While straight plays may be endangered species on the Great White Way, Off Broadway has no shortage of stars. New York Times
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DIGITAL BIENNIAL
For the first time, the Whitney Museum plans to include digital artists in its Biennial, scheduled for next year. New York Times
BOUGHTA-BOTICELLI
They were getting the packing crates ready to ship £15 million Boticelli from the UK to Fort Worth’s Kimbell Museum. At the last minute the director of the Scottish National Gallery managed to put the money together and… The Guardian
SCAFFOLDING AND GREY PLASTIC SHEETING EVERYWHERE
Italy is cleaning up its architecture and monuments for the millennium. Too bad someone can’t stop the cars and industrial pollution that got them dirty in the first place. ARTnewspaper.com
HALLELUJAH
Frank McNamara has rewritten Handel’s “Messiah.” New version stars Gladys Knight (without the Pips), Chaka Khan and Roger Daltry. “I just thought it would be great to do a pop version,” says McNamara. “There are great tunes in it. At the end of the day, music is entertainment. I don’t think it should be challenging.” – Irish Times