Wednesday's Art Notes

_Condoleezza Rice and Aretha Franklin perform with the Philadelphia Orchestra at The Mann Center July 27, 2010 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania._ The New York Times' Arts Beat has some short Associated Press video snippets of the concert "here":http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/28/mutual-respect-scenes-from-the-aretha-franklin-condoleezza-rice-concert/. * The Wall Street Journal "reports":http://blogs.wsj.com/new-europe/2010/07/27/art-nouveau-collection-and-michael-jackson-statue-cause-brouhaha-in-prague/ on two art controversies in Prague: one over the Czech Art Nouveau painter Alphonse Mucha, and another over the late King of Pop, Michael Jackson. * The Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore opens a new satellite location devoted to community development and support through the arts, via the "Baltimore Sun":http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bs-bz-east-baltimore-mica-20100726,0,59895.story. * Symphonies aren't just playing film scores anymore. The Washington Post "looks at":http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/27/AR2010072705500.html the rise of the video game music orchestra concert. * A California man says a box of glass plates he bought several years ago at a yard sale have been authenticated as lost negatives of Ansel Adams, via "CNN":http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/07/27/ansel.adams.discovery/?hpt=Sbin, but Adams' family and business manager question his claims, via the "Los Angeles Times":http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-ansel-adams-20100728,0,1832749.story.