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Museums RSS FeedsFrom across the centuries, a different view of Picasso - The "Picasso and the Masters," exhibition, being held simultaneously at three Paris museums, explores Picasso's talent for absorbing and transforming the art of his predecessors....Feed Source: www.iht.com Financial turmoil reshapes a corner of the art market - In 'Islamic Art' sales this week, pieces at the top of the market rose to extravagant heights, while the intermediary market is on the verge of extinction.... 'Happy-Go-Lucky': A charming romp on the complicated quest for happiness - Poppy, played by Sally Hawkins, the bright focus of the film, keeps moving forward, laughing and nodding her head as if she were agreeing not just with this or that friend but also with life itself.... Britney Spears, Brad Pitt, The Beatles - A roundup of the day's celebrity news.... A year later, Creation Museum claiming big crowds - The museum exhibits are taken from the Old Testament, but the special effects are pure Hollywood: a state-of-the-art planetarium, animatronics and a massive model of Noah's Ark, all intended to explain the origins of the universe from a biblical viewpoint.... Singer Sheryl Crow starts clothing line - Grammy-winning singer Sheryl Crow, who says she's always been a girl who likes to wear jeans, has launched a new casual clothing line. It's called Bootheel Trading Co.... Book review: 'A Most Wanted Man' - With the aftermath of 9/11 in the background, John le Carré has published one of the best novels he's ever written. Maybe the best, it's possible.... Studios sue to bar a DVD copying program - Six major movie studios sued RealNetworks over its new software program that allows people to make digital copies of their DVDs.... 'Bombay Anna': A governess continues to charm - The title of Susan Morgan's biography may ring no bells, but chances are you've heard of its heroine - whose life formed the basis for Margaret Landon's 1944 book "Anna and the King of Siam," itself adapted in Rodgers and Hammerstein's 1951 musical.... Jacqueline Jones's 'Saving Savannah' - Jones meticulously recreates the time of the Civil War in Georgia's rice kingdom in "Saving Savannah."... Ariel Sabar's 'My Father's Paradise' - "My Father's Paradise" is a personal undertaking for a son who admits he never understood his unassuming, penny-pinching immigrant father.... Emma Donoghue's 'The Sealed Letter' - Emma Donoghue's cozily lurid new novel, "The Sealed Letter," tells a story all the more remarkable for being based on an actual case involving an admiral, his beautiful young wife and a prominent activist for women's suffrage.... Nadeem Aslam's 'The Wasted Vigil' - In "The Wasted Vigil," Aslam ranges across Afghanistan's ancient and modern history, punctuating his narrative with cross-cultural allusions.... A new art: On fringes of Frieze, design slips in side door - Among a bevy of satellite events on the fringes of Frieze Art Fair in London, two in particular offer windows into an avant-garde world where art, architecture and design blend as one: DesignArt London and Covent Garden Super Design.... Morandini's art: Playful, geometric design - A retrospective of Marcello Morandini has been mounted at the Ca' Pesaro Gallery of Modern Art on the Grand Canal in Venice: "Marcello Morandini: Art, Architecture, Design."... Korean art emerges from China's shadow - With prices for Chinese contemporary art now out of many reach for many collectors, some are looking to Korean artists.... Moscow catches new art bug - Contemporary works are attracting still-spending billionaires.... Dylan Loeb McClain: Chess - The weekly chess puzzle.... Modern French society, through Agnès Jaoui's lens - The filmmaker's latest release, "Parlez-moi de la pluie," like many of her films, touches on class differences, public poses and private lives, including her own.... French writer receives Nobel for literature - J.M.G. Le Clézio's work reflects a seemingly insatiable restlessness and sense of wonder about other places and other cultures.... Excerpts from Le Clézio's work - Excerpts from the works of French author Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio, who won the 2008 Nobel Prize for literature.... Works of Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio - A partial list of books by Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio, winner Thursday of the Nobel Prize for literature:... Oliver Stone treads softly in 'W.' - Oliver Stone's film about the life of George W. Bush is not so much operatic or hysterical as utterly plausible.... 'Rachel Getting Married': A sister out of rehab, wreaking havoc - The wonderful thing about "Rachel Getting Married" is how expansive it seems, in spite of the limits of its scope and the modesty of its ambitions.... An election to laugh about - For comedy shows specializing in topical satire, the rabid attention that viewers are giving to the presidential (and vice-presidential) contest is providing a jolt of ratings and creative energy.... Kim Chan, actor in diverse Asian roles - Kim Chan, an actor who became a familiar face in a variety of Asian roles, notably as Jerry Lewis's butler in the Martin Scorsese film "The King of Comedy," a character who did furious battle with an obsessed fan played by Robert De Niro, has died in Brooklyn.... Paris Hilton, Hugh Hefner, John Cusack - A roundup of the day's celebrity news.... John Lennon's drawings to be on exhibit in NYC - When it comes to members of the Beatles, even doodles are a treasure.... Meinhof daughter criticizes Red Army Faction film - A new film devoted to the violent career of the Red Army Faction has drawn sharp criticism from both the daughter of one of the left-wing German terrorist group's leaders and the daughter of a prominent victim.... Book Review: 'Amarcord: Marcella Remembers' - Marcella Hazan describes how a small-town girl became a cooking guru.... 'Body of Lies': A flashy, lifeless thriller - "Body of Lies" focuses on the fight against a shadowy super-jihadist, but it is flung together into a feverishly edited jet-setting exercise in purposeless intensity.... Tina Brown enters the online fray - The Daily Beast is aiming to be a smaller, less chaotic version of the World Wide Web itself, promising rigorous editing of the culture for complicated times.... Far from the Eiffel Tower, a hip new hotel - Mama Shelter, a hotel designed from scratch by Philippe Starck and built by Roland Castro under the aegis of Serge Trigano, has opened in an offbeat part of Paris and mingles casual trendiness with low rates.... Book review: 'Serena' and 'A Cure for Night' - Ron Rash's "Serena" is an Appalachian ballad carried out with bone-chilling aplomb and linguistic grace. "A Cure for Night," the first novel from Justin Peacock, is an engaging legal thriller.... The ambition of the short story - There are virtues associated with smallness. It is the realm of elegance and grace. It's also the realm of perfection.... Halle Berry, David Duchovny, Bill Murray - A roundup of the day's celebrity news.... 3 classics revamped with modernity and verve - To see "Six Characters in Search of an Author," "Creditors," and "Waste" within a single week on the London stage is to be reminded of the excitement that results from an ongoing and very fruitful tension between playwrights who can no longer answer for themselves and directors and actors more than able to argue those writers' cases for them.... Sarah Silverman's message to grandparents: Vote Obama - As she prepares to launch a new season of her eponymous show, Sarah Silverman, the acerbic, anything-for-a-laugh comedian, has once again insinuated herself into e-mail inboxes with a Web video.... Sustained by faith, film reaches top 5 at box office - A $500,00 film about a firefighter who saves his marriage by turning to God has earned about $12.5 million, thanks to a highly targeted marketing plan by Sherwood Pictures, a tiny production company affiliated with Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, Georgia.... Putting out house fires, reigniting passions - "Fireproof" is a decent attempt to combine faith and storytelling that will certainly register with its target audience.... Miley Cyrus, Coldplay, Tina Fey - A roundup of the day's celebrity news.... Book review: 'American Widow' - This graphic novel is a memoir by the author Alissa Torres, whose husband died in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.... 'Afterschool': A film on being young and out to redefine what's real - "Afterschool," a film by Antonio Campos, wrestles with the complications of young life in a YouTube world.... Mary Heilmann's winding, abstract road to success - A retrospective on the 40-year career of the abstract painter Mary Heilmann, titled "To Be Someone," begins the final leg of a U.S. tour in New York on Oct. 22.... Audubon's species: Bird art, in all its glory - Four new books illuminate the confluence of science, art and ornithology.... Madonna: A concert more aerobic than erotic - Time obsesses Madonna on her Sticky and Sweet Tour, which made its first American stop at the Izod Center in New Jersey.... War and sex: Who's afraid of Sarah Kane? - Soho Rep in New York is facing the challenge of staging Sarah Kane's "Blasted," a play bursting with audacious violence and wriggling with metaphor.... Chrissie Hynde returns to her Ohio roots - The new album "Break Up the Concrete" by Chrissie Hynde's band the Pretenders is loose and scrappy, shot through with rockabilly and country.... Patrick Page: From Seuss to Shakespeare - Patrick Page has been known mostly for cartoonish roles since going to New York in 1993, but in regional theater he is known as a Shakespearean leading man.... From across the centuries, a different view of Picasso - The "Picasso and the Masters," exhibition, being held simultaneously at three Paris museums, explores Picasso's talent for absorbing and transforming the art of his predecessors.... Financial turmoil reshapes a corner of the art market - In 'Islamic Art' sales this week, pieces at the top of the market rose to extravagant heights, while the intermediary market is on the verge of extinction.... 'Happy-Go-Lucky': A charming romp on the complicated quest for happiness - Poppy, played by Sally Hawkins, the bright focus of the film, keeps moving forward, laughing and nodding her head as if she were agreeing not just with this or that friend but also with life itself.... Britney Spears, Brad Pitt, The Beatles - A roundup of the day's celebrity news.... A year later, Creation Museum claiming big crowds - The museum exhibits are taken from the Old Testament, but the special effects are pure Hollywood: a state-of-the-art planetarium, animatronics and a massive model of Noah's Ark, all intended to explain the origins of the universe from a biblical viewpoint.... Singer Sheryl Crow starts clothing line - Grammy-winning singer Sheryl Crow, who says she's always been a girl who likes to wear jeans, has launched a new casual clothing line. It's called Bootheel Trading Co.... Book review: 'A Most Wanted Man' - With the aftermath of 9/11 in the background, John le Carré has published one of the best novels he's ever written. Maybe the best, it's possible.... Studios sue to bar a DVD copying program - Six major movie studios sued RealNetworks over its new software program that allows people to make digital copies of their DVDs.... 'Bombay Anna': A governess continues to charm - The title of Susan Morgan's biography may ring no bells, but chances are you've heard of its heroine - whose life formed the basis for Margaret Landon's 1944 book "Anna and the King of Siam," itself adapted in Rodgers and Hammerstein's 1951 musical.... Jacqueline Jones's 'Saving Savannah' - Jones meticulously recreates the time of the Civil War in Georgia's rice kingdom in "Saving Savannah."... Ariel Sabar's 'My Father's Paradise' - "My Father's Paradise" is a personal undertaking for a son who admits he never understood his unassuming, penny-pinching immigrant father.... Emma Donoghue's 'The Sealed Letter' - Emma Donoghue's cozily lurid new novel, "The Sealed Letter," tells a story all the more remarkable for being based on an actual case involving an admiral, his beautiful young wife and a prominent activist for women's suffrage.... Nadeem Aslam's 'The Wasted Vigil' - In "The Wasted Vigil," Aslam ranges across Afghanistan's ancient and modern history, punctuating his narrative with cross-cultural allusions.... A new art: On fringes of Frieze, design slips in side door - Among a bevy of satellite events on the fringes of Frieze Art Fair in London, two in particular offer windows into an avant-garde world where art, architecture and design blend as one: DesignArt London and Covent Garden Super Design.... Morandini's art: Playful, geometric design - A retrospective of Marcello Morandini has been mounted at the Ca' Pesaro Gallery of Modern Art on the Grand Canal in Venice: "Marcello Morandini: Art, Architecture, Design."... Korean art emerges from China's shadow - With prices for Chinese contemporary art now out of many reach for many collectors, some are looking to Korean artists.... Moscow catches new art bug - Contemporary works are attracting still-spending billionaires.... Dylan Loeb McClain: Chess - The weekly chess puzzle.... Modern French society, through Agnès Jaoui's lens - The filmmaker's latest release, "Parlez-moi de la pluie," like many of her films, touches on class differences, public poses and private lives, including her own.... French writer receives Nobel for literature - J.M.G. Le Clézio's work reflects a seemingly insatiable restlessness and sense of wonder about other places and other cultures.... Excerpts from Le Clézio's work - Excerpts from the works of French author Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio, who won the 2008 Nobel Prize for literature.... Works of Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio - A partial list of books by Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio, winner Thursday of the Nobel Prize for literature:... Oliver Stone treads softly in 'W.' - Oliver Stone's film about the life of George W. Bush is not so much operatic or hysterical as utterly plausible.... 'Rachel Getting Married': A sister out of rehab, wreaking havoc - The wonderful thing about "Rachel Getting Married" is how expansive it seems, in spite of the limits of its scope and the modesty of its ambitions.... An election to laugh about - For comedy shows specializing in topical satire, the rabid attention that viewers are giving to the presidential (and vice-presidential) contest is providing a jolt of ratings and creative energy.... Kim Chan, actor in diverse Asian roles - Kim Chan, an actor who became a familiar face in a variety of Asian roles, notably as Jerry Lewis's butler in the Martin Scorsese film "The King of Comedy," a character who did furious battle with an obsessed fan played by Robert De Niro, has died in Brooklyn.... Paris Hilton, Hugh Hefner, John Cusack - A roundup of the day's celebrity news.... John Lennon's drawings to be on exhibit in NYC - When it comes to members of the Beatles, even doodles are a treasure.... Meinhof daughter criticizes Red Army Faction film - A new film devoted to the violent career of the Red Army Faction has drawn sharp criticism from both the daughter of one of the left-wing German terrorist group's leaders and the daughter of a prominent victim.... Book Review: 'Amarcord: Marcella Remembers' - Marcella Hazan describes how a small-town girl became a cooking guru.... 'Body of Lies': A flashy, lifeless thriller - "Body of Lies" focuses on the fight against a shadowy super-jihadist, but it is flung together into a feverishly edited jet-setting exercise in purposeless intensity.... Tina Brown enters the online fray - The Daily Beast is aiming to be a smaller, less chaotic version of the World Wide Web itself, promising rigorous editing of the culture for complicated times.... Far from the Eiffel Tower, a hip new hotel - Mama Shelter, a hotel designed from scratch by Philippe Starck and built by Roland Castro under the aegis of Serge Trigano, has opened in an offbeat part of Paris and mingles casual trendiness with low rates.... Book review: 'Serena' and 'A Cure for Night' - Ron Rash's "Serena" is an Appalachian ballad carried out with bone-chilling aplomb and linguistic grace. "A Cure for Night," the first novel from Justin Peacock, is an engaging legal thriller.... The ambition of the short story - There are virtues associated with smallness. It is the realm of elegance and grace. It's also the realm of perfection.... Halle Berry, David Duchovny, Bill Murray - A roundup of the day's celebrity news.... 3 classics revamped with modernity and verve - To see "Six Characters in Search of an Author," "Creditors," and "Waste" within a single week on the London stage is to be reminded of the excitement that results from an ongoing and very fruitful tension between playwrights who can no longer answer for themselves and directors and actors more than able to argue those writers' cases for them.... Sarah Silverman's message to grandparents: Vote Obama - As she prepares to launch a new season of her eponymous show, Sarah Silverman, the acerbic, anything-for-a-laugh comedian, has once again insinuated herself into e-mail inboxes with a Web video.... Sustained by faith, film reaches top 5 at box office - A $500,00 film about a firefighter who saves his marriage by turning to God has earned about $12.5 million, thanks to a highly targeted marketing plan by Sherwood Pictures, a tiny production company affiliated with Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, Georgia.... Putting out house fires, reigniting passions - "Fireproof" is a decent attempt to combine faith and storytelling that will certainly register with its target audience.... Miley Cyrus, Coldplay, Tina Fey - A roundup of the day's celebrity news.... Book review: 'American Widow' - This graphic novel is a memoir by the author Alissa Torres, whose husband died in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.... 'Afterschool': A film on being young and out to redefine what's real - "Afterschool," a film by Antonio Campos, wrestles with the complications of young life in a YouTube world.... Mary Heilmann's winding, abstract road to success - A retrospective on the 40-year career of the abstract painter Mary Heilmann, titled "To Be Someone," begins the final leg of a U.S. tour in New York on Oct. 22.... Audubon's species: Bird art, in all its glory - Four new books illuminate the confluence of science, art and ornithology.... Madonna: A concert more aerobic than erotic - Time obsesses Madonna on her Sticky and Sweet Tour, which made its first American stop at the Izod Center in New Jersey.... War and sex: Who's afraid of Sarah Kane? - Soho Rep in New York is facing the challenge of staging Sarah Kane's "Blasted," a play bursting with audacious violence and wriggling with metaphor.... Chrissie Hynde returns to her Ohio roots - The new album "Break Up the Concrete" by Chrissie Hynde's band the Pretenders is loose and scrappy, shot through with rockabilly and country.... Patrick Page: From Seuss to Shakespeare - Patrick Page has been known mostly for cartoonish roles since going to New York in 1993, but in regional theater he is known as a Shakespearean leading man.... 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. |