Here is the latest in International Art News from The New York Times.
ArtsBeat: Broadway’s ‘Wicked’ Soars Past $1 Billion at the Box Office
The musical is one of only three Broadway shows to reach that milestone and the fastest to get there, according to a statement from the show’s producers.
ArtsBeat: ‘Crucible’ Off to Strong Start at Broadway Box Office
The revival of the Arthur Miller play was the highest-grossing non-musical on Broadway last week.
Anita Brookner, British Art Historian and Novelist, Dies at 87
A daughter of Polish Jews, she won the Booker Prize for her 1984 novel “Hotel du Lac.”
ArtsBeat: Primary Stages Season to Include Adaptation of Rankine’s ‘Citizen’
The season will also include a revival of Horton Foote’s “The Roads to Home.”
A New Weapon for Battling Cellphones in Theaters: Laser Beams
Some performance spaces in China aim light beams at patrons to discourage them from using cellphones during shows.
ArtsBeat: Pakistan to Host a Biennale of Its Own
The inaugural Lahore Biennale will be held in November 2017.
The Art of Collecting: Tefaf Expands, but Keeps Focus on Top Tier
The Dutch art fair plans to starting holding spring and fall shows in New York, giving its galleries the chance “to go where the market is.”
The Art of Collecting: Daido Moriyama Gives a Fresh Look to Tokyo
An exhibition at the Fondation Cartier in Paris casts a different light on the streets the photographer has roamed and documented for decades.
The Art of Collecting: Contemporary Works at Tefaf Convey a Sense of Vulnerability
“Show Your Wound”, the curated contemporary art section at the fair, aims to change the perspective for visitors expecting a locus of commerce.
ArtsBeat: A Cast of Children for York Theater’s ‘Charlie Brown’
The York Theater Company plans to cast children in all of the roles for its coming show, “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.”
ArtsBeat: Met Opera’s Credit Rating Left Unchanged by Moody’s
Moody’s, in maintaining its credit rating for the Metropolitan Opera, notes box-office “softness” but also unusual donor support.
BP to End Sponsorship of Tate Museums
A BP spokesman said the “commercial decision” was prompted by the collapse in oil prices and the decline in the company’s profit since mid-2014.
ArtsBeat: Stephen Greenblatt Wins Holberg Prize
The Harvard scholar Stephen Greenblatt, known for his Shakespeare studies, wins the Holberg Prize.
ArtsBeat: Yale Rep to Debut Works by Amy Herzog and Sarah Ruhl
Three playwrights — Amy Herzog, Sarah Ruhl and Aditi Brennan Kapil — will have premieres presented in the coming season at Yale Repertory Theater.
ArtsBeat: What’s on This Week Around the World
The Beach Boys play Hong Kong, Chagall goes on view in Vienna and a never-seen Caravaggio painting goes on display in Tokyo.
Art for Tomorrow: Opening Doors in China for Creations Old and New
Digital technology is changing how Chinese art is made, marketed and sold, and marks one of the biggest shifts in the industry.
Tefaf Faces Competitive Headwinds
The volatility of the global economy looms over what has been the world’s pre-eminent art fair.
Art for Tomorrow: Los Angeles Art Scene Comes Into Its Own
There is growing appreciation of the cultural infrastructure, working environment and lifestyle of America’s second-largest city among artists, donors and collectors large and small.
Art for Tomorrow: Escalating the War on Looting
The international community is focusing on the marketplace to scare off demand for stolen artifacts.
Art for Tomorrow: Challenging Washington’s Architectural History
Architectural diversity on Washington’s National Mall is in full flower.
Art for Tomorrow: Museums Embrace Digital Offerings as Visitor Numbers Surge
Directors are enlisting technology as a way of making precious works available while keeping them safe.
Art for Tomorrow: Art Scene Thrives on the Edges in Mexico City
Social media is helping artists’ collectives to project their work around the world.
Art for Tomorrow: Sotheby’s and Christie’s Adapt to Digital Age
The traditional auction houses are forming affiliations with rivals to navigate a shifting marketplace.
Theater Review: Review: Plays With Punch, With Roots in France
On the London stage, “Welcome Home, Captain Fox!,” “The Maids” and “The Patriotic Traitor.”
A Global Barbie Moment
The doll beloved by generations of girls is having a moment among the masters this year, with a flurry of international museum shows.
With Museum Shows in Europe, Barbie Gets Her Moment With the Masters
The doll beloved by generations of girls is the subject of exhibitions in Milan, Paris and Rome, but the involvement of Mattel has raised some eyebrows.
ArtsBeat: Thomas Adès Joins Boston Symphony as Artistic Partner
The highly acclaimed British composer Thomas Adès has been named to the new post of artistic partner at the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
ArtsBeat: Simon & Schuster to Publish Writings of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
The Georgetown Law professors Mary Hartnett and Wendy W. Williams will select the writings compiled in “My Own Words,” which will have an introduction written by Justice Ginsburg.
ArtsBeat: Rembrandts Emerge Into Public Eye, in Paris and Maastricht
Paintings jointly purchased by France and the Netherlands have gone on display at the Louvre, and a small, newly rediscovered Rembrandt oil was on display at the Tefar art fair in Maastricht.
ArtsBeat: Neil Patrick Harris’s Latest Trick: A Magic-Themed Immersive Theater Project
Neil Patrick Harris is working on a new magical-themed immersive theater project that is aiming for a fall opening in New York.
ArtsBeat: Director Chosen for Harvard Art Museums
Drew Gilpin Faust said that Martha Tedeschi’s experience would serve the museums well as the university seeks to integrate its collections “more fully into Harvard’s intellectual life.”
ArtsBeat: Orsay Museum President Is Reappointed, but to a Shortened Term
The French Culture Ministry announced that Guy Cogeval, the president of the Musée d’Orsay, would be reappointed to his post – but for only one year.
Budapest Journal: Hungarian Leader’s ‘Edifice Complex’ Has Some in Budapest Rattled
The Hungarian leader, Viktor Orban, is backing two big projects, for both economic and political reasons, to restore key buildings to their pre-World War II glory.
In ‘Iolanta/The Nutcracker,’ a Director Unites Two Tchaikovsky Works
Dmitri Tcherniakov discusses his complicated, and ambitious double bill for the Paris Opera that reunites works by Tchaikovsky.
500 Years of Jewish Life in Venice
A journey into one of the world’s oldest Jewish ghettos, where this year a long, rich history is commemorated.
George Martin, Redefining Producer Who Guided the Beatles, Dies at 90
Mr. Martin, who signed the band to a recording contract in 1962 after every other British label refused to, helped redefine a producer’s role in pop music.
ArtsBeat: Morgan Library to Offer a Weekend With Free Admission
The Morgan Library & Museum is going to offer free admission on the weekend of April 15-17.
ArtsBeat: Radiohead Tribute Coming to Café Carlyle From Lena Hall and Michael C. Hall
Lena Hall and Michael C. Hall, who performed in “Hedwig and the Angry Inch,” will present “Radiohead: Obsessed” at Café Carlyle in Manhattan.
ArtsBeat: Chinese Collector Joins Public Art Fund
Adrian Cheng, 36, a prominent Chinese collector and the scion of a multibillion-dollar retailing empire, is to join the board.
ArtsBeat: Finalists for PEN/Faulkner Award Named
James Hannaham, Julie Iromuanya, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Elizabeth Tallent and Luis Alberto Urrea are the finalists.
Warhol and Avedon Form an Unlikely Tandem in London
Works by Andy Warhol and Richard Avedon, arranged thematically, are on display at the Gagosian Gallery in London.
ArtsBeat: Julie Kent to Lead Washington Ballet
Ms. Kent, a beloved ballerina who danced her final performance with American Ballet Theater last June, will succeed Septime Webre as artistic director in July.
ArtsBeat: Emory Acquires W.E.B. DuBois’s Copy of Rare Early Abolitionist Appeal
Published in Boston in 1829, “Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World” was the first sustained attack on slavery and racism written by a black person in the United States.
ArtsBeat: Bob Dylan Announces American Tour for the New Album ‘Fallen Angels’
The tour, featuring Mavis Staples as the opening act, runs June 4 through July 17.
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Conductor and Early-Music Specialist, Dies at 86
Mr. Harnoncourt, who was also a cellist, founded the period-instrument ensemble Concentus Musicus Wien and worked regularly with many of Europe’s major orchestras.
For Hieronymus Bosch, One Helluva Homecoming
Two major retrospectives, one in the Dutch artist’s hometown in the Netherlands, bring together his scattered masterpieces.
At M.I.T., Science Embraces a New Chaos Theory: Art
More than 30 artists have been invited to embed in the labs since the creation of the school’s Center for Art, Science & Technology in 2012.
Art as Collateral in a Fickle Market
Companies that engage in art-based lending, in which paintings or sculptures are used as collateral for loans, hope to attract more collectors.
ArtsBeat: What’s on This Week Around the World
Peter Brook’s “Battlefield” plays in Mumbai; a music and dance festival comes to Adelaide, Australia; and the composer Kurt Weill is celebrated in Germany.
ArtsBeat: Opera and Punk Come Together in Conversation Series
Marina Abramovic, Laurie Anderson and Meredith Monk are among the artists who will appear as part of National Sawdust+.
Reimagining ‘West Side Story’ With Voices From Across New York
The chorus in Carnegie Hall’s new production includes participants from its Somewhere Project, an outreach program exploring what this musical means to New Yorkers today.
ArtsBeat: China Cracks Down on Online Television
Officials from the top broadcast regulator have said that programs will soon be subject to the same censorship as regular TV shows, according to a report in The Beijing Times.
Swiss Museum Faces a Backlash
The Kunsthaus’s expansion for a special collection has dredged up several thorny issues.
Germany to Continue Funding to Establish Provenance of Looted Art
The country’s culture minister, who is visiting the United States, said that the effort is “what we owe the victims.”
ArtsBeat: American Dance Festival to Feature Pilobolus, Stephen Petronio Company and More
The festival, which officially begins on June 16 in North Carolina, will also include a two-day lead-up of a show by Eiko.
ArtsBeat: Mostly Mozart Festival Marks 50th Anniversary With Opera
This summer’s festival, running from July 25 through Aug. 27, will include the premiere of a David Lang choral work for 1,000 singers and 50 new works performed by the International Contemporary Ensemble.
Close at Hand: Nicole Aragi’s Family History in a Jar
The literary agent finds comfort (and a taste of home) in olive oil harvested in northern Lebanon.
Vienna Philharmonic, Led by Valery Gergiev, Offers Old and New at Carnegie Hall
The orchestra’s annual visit to Carnegie Hall included a weekend heavy on Wagner as well as a major new work by Olga Neuwirth.
Nabil Maleh, Giant of Syrian Cinema, Dies at 79
Mr. Maleh’s best-known films pushed the envelope in his country, challenging a rigid government and strict social mores.
Melville Island Journal: Allure of Aboriginal Island Art, Made in Isolation, Reaches Across Oceans
Australia’s Tiwi painters, using traditional pigments, are at the heart of a school of Aboriginal art now exhibited in the United States and Europe.
Swiping a Priceless Antiquity … With a Scanner and a 3-D Printer
Two German artists digitally nabbed a famous bust of Queen Nefertiti, printed a copy for Egypt and released the data files to the world.
ArtsBeat: Songwriters Hall of Fame to Honor Marvin Gaye, Elvis Costello and Tom Petty
Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards of Chic will also be inducted at a ceremony in New York on June 9
ArtsBeat: Rolling Stones to Play Free Concert in Cuba
The Rolling Stones will perform at Ciudad Deportiva, Havana’s sports complex, on March 25.
ArtsBeat: Director of Rijksmuseum Is Stepping Down After 8 Years
Wim Pijbes is departing and will be the general director of the Voorlinden Museum.
ArtsBeat: Toni Morrison Wins PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Lifetime Achievement
Ms. Morrison’s prize comes with a $25,000 award.
Adele Arrives in an Arena at Last
The pop star, who once professed a fear of arenas, began a world tour with an operatic set balanced by touches of humility.
ArtsBeat: Nine Authors, Playwrights Win $150,000 Windham-Campbell Prizes
Tessa Hadley, Hilton Als and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins are among this year’s winners.
Claude Parent, Architect of the Oblique, Dies at 93
The French architect broke rule after rule on his way to developing a radical aesthetic that was all his own.
ArtsBeat: ‘Dead Poets Society’ Screenwriter Is Turning Film Into a Play
The shows are part of John Doyle’s first season as the theater’s artistic director.
ArtsBeat: Adele’s ‘25’ Hits No. 1 on Billboard Chart for the 10th Time
Since 2000, only five albums have spent 10 weeks at the top of the albums chart — and four of them are by Adele or Taylor Swift.
ArtsBeat: Derek Hough to Play Gene Kelly Role in ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ on Broadway
The two-time Emmy winner will make a splash on Broadway next January as the lead in the Théâtre du Châtelet’s production.
Berlin’s Museum Tours in Arabic Forge a Bridge to Refugees
The Culture Ministry is introducing migrants from Iraq and Syria to a cultural heritage that happens to include rare treasures from the Middle East.
ArtsBeat: Soprano Gets Two More Turns at Met “Butterfly”
Ana María Martínez will sing the role on Feb. 27 and March 5.
ArtsBeat: English National Opera’s Chorus Votes to Strike
Members of the chorus will stage a strike during the first act of the March 18 performance of Philip Glass’s “Akhnaten.”
ArtsBeat: Germany Chooses New Eurovision Singer After Outcry
The singer Jamie-Lee Kriewitz will represent Germany at Eurovision, replacing Xavier Naidoo, whose selection was rescinded after an outcry over his apparent right-wing sympathies.
ArtsBeat: Metropolitan Museum of Art Reaches Settlement on Admissions Policy
The Metropolitan Museum of Art will go back to saying $25 is a “suggested” admission fee, not “recommended.”
ArtsBeat: 92nd Street Y Announces 2016-17 Concert Season
The pianist Angela Hewitt will begin a four-year survey of Bach’s complete keyboard works with three recitals next season.
ArtsBeat: What’s on This Week Around the World
An electronic dance music festival opens in Mexico; “Jenufa” plays in Tokyo; and a Brussels museum holds several major art exhibitions.
A Blockbuster Deal Reassures the Art World
An American billionaire pays $500 million for paintings by de Kooning and Pollock.
Maodo Lo, an ‘Artist With a Basketball’ at Columbia
Lo is a star basketball player at Columbia attracting the attention of the N.B.A. He visits art galleries in his spare time, which is no surprise since his mother is Elvira Bach, a renowned German painter and sculptor.
ArtsBeat: Rachel Weisz to Star in ‘Plenty’ at the Public Theater
The revival of David Hare’s “Plenty” is set for the Public Theater this fall, the theater announced on Thursday.
ArtsBeat: Program Offers Free E-Books to Low-Income Children
Under the Open eBooks program thousands of best-selling books are available free to low-income children.
ArtsBeat: ‘Falsettos’ Is Returning to Broadway
Lincoln Center Theater will stage a revival of “Falsettos” on Broadway in the fall.
ArtsBeat: Setback for Picasso’s Daughter in Battle Over Sculpture
A French court rejects a request by Maya Widmaier-Picasso in a battle over a sculpture by her father.
ArtsBeat: Jeremy McQueen’s Ballet Collective to Foster Black Works
Starting in May, Jeremy McQueen’s new ballet collective, Black Iris Project, will present new works about black lives and history.
Ho Chi Minh City Journal: Ho Chi Minh City’s Shifting Skyline Stirs a Movement to Preserve History
As many historic buildings are razed to make way for the new, residents have started Facebook groups dedicated to celebrating and protecting them.
An Operatic Sequel Gives Figaro’s Marriage a Modern Twist
The Welsh National Opera premieres a retelling of Mozart and Rossini that ends in divorce.
Theater Review: On the London Stage, Atrocities, Puppets and Addiction
Three plays: A new take on Sarah Kane, an American import and a Matthew Perry debut.
ArtsBeat: Library of Congress Puts Rosa Parks Archive Online
Roughly 7,500 manuscript items and 2,500 photographs are available in the Library of Congress’s online offering of Rosa Parks’s archive.
ArtsBeat: Bare Lit Festival, for Minority Writers, to Make Debut in London
The new festival, devoted to minority-group writers, will have its debut on Friday.
Q. and A.: Global Rhythms of a Polish Composer and Clarinetist
A discussion with Waclaw Zimpel, a musical chameleon.
ArtsBeat: Gianandrea Noseda Named London Symphony’s Principal Guest Conductor
Mr. Noseda was named the next music director of the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C., last month.
ArtsBeat: ‘The Mermaid’ Breaks Box-Office Records in China
The fantasy romantic comedy took in $140 million during its second week in theaters, bringing its total earnings to $418 million. By Wednesday afternoon, that had risen to $441 million since its Feb. 8 release.
National Gallery’s Leader Looks to the Future
Gabriele Finaldi wants to overhaul the museum’s website and add exhibitions, among other things.
ArtsBeat: Major David Hockney Show Planned for Tate Britain
Tate Britain will put on a major Hockney retrospective that will later travel to Paris and New York.
ArtsBeat: University of Oklahoma Agrees to Return Pissarro Painting Looted by Nazis
Ending a long-running dispute, the University of Oklahoma has agreed to terms to return a Pissarro work looted by the Nazis.
The Mysterious Mata Hari, in Dance
The Dutch National Ballet explores the frantic life of the infamous “spy.”
ArtsBeat: Adele Is Back on Top, but Kanye West’s Album Doesn’t Make Chart
Adele’s album “25” is No. 1 for the ninth time.
ArtsBeat: Lynn Nottage Wins Blackburn Prize for ‘Sweat’
The prize for “Sweat,” the acclaimed drama about deindustrialization in a working-class city in Pennsylvania, includes a $25,000 check.
ArtsBeat: Paul Simon Returning to Forest Hills Stadium After 46 Years
Paul Simon, who went to Forest Hills High in Queens, will play at Forest Hills Stadium for the first time since 1970.
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