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Design & Architecture: Six Years, a Scandal, and $681 Million Later, Moscow's Restored Bolshoi Theater Is Ready to Reopen

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 Vladimir Putin is primed to celebrate with a major opening gala with Placido Domingo.

Art & Crime: Prominent Art Deco Collector Claude Dray Killed in Mysterious Shooting Outside Paris

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 The real-estate developer's collection sold for $76 million at Christie's in 2006. Foul play has not been ruled out.

Dance: Ballet Couture: See Christian Lacroix's Costume Sketches for Paris's "La Source"

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 The designer created ensembles for the Paris Opera Ballet production.

Design & Architecture: Bill & Melinda Go Green: The Microsoft Founder's Seattle Nonprofit Compound Gets Highest Leed Certification

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 See images from the sprawling green downtown campus.

The Daily Checklist: Stolen Picassos Recovered in Serbian Hideaway, Banksy Backs Occupy London With Mr. Moneybags Spoof, and More Must-Read Art News

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 Plus, a friend of Roman Abramovic becomes head of Moscow's culture department.

Fashion: Margiela, Dior, and Other Fashion Labels Plot Takeover of Art Basel Miami Beach

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 DSquared² and Pringle of Scotland will also have fashion events at the 2011 edition of the annual art fair.

Performing Arts: Meryl Streep, Eric Fischl, and Alice Waters Join Cultural Mission to Beijing as China Cracks Down on the Arts

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 The first U.S.-China Forum on the Arts and Culture arrives as China's government tightens its restrictions on expression.

Art Market: VIP Art Fair Adds Tech Clout With New CEO, Former VP of $500 Million E-Commerce Site

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 Lisa Kennedy, former executive VP of Diapers.com and Soap.com, will man the fair as director Noah Horowitz exits.

Design & Architecture: Oliver Stone to Direct HBO Biopic of Robert Moses, Tyrannical Urban Planner Who Reshaped NYC

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 Based on Robert A. Caro's Pulitzer Prize-winning "Power Broker," the director's next project tackles the career of the city's polarizing "master builder."

The Daily Checklist: Unknown Velazquez Portrait Discovered at Bonhams, Jeff Koons Teams With Dior on Demarchelier Book, and More Must-Read Art News

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 Plus, a new Performa award remembers Malcolm McLaren.

Art & Crime: Masterminds of Massive Forgery Ring That Snookered Steve Martin Receive Light Sentences After Charming Court and Public

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 Wolfgang and Helene Beltracchi were responsible for concocting and selling $22 million in forged art.

Art & Crime: Possibly Unhinged Sommelier Pleads Guilty to Brazen (and Sockless) Picasso Theft

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 Mark Lugo was sentenced to 16 months in jail for a casual yet brazen San Francisco heist.

Style: Boo! It's a Damien Hirst: 8 Art-Inspired Costumes for This Halloween

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 This year, why not put your refined sensibilities on display by going as a challenging work of contemporary or modern art?

Design & Architecture: Beijing to Host 2012 Pritzker Prize Ceremony, Spotlighting the City's Architectural Verve

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 The architectural event of the year makes its first foray in China, home of numerous projects by Pritzker laureates.

Postwar & Contemporary Art: Tough Questions for Dad: In Praise of Karl Haendel's Quietly Poignant New Video

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 The new work succeeds big by departing from the cool drawing style for which he has come to be known.

Performing Arts: "Sleep No More" Transforms (Slightly) for Halloween, Becoming a Shakespeare-Themed Haunted House

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 This weekend, the wildly popular immersive performance hosted specially themed masquerade parties for the occasion.

People: Meet the Turner Prize Nominees: A Q&A With Scottish Artist Karla Black

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 With her artwork created for the prize now on view, Black talks about her influences, and how she became an artist.

The Daily Checklist: Anish Kapoor Completes His Gigantic London Whatsit, Lady Gaga Tells India That "Performance Art Is My Life," and More Must-Read Art News

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 Plus, London's Leonardo da Vinci show will be televised.

Art Market: "It's a Different Monster": Art Dealer Gary Nader on His Plans to Make Miami the World's Next Auction Hub

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 Coinciding with Art Basel Miami Beach, Nader is launching his new boutique auction house with a $30-40 million sale.

People: VIP Art Fair Director Noah Horowitz Leaves the Virtual World for the Armory Show

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 The author and art PhD joins New York's marquee bazaar at a time of upheaval in the world of art fairs.
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