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Museums RSS FeedsWagner family divided over Bayreuth Festival - The opera director Gérard Mortier and Nike Wagner, a great-grandchild of Richard Wagner, are joining to seek control of the festival in Germany, a challenge to another branch of the composer's family....Feed Source: www.iht.com A first for India: A museum of contemporary art - The Devi Art Foundation in Delhi is poised to be India's first noncommercial, nonprofit exhibition space for contemporary art from India and the subcontinent.... Renée Fleming, Pink Floyd, Jennifer Hudson - A roundup of the day's celebrity news.... Australia assessing visa for Snoop Dogg - The immigration department said Wednesday it was conducting a character assessment of Snoop Dogg, including his criminal history, as Australia considers whether to grant the rapper a visa for a concert tour later this year.... Book reviews: 'Man in the Dark' and 'Supreme Courtship' - Paul Auster serves up more metafiction, and from Christopher Buckley comes a farce about the American judicial system.... Lebbeus Woods: An architect who still explores the fringes of reality - While most of his friends and colleagues have abandoned their imaginary cities to chase lucrative commissions, Woods has shown little interest in building. But by abandoning fantasy, the profession has lost one of its most valuable imaginative tools.... At Venice film festival, a truly global lineup - The festival begins Wednesday and continues until Sept. 6. Only five English-language films will be competing for awards.... At the National Theatre, watching as women take the reins - With "Her Naked Skin," Rebecca Lenkiewicz becomes the first living female playwright to have her work performed on the National Theatre's prestigious Olivier stage.... Salzburg Festival strikes both high notes and low - A look at Salzburg operas, including "Don Giovanni," "Rusalka," "Otello," "Roméo et Juliette" and "Die Zauberflöte" yields decidedly mixed reviews.... Casting Asia as a player in the A-list art game - Asian contemporary art has seen its star rise markedly in recent years. Yet the region has yet to produce art fairs to rival those in the West like Art Basel in Switzerland, Frieze Art Fair in London, the Armory Show in New York and Art Basel Miami Beach.... Book review: 'The Anglo Files: A Field Guide to the British,' by Sarah Lyall - Britain and America are two nations united by language and divided by everything else. These differences are the subject of "The Anglo Files," by Sarah Lyall.... Wolfgang Wagner, Van Cliburn, Paul McCartney - A roundup of the day's celebrity news.... Terrence Howard, with a different message - After 'It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp,' the "Hustle & Flow" actor's debut album, "Shine Through It," veers away from hip-hop.... Reviews: 'The Grift' and 'A Fraction of the Whole' - Debra Ginsberg imagines the life of a psychic who discovers she really can see the truth, while Steve Toltz traces a familial drama bogged down in first person.... Joseph Biden Jr., Madonna, Avril Lavigne - A round-up of the day's celebrity news.... Wagner family divided over Bayreuth Festival - The opera director Gérard Mortier and Nike Wagner, a great-grandchild of Richard Wagner, are joining to seek control of the festival in Germany, a challenge to another branch of the composer's family.... A first for India: A museum of contemporary art - The Devi Art Foundation in Delhi is poised to be India's first noncommercial, nonprofit exhibition space for contemporary art from India and the subcontinent.... Renée Fleming, Pink Floyd, Jennifer Hudson - A roundup of the day's celebrity news.... Australia assessing visa for Snoop Dogg - The immigration department said Wednesday it was conducting a character assessment of Snoop Dogg, including his criminal history, as Australia considers whether to grant the rapper a visa for a concert tour later this year.... Book reviews: 'Man in the Dark' and 'Supreme Courtship' - Paul Auster serves up more metafiction, and from Christopher Buckley comes a farce about the American judicial system.... Lebbeus Woods: An architect who still explores the fringes of reality - While most of his friends and colleagues have abandoned their imaginary cities to chase lucrative commissions, Woods has shown little interest in building. But by abandoning fantasy, the profession has lost one of its most valuable imaginative tools.... At Venice film festival, a truly global lineup - The festival begins Wednesday and continues until Sept. 6. Only five English-language films will be competing for awards.... At the National Theatre, watching as women take the reins - With "Her Naked Skin," Rebecca Lenkiewicz becomes the first living female playwright to have her work performed on the National Theatre's prestigious Olivier stage.... Salzburg Festival strikes both high notes and low - A look at Salzburg operas, including "Don Giovanni," "Rusalka," "Otello," "Roméo et Juliette" and "Die Zauberflöte" yields decidedly mixed reviews.... Casting Asia as a player in the A-list art game - Asian contemporary art has seen its star rise markedly in recent years. Yet the region has yet to produce art fairs to rival those in the West like Art Basel in Switzerland, Frieze Art Fair in London, the Armory Show in New York and Art Basel Miami Beach.... Book review: 'The Anglo Files: A Field Guide to the British,' by Sarah Lyall - Britain and America are two nations united by language and divided by everything else. These differences are the subject of "The Anglo Files," by Sarah Lyall.... Wolfgang Wagner, Van Cliburn, Paul McCartney - A roundup of the day's celebrity news.... Terrence Howard, with a different message - After 'It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp,' the "Hustle & Flow" actor's debut album, "Shine Through It," veers away from hip-hop.... Reviews: 'The Grift' and 'A Fraction of the Whole' - Debra Ginsberg imagines the life of a psychic who discovers she really can see the truth, while Steve Toltz traces a familial drama bogged down in first person.... Joseph Biden Jr., Madonna, Avril Lavigne - A round-up of the day's celebrity news.... Events at the Old Operating Theatre Museum - The latest events held by the Museum... Grants received by the Old Operating Theatre Museum - Details of grants and projects undertaken by the Museum ... Development Plan for the Old Operating Theatre Museum - Opportunity to look at the plans to improve the Museum - could we purchase the Church below the herb Garret?... News from the Old Operating Theatre Museum - News from our Home Page... History of Medicine Pages - Major rewrite of the History of Medicine Page ... Latest Press Releases from the Museum - The latest press releases from the Old Operating Theatre Museum ... Copyright © 2008, Chicago Best Price. All Rights Reserved. |