Monster Mash: Breaking news and headlines

-- Norman Foster and Zaha Hadid are among 18 architects approached about redesigning Mecca, Islam's holiest city.

-- Strike by musicians union threatens opening at La Scala

-- The Archbishop of Westminster has urged the National Gallery to give up the Renaissance masterpiece "The Baptism of Christ."

-- "Shrek the Musical," the new Dreamworks-backed Broadway show based on the animated film, cancels its Dec. 2 performance to work on final changes before its Dec. 14 opening.

-- After four years of detective work, Australia's National Gallery of Victoria has identified Lucrezia Borgia as the subject of a mystery painting held in its collection for more than four decades.

-- Christie's auction house girds for 'tough' Asia sale.

-- Citing economic concerns, the Public Theater delays its production of John Guare's new play, "A Free Man of Color." But was there something more behind cancellation?

-- Dispute over ownership sends a Mexican art collection into hiding.

-- Robots replace actors in theater production in Japan.

-- Lisa Fung

Photo: Al-Harem mosque. Credit: AFP / Getty Images