After 21 years with Queens Theatre in the Park, founding Executive Director Jeffrey Rosenstock has announced he'll be stepping down. Rosenstock leaves the performing arts venue at the end of June, after the company's 2011 season.

Over 100 New York City artists are expected to gather in Union Square on Monday to protest new regulations limiting the number of art vendors in Manhattan's parks.

A Picasso was among the works stolen from the Paris Museum of Modern Art.

Students and parents rallied alongside staff at the Harlem School of the Arts, calling for a solution to keep the school open. They also bashed the schools' board of directors for keeping them in the dark about the severe financial straits facing the prominent school. 

The American Repertory Ballet in New Brunswick and the 12 Miles West Theatre Company in Madison have cancelled their remaining shows this season.

Irina Arkhipova, a Russian mezzo-soprano and contralto at the Bolshoi theater, died yesterday at age 85.

Carnegie Hall has announced its new season, which features pop music alongside classical music heavy-hitters.

The non-profit arts research group, Americans for the Arts, announced yesterday that there have been losses in charitable giving and a declining attendance at larger cultural institutions, even as the number of arts organizations has grown.