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AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam

HET CONCERTGEBOUW • 7 - 8 January 2009

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND
Bruckner: Symphony No. 5: Bernard Haitink, conductor

TONHALLE • 6 - 8 January 2009

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
Yellowman: By Dael Orlandersmith

THE MARKET THEATRE • 6 - 8 January 2009

PARIS, FRANCE
Tango Pasión

THEATRE DES CHAMPS-ELYSEES • 19 December 2008 - 8 January 2009

LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES
The Wrestler

VARIOUS VENUES • 19 December 2008 - 10 January 2009

NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
Thaïs : By Jules Massenet

METROPOLITAN OPERA • 11 December 2008 - 8 January 2009

LONDON, ENGLAND
Matthew Bourne's Edward Scissorhands

SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE • 2 December 2008 - 18 January 2009

LONDON, ENGLAND
Secret City: Jason Langer, Robert Doisneau

MICHAEL HOPPEN GALLERY • 25 November 2008 - 12 January 2009

WARSAW, POLAND
Art Comes Before Gold

MUSEUM OF MODERN ART IN WARSAW • 6 December 2008 - 24 January 2009

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
Rocco de Villiers “in black, in menopause and in concert”

GRANDWEST’S ROXY REVUE BAR • 27 November 2008 - 17 January 2009

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
Daniel & Geo Fuchs: Toygiants

YOUNG GALLERY • 11 December 2008 - 4 February 2009

LONDON, ENGLAND
August: Osage County: By Tracy Letts

LYTTELTON THEATRE • 21 November 2008 - 21 January 2009

YOKOHAMA , JAPAN
Homage to Cézanne : His Influence on the Development of Twentieth Century Painting

YOKOHAMA MUSEUM OF ART • 15 November 2008 - 25 January 2009

LONDON, ENGLAND
Indian Highway

SERPENTINE GALLERY • 10 December 2008 - 22 February 2009

LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES
Drawing the Classical Figure

J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM • 23 December 2008 - 8 March 2009

BARCELONA, SPAIN
Oriol Maspons: an unusual photographer (Photographs 1950- 1970)

KOWASA GALLERY • 13 December 2008 - 28 February 2009

EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND
Dutch Mannerism: Goltzius and His Contemporaries

NATIONAL GALLERY OF SCOTLAND • 22 November 2008 - 8 February 2009

TOKYO, JAPAN
Tokyo in the 1930s and the Birth of Prince Asaka's Art Deco Residence

TOKYO METROPOLITAN TEIEN ART MUSEUM • 25 October 2008 - 12 January 2009

NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
William Eggleston: Democratic Camera : Photographs and Video, 1961 - 2008

WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART • 7 November 2008 - 25 January 2009

NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
Obama: The Historic Campaign & Victory in Photos

SCHOMBURG CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN BLACK CULTURE • 11 December 2008 - 28 February 2009

15. Les Protestations physiques qui tournent mal: un phénomène rare
"À propos de cette chaussure.... C'est ce qui arrive dans les sociétés libres. Les gens veulent s'attirer l'attention."
George W. Bush commentant le lancer de chaussure à Bagdad.

DISPATCH FROM VERSAILLES: FROM THE RIDICULOUS TO THE SUBLIME

In companion commentaries, Patricia Boccadoro first provides the reader with reason to postpone that once in a lifetime visit to Versailles, then offers a compelling argument for booking the trip post-haste. (Hint: wait till they get rid of the giant lobster.).
Jeff Koons: Lobster, 2003 in the Salon of Mars

FRESH AND FAMILIAR VOICES: NEW RECORDINGS FOR A NEW YEAR

Serendipity brings a pastiche of recordings to the attention of our Joel Kasow, freshly back from sabbatical. His picks and recommendations are like a postcard from an old friend.

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BRZEZINSKI SPELLS IT OUT TO JOE SCARBOROUGH

MSNBC's right-wing talking head Scarborough is paraded on the tip of Chief Zbigniew's spear.

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ARIZONA: DESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN HOSTS GLASS ARTIST DALE CHIHULY

The exuberant glass artist manages (mostly) to avoid gilding the lily in an installation that contrasts his Vegas-style showmanship with the subtle beauty of Arizona's unique desert botanicals.

Opera • Latest Features

Gala Glitters as Wall Street Shatters

At the Metropolitan Opera's Opening Night Gala, investment bankers, hedge-fund managers and other financial types who form the cutting edge of New York’s boom-times economy appear to be wondering if the fat lady has finally sung.

In Comment.

Brokeback Mountain as Opera

In News.

Satyagraha: Gandhi According to Philip Glass and the Metropolitan Opera

In Reviews.

JazzNet • Latest Features

Pictures of the Blues

On view and for sale are prints of artists whose sound had roots in the field hollers and work songs of slavery but soon evolved into music that was to bolster irreversibly the African American as an individual. • 12/29/2008 • In Seen.

Nica de Koenigswarter: A Woman with a Passion

In Seen.

25 MacArthur Fellows Win Genius Grants of $500,000 Each

In News.

Art and Archaeology • Latest Features

Marie Antoinette's Estate Le Petit Trianon Reopened After Makeover

The 5.3 million euro renovation of the French queen's private estate in the park of the Château of Versailles has attracted more attention and visitors than the controversial 'Jeff Koons Versailles'. • 12/27/2008 • In Seen.