre-comes-poor-french-city-raising-eyebrows-124754403.htmlTue, 04 Dec 2012 11:37:35 -0500Associated Presslouvre-comes-poor-french-city-raising-eyebrows-124754403<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/louvre-comes-poor-french-city-raising-eyebrows-124754403.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/b_emnGqxySpnvAdWQH_UtQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/0c6b60c80213a522220f6a706700ef62.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A woman walk past &quot;La Vierge, l&#039;Enfant Jesus et Sainte Anne&quot; by Leonard de Vinci in the Louvre Museum in Lens, northern France, Monday, Dec. 3, 2012. The museum in Lens, to open the 12 Dec, is part of a strategy to spread art beyond the traditional bastions of culture in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)" align="left" title="A woman walk past &quot;La Vierge, l&#039;Enfant Jesus et Sainte Anne&quot; by Leonard de Vinci in the Louvre Museum in Lens, northern France, Monday, Dec. 3, 2012. The museum in Lens, to open the 12 Dec, is part of a strategy to spread art beyond the traditional bastions of culture in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)" border="0" /></a>The Louvre has embarked on an ambitious quest ? opening a ?150 million ($196 million) extension in an abandoned coal mining town in northern France that has an unemployment rate nearly three times the national average.</p><br clear="all"/>The San Francisco Opera will present the world premiere of Tobias Picker's "Dolores Claiborne" on Sept. 18 next year.http://news.yahoo.com/pickers-claiborne-premiere-sf-opera-033130292.htmlMon, 03 Dec 2012 22:31:51 -0500Associated Presspickers-claiborne-premiere-sf-opera-033130292The Dallas Museum of Art has returned an ancient mosaic to Turkish officials after discovering it was stolen.http://news.yahoo.com/dallas-museum-returns-stolen-mosaic-turkey-212923187.htmlMon, 03 Dec 2012 16:29:23 -0500Associated Pressdallas-museum-returns-stolen-mosaic-turkey-212923187LONDON (Reuters) - Turner Prize-winning Scottish artist Douglas Gordon has criticized auction house Christie's after a solid gold sculpture was stolen from the auction house's London warehouse. Gordon's 2007 "The Left Hand and the Right Hand Have Abandoned One Another" was reported missing by the world's biggest auction house on November 12 and is believed to have an insurance value of around 500,000 pounds ($800,000). But Gordon complained that he was not informed about the theft until more than two weeks later. ...http://news.yahoo.com/uk-artist-hits-christies-over-stolen-180244410.htmlFri, 30 Nov 2012 13:02:44 -0500Reutersuk-artist-hits-christies-over-stolen-180244410Spanish poet and essayist Jose Manuel Caballero Bonald has won the 2012 Cervantes Prize, the Spanish-speaking world's highest literary honor.http://news.yahoo.com/spanish-poet-wins-cervantes-literature-prize-134828518.htmlThu, 29 Nov 2012 09:40:24 -0500Associated Pressspanish-poet-wins-cervantes-literature-prize-134828518<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/chicago-artist-gets-national-stage-holiday-white-house-230805372.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/GUlfcMYpYhNU6_irqZUVcQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-11-28T230805Z_1_CBRE8AR1S9S00_RTROPTP_2_ARTS-US-USA-WHITEHOUSE-HOLIDAYS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Holiday decorations at the White House in Washington" align="left" title="Holiday decorations at the White House in Washington" border="0" /></a>CHICAGO (Reuters) - To help decorate the White House for the Christmas season this year, President Barack Obama turned to an artist from his hometown. David Lee Csicsko, a Chicago mosaic artist who specializes in public installations, designed the annual display in the corridor leading to the East Room and the State Dining Room, both areas that are elaborately decorated at the beginning of each holiday season. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/chicago-artist-gets-national-stage-holiday-white-house-230805372.htmlWed, 28 Nov 2012 18:08:05 -0500Reuterschicago-artist-gets-national-stage-holiday-white-house-230805372<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/chicago-artist-gets-national-stage-holiday-white-house-230805372.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/GUlfcMYpYhNU6_irqZUVcQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-11-28T230805Z_1_CBRE8AR1S9S00_RTROPTP_2_ARTS-US-USA-WHITEHOUSE-HOLIDAYS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Holiday decorations at the White House in Washington" align="left" title="Holiday decorations at the White House in Washington" border="0" /></a>CHICAGO (Reuters) - To help decorate the White House for the Christmas season this year, President Barack Obama turned to an artist from his hometown. David Lee Csicsko, a Chicago mosaic artist who specializes in public installations, designed the annual display in the corridor leading to the East Room and the State Dining Room, both areas that are elaborately decorated at the beginning of each holiday season. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/van-gogh-john-lennon-letters-coming-ny-auction-112315549.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/XnWG8_yt.FrdojZVBRaxeg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/c2519bbc812b2c21220f6a7067000404.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This undated photo provided by Profiles in History shows the first page of a handwritten letter from John Lennon to Eric Clapton. The two-page letter is expected to draw $20,000 to $30,000 during an online and phone auction by Profiles in History on Dec. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Profiles in History)" align="left" title="This undated photo provided by Profiles in History shows the first page of a handwritten letter from John Lennon to Eric Clapton. The two-page letter is expected to draw $20,000 to $30,000 during an online and phone auction by Profiles in History on Dec. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Profiles in History)" border="0" /></a>An upcoming auction of over 300 historical documents includes rare letters written by Vincent van Gogh, George Washington, John Lennon and other iconic figures.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/van-gogh-john-lennon-letters-coming-ny-auction-112315549.htmlWed, 28 Nov 2012 11:52:32 -0500Associated Pressvan-gogh-john-lennon-letters-coming-ny-auction-112315549<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/van-gogh-john-lennon-letters-coming-ny-auction-112315549.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/XnWG8_yt.FrdojZVBRaxeg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/c2519bbc812b2c21220f6a7067000404.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This undated photo provided by Profiles in History shows the first page of a handwritten letter from John Lennon to Eric Clapton. The two-page letter is expected to draw $20,000 to $30,000 during an online and phone auction by Profiles in History on Dec. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Profiles in History)" align="left" title="This undated photo provided by Profiles in History shows the first page of a handwritten letter from John Lennon to Eric Clapton. The two-page letter is expected to draw $20,000 to $30,000 during an online and phone auction by Profiles in History on Dec. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Profiles in Hist

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