Monster Mash: Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch; Natural History Museum faces fiscal challenges; Michelangelo's alleged self-portrait

 

-- Finding Neverland: Times architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne visits Michael Jackson's Neverland ranch. Times photorapher Spencer Weiner took the photos.

-- Fiscal challenge: L.A.'s Natural History Museum has fallen $20 million behind its fundraising goal of $115 million.

-- Home again?: Italy showcases 14 artifacts that recently were returned by the Cleveland Museum.

-- Michelangelo Code: Experts say the Renaissance artist included a portrait of himself in one of the Vatican's most prized frescoes.

-- Water and wells: Photos taken in West Africa by former D.A. Gil Garcetti will be part of a new show at the United Nations General Assembly in New York later this month.

-- Paying respects: Jackson fans flock to downtown L.A.'s Grammy Museum to see items from the pop star's wardrobe.

-- Appointment: Caroline Baumann has been named acting director of New York's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum.

-- Pay scale: Theater leaders say a minimum wage proposal in Britain could hurt fringe and experimental productions.

-- Cutting back: The Albright-Knox Art Gallery in upstate New York is reducing its days of operation to deal with budget shortfalls.

-- David Ng

Photo: Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch. Credit: Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times

Comments

[dejia boatwright]

i wish i can go see the neverland ranch because i want to go to michael jackson's(the king of pop)funeral,but i can't because i don't have the money to go see his funeral up front.

[jacob]

lala

[Cate]

Help! Everyone flee! Run for your lives!! It's a CHILD! Kids don't belong here. They all need to grow up. Some people might find this sculpture to be almost as menacing as the Chimaera.

[Donald Frazell]

Yeah, I would be very afraid seeing Michael Jackson hovering over any child. Now THATs scary.