UK virtual orchestra puts you in conductor's stand
(2012-05-22T17:06:56Z)
A London museum is putting the conductor's baton in visitors' hands, allowing guests to direct a virtual orchestra using three-dimensional motion sensors.

Police arrest artist setting up 'I Love NY' work
(2012-05-21T21:56:44Z)
An artist who was setting up an illuminated "I Love New York"-themed public art display in Brooklyn was arrested after the wired contraption was mistaken for an explosive device.

Warsaw fires architect of planned art museum
(2012-05-18T15:16:50Z)
Officials have fired the Swiss architect tapped to design an ambitious museum of modern art in Poland's capital, throwing the whole project off track.

Mattila withdraws from new Met Opera 'Ballo'
(2012-05-17T23:54:59Z)
Soprano Karita Mattila has withdrawn from the Metropolitan Opera's new production of Verdi's "Un Ballo in Maschera (A Masked Ball)."

Canada museum kills masturbation video after outcry
(2012-05-17T16:20:16Z)
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's federal science museum has removed an animated video showing youth masturbating from an upcoming sex exhibit following a public outcry, a museum spokesman said. The Canada Science and Technology Museum will open the "Sex: A Tell-all Exhibition" on Thursday as planned despite strong criticism from Canadian Heritage Minister James Moore, who has called it an insult to taxpayers. ...

Curator of Georgia O'Keeffe Museum resigns
(2012-05-11T20:52:20Z)
Few people in the world know as much about the life and art of Georgia O'Keeffe as Barbara Buhler Lynes, who resigned Friday after years as curator and director of the research center at the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe.

A 'Picasso' That an Ohio Man Bought in a Thrift Store Sold for $7,000
(2012-05-11T19:26:42Z)
Zachary Bodish, 46, of Columbus, Ohio, bought what he thought was a poster reproduction advertising an exhibit of Pablo Picasso for $14.14 in a thrift store and sold it for $7,000 to a private buyer.

Pittsburgh opera fans jeer plan to honor governor
(2012-05-09T16:18:25Z)
The Phantom of the Opera may be fine, but opera fans say Gov. Tom Corbett is a problem.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra to tour Mexico, Asia
(2012-05-09T15:04:59Z)
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Riccardo Muti plan trips to New York, Asia and Mexico for the 2012-2013 season.