ART & CULTURE

Puppets, Naked Ladies Run Wild in Revamped Bolshoi

An honour guard stands in front of the Bolshoi Theater during its reopening ceremony in Moscow
Nudity, video, puppets and an ultra-modern twist on Mikhail Glinka's folkloric romantic opera Ruslan and Lyudmila will be the first full production to grace the stage of Russia's newly renovated Bolshoi theater.

Halloween Costumes 2011: Top 10 Unique and Interesting Halloween Costumes for Men and Women

Halloween Costumes
Are you ready to show your Halloween costumes to your family and friends? Only two days are left. Oct. 31 is Halloween day. Traditionally on Halloween day, children usually dress in scary or funny costumes and go door-to-door, collecting candy. However, nowadays the adults also are looking to wear costumes that are both easy to create and fun to wear. Sometimes people wear scary costumes to party and play pranks with others around them.
Placido Domingo leaves the stage with his wife after the curtain call of Placido Domingo Celebration at the Royal Opera House after a special performance to celebrate his 40th anniversary with the Royal Opera in London

Factbox: Placido Domingo at 70

Placido Domingo appeared at London's Royal Opera House in Covent Garden late Thursday both as a tenor and in his new guise as a baritone.
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Litzlberg am Attersee by Gustav Klimt a painting for Sotheby's upcoming Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale in New York is seen in a handout photo. Public exhibition of the works will be from October 28 to November 2. The auction will be held o

Klimt painting expected to sell for $25 million

A landscape painting by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt that had been stolen by the Nazis is expected to fetch more than $25 million when it is sold at auction next month, Sotheby's said on Thursday.
Actress Bette Midler poses for a portrait during a media day promoting the film ''Then She Found Me'' in New York

Bette Midler to auction iconic stage costumes

Bette Midler's famous mermaid stage costume, the Valentino gown she wore to the 1992 Oscars and a collection of headdresses are all going up for auction in November, Julien's Auctions said on Tuesday.
Employee Duncam Holden poses for a photograph with Gerhard Richter's artwork Abstract Painting Abstraktes Bild (CR:726) at the press launch of the new exhibition Gerhard Richter : Panorama at the Tate Modern gallery in London

Prized Painter Richter Calls Art Market 'Daft'

Gerhard Richter is one of the world's most prized living artists, and one of his famous Candle series is expected to fetch 6-9 million pounds ($9-14 million) at auction in London next week.
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Dawn Hudson: New Academy Museum on Fast Track

The new Academy museum could open in the old May Company building at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art as soon as three years from now, Academy CEO Dawn Hudson told TheWrap on Wednesday.
A visitor looks at a sculpture of Marilyn Monroe in the showroom of Drouot auction house in Paris

More iconic Marilyn Monroe costumes up for auction

A selection of Marilyn Monroe's costumes from films such as Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Bus Stop are going up for sale in December, following sales of $22.8 million from an auction held earlier this year in Beverly Hills.
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LA puts PST time stamp on art world

A city once thought to have less culture than a bowl of yogurt, Los Angeles is challenging that notion with an epic exhibition, Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980.
Two Chinese terracotta warriors are shown on display at the Bower Museum in Santa Ana, California, in this publicity photo released to Reuters September 30, 2011. The warriors are part of an exhibition called ''Warriors, Tombs and Temples: China

California's Bowers Museum Opens Tombs of China

The closest one may ever come to being touched by a deity may be at southern California's Bowers Museum when Warriors, Tombs and Temples: China's Enduring Legacy opens this week showing off an ornate case that holds a bone from the Buddha's finger.
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Art Auction Will Benefit Elton John's AIDS Charity

Works by Jeff Koons, Keith Haring and four other artists are expected to raise more than $1 million for Elton John's AIDS Foundation (EJAF) when they are sold at auction in November, Sotheby's said Friday.
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U.S. Returns Paintings Looted by Nazis to Poland

A pair of 19th century paintings by Polish Impressionist Julian Falat, looted by the Nazis nearly seven decades ago, were returned to Polish authorities on Thursday in a ceremony in New York.
Russell Moore

World Chefs: Moore steps out from the shadows

Russell Moore felt it was time to strike out on his own three years ago after working more than two decades at the birthplace of new American cuisine -- Chez Panisse in Berkeley, California.
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Audience Stars in Britain's Last Night of Proms

Chinese piano superstar Lang Lang wowed them, Wagnerian soprano Susan Bullock got a laugh as a British Brunnhilde, but the stars of the Last Night of the BBC Proms were standing in the middle of the Royal Albert Hall.
Muslims pray at King Fahad Mosque on the first day of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in Culver City, Los Angeles

9/11 Anniversary Casts Shadow for Muslims: Author

The approaching tenth anniversary of the September 11 attacks is casting a long shadow for U.S. Muslims, many of whom are dreading the approaching anniversary because they fear a resurgence of prejudice and hate, said author Mona Eltahawy.
TENOR SALVATORE LICITRA SINGS IN CENTRAL PARK.

Italian Opera Tenor Licitra Dies After Accident

Salvatore Licitra, a leading Italian opera tenor seen as an artistic heir to the late Luciano Pavarotti, died Monday from head injuries suffered in a scooter accident last month, a statement on his website said.
The marquee for the Broadway show "Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark" is seen outside the Foxwoods Theatre in New York

Broadway Cancels All Weekend Performances

Hurricane Irene's impact on New York City remains to be seen, but it's a certainty that Broadway will be dark this weekend, with all Saturday and Sunday performances canceled.
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London deemed top fashion capital: survey

London has overtaken New York as the world's fashion capital for 2011, fueled by media interest in late British designer Alexander McQueen and Kate Middleton, according to a survey by the Global Language Monitor.
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London deemed top fashion capital-survey

London has overtaken New York as the world's fashion capital for 2011, fueled by media interest in late British designer Alexander McQueen and Kate Middleton, according to a survey by the Global Language Monitor.
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Philip Levine named 18th poet laureate

Urban poet Philip Levine was named on Wednesday as the 18th poet laureate by the Library of Congress, which praised his writing for plain-spoken lyricism about working class Americans in Detroit.

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