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CONTEMPORARY ART
Artist Koons honored in Chicago exhibit
The Museum of Contemporary Art of Chicago is introducing the first major retrospective of neo-Pop artist Jeff Koons, with 60 pieces of his art. (Report: Tim Grucza)
MUSEUM - GERMANY
Hitler statue to be featured in Berlin
A newly-opened branch of Madame Tussauds in Berlin will feature Adolf Hitler's wax statute. The museum pledged to portray Hitler as a "broken man" to insure that he is seen negatively, though his inclusion has led to criticism from the German press.
MUSEUM - BELGIUM
Brussels to host Magritte museum
After Van Gogh, Picasso and Paul Klee, the Belgian surrealist painter Rene Magritte will have his own museum by 2009. Based in Brussels, it will feature some 170 works by Magritte, making it the world's biggest collection of its kind.
PAINTING

The Louvre's art imitators

People go to the Louvre museum in Paris to admire the paintings by great artists. But it is also possible to see art in the making. The museum gives copy-artists the permission to paint in the galleries.
MUSEUMS - UNITED STATES
Washington gives crime a museum
The Museum of Crime and Punishment has opened in Washington. Housing 400 objects, it aims to retrace the fascination of Americans with gangster culture, as well as show the reality of the death penalty.
MUSEUM - CHILDREN

Teaching the arts in a fun way

The Paris Musée en herbe is a pioneering centre dedicated to teaching the arts to children in a fun way. Play has a central role here; once the explanation is over, children dress up and imagine they are in the painting.
EXHIBITION

Red, France's colour of the year

Whether in shop windows, in the streets or inside people's homes, red is everywhere. The world of the colour red is explored in an exhibition at the Paris museum of decorative arts. The title says it all: "As red as possible".
SCULPTURE

Camille Claudel, first and foremost an artist

Best known as the lover of famous French sculptor Auguste Rodin, Camille Claudel was an accomplished artist in her own right. An exhibition at the Rodin Museum in Paris aims to put the emphasis back on her work, rather than on her life.
CINEMA - SCULPTURE
French Grévin Museum honours Bollywood star
Shahrukh Khan, considered to be Bollywood's biggest star, with 50 movies under his belt, has become a wax statue at the Paris Grévin Museum. After Gandhi, the actor is the second Indian national to grace this famous museum.
MUSEUM - MUSIC
Museum to celebrate Woodstock legends
A museum dedicated to the 1969 Woodstock rock festival will open on June 2 north of New York. Featuring the likes of Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin, the Woodstock festival remains a landmark in the history of twentieth century music.
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