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Monster Mash: Getty bids goodbye to ‘Goddess’; Da Vinci manuscript fragment found

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Packing up: The Getty Villa prepares to say goodbye to the ‘Cult Statue of a Goddess,’ which is being returned to Italy. (Los Angeles Times)

Discovery: A long-lost fragment of manuscript by Leonardo da Vinci has been uncovered in a public library in France. (The Guardian)

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Honored: Artist Susan Philipsz has won the Turner Prize for her sound installation featuring a 16th century Scottish lament by a sailor lost at sea. (Agence France-Presse)

Area premiere: The New York City Opera said it is planning to produce Rufus Wainwright’s ‘Prima Donna’ next season. (New York Times)

In the red: The Indiana Symphony has reported a near-record deficit of $2.7 million on its $25.8 million budget for the 2010 fiscal year. (Indianapolis Business Journal)

Dismissed: A judge has thrown out a defamation lawsuit filed by two men in Pebble Beach, Calif., whom deputies accused of faking a multimillion-dollar art heist last year. (The Californian)

Labor unrest: Union protests are expected to take place during the opening night performance at La Scala in Milan, Italy, where Daniel Barenboim will conduct Wagner’s ‘Die Walkure.’ (Reuters)

Birthday party: The San Francisco Symphony sets plans for its centennial celebration in 2011. (San Francisco Chronicle)

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Working abroad: Chinese artists are finding new creative freedom in Berlin. (Deutsche Welle)

Also in the L.A. Times: Gillian Murphy and David Hallberg of New York’s American Ballet Theatre offer their assessment of the new ballet-themed movie ‘Black Swan’; a conversation with songwriters Brian Yorkey and Tom Kitt, of ‘Next to Normal.’

-- David Ng

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