http://bigblog.com/arts_culture.html The latest in Arts & Culture http://www.backstage.com/bso/news_reviews/nyc/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003802396 The 53rd annual Drama Desk Awards will go to Pulitzer prize-winning August: Osage County for Best Play, and Passing Strange for Best Musical of the 2007-2008 season. http://home.nzcity.co.nz/news/article.aspx?id=85132&fm=newsmain,narts Emerging Christchurch opera singer Seamus Casey has died after a Sydney car crash, his wife made decision to switch off life support http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=4841379 The director of a Thailand museum was indicted on a wire fraud charge in connection with a federal investigation into looted Southeast Asian antiquities. http://www.chronicle.gi/readarticle.php?id=000013562 Two local school children have each received 100 for their savings accounts after entering a competition to paint a ceramic pig. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/5774534.html ADVERTISING: Contests | Fraudulent Ads | Information & Rates | Place An Ad | Singles In Houston | Yellow Pages | CHRONLINKS http://www.albawaba.com/en/entertainment/227418 The Egyptian Art Association agreed during their last meeting to include the Syrian actor Jamal Suleiman, Lebanese actor Nour and Tunisian actress Hind Sabri as members of the association.jamal http://arts.guardian.co.uk/funding/story/0,,2279572,00.html Arts organisations in England face being inspected every three years by a small team of experts who will scrutinise everything from how good their work is to how well they manage their finances. http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/features/arts/2008/may/06/arts-06-05-2008-001.htm As a colourful international arts review published in Nigeria since 2001, Position Magazine has since been keeping its promise of bringing to the fore the world of African arts, artists and the complex issues that concern them. http://www.armenpress.am/eng/news/culture.htm News | Photoarchive | Dialogue | Archives | About us | Links | Contact | Guestbook http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117985547.html?categoryid=19&cs=1 SEOUL The Korean Film Archive (KOFA) this week inaugurated a new national film museum and cinematheque. http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/funny/080513ballet.shtml Our Bank Holiday funnies tickled the funny bone and attracted a whole new clutch of odd headlines and copy. http://en.ce.cn/entertainment/theater/200805/04/t20080504_15350968.shtml "Peony Pavilion", a Chinese ballet produced and performed by the National Ballet of China makes its world premiere in Beijing on Friday, May 2, 2008. http://english.vietnamnet.vn/lifestyle/2008/05/782733/ VietNamNet Bridge - A painting exhibition by a deaf-and-dumb student, Nguyen Thi Thanh Thuy, 18, opened on May 9 at the English Institute, University of Da Nang. The exhibition will close on May 30. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/main.jhtml?xml=/property/2008/05/13/phockney113.xml Does starring in a famous work of art raise the value of a home? Jonny Beardsall asks the experts and the seller http://www.allamericanpatriots.com/48747271_academy-television-arts-sciences-votes-create-outs Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Votes to Create "Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program" Category http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-05-12-thai-museum_N.htm?csp=34 LOS ANGELES (AP) The director of a Thailand museum was indicted on a wire fraud charge in connection with a federal investigation into looted Southeast Asian antiquities. http://eng.primenewsonline.com/news/121/ARTICLE/20505/2008-05-12.html Enter your E-Mail Address or Username http://news.yahoo.ca/s/cbc/080512/canada/ottawa_shawinigan_art MONTREAL (CBC) - The National Gallery of Canada will no longer be putting on big art exhibitions for a gallery in Shawinigan, Que., the hometown of former prime minister Jean Chrtien. http://news.yahoo.com.au/080513/13/16u0m.html An exhibition of Pablo Picasso's personal art collection will be held in Brisbane from June 9 to September 14. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10509811&ref=rss Acclaimed Christchurch opera singer Seamus Casey has died in a Sydney hospital a week after being hit by a car. http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/5/13/apworld/20080513081505&sec=apworld LOS ANGELES (AP): The director of a Thailand museum was indicted on a wire fraud charge in connection with a U.S. investigation into looted Southeast Asian antiquities. http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/theampersand/archive/2008/05/12/p-m-a-amp-e-da-vinci-returns-mmva-fans-vote-nobel-prize-dissed.aspx More Blogs | National Post Home | Financial Post Home | News | Opinion | Arts | Life | Sports | Multimedia | Your Post http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/05/13/bfnixon113.xml Her girlfriend, she says, has taught her to take life more easily. "As I get older, I think, 'Why am I breaking my back to return these movies to the video store and do the laundry and pay all the bills today?'?" she says. "My girlfriend is much better than I am at working hard then resting, and she demands that from me, too. She insists on having time when we don't do anything. We leave the housework and watch a movie." http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/05/13/bachinese113.xml You won't see a prettier show this year than this visually sensuous survey of Chinese decorative art, says Richard Dorment http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1949094/Steven-Spurrier-art-rescued-from-rats.html?source=rss These evocative sketches of 1920s life are among a handful salvaged intact from a barn where rats destroyed half a million pounds' worth of art.