Art Links (and a Mummy!)

-A very insightful review from Roberta Smith of the new exhibition at Chicago's Art Institute, Becoming Edvard Munch: Influence, Anxiety and Myth. "I may not be creative, but at least I’m not crazy." (Van Gogh, I'm looking at you!)

-Greece's plan to unveil the new Acropolis museum, opening about 5 years behind schedule after disagreements with the British Museum and an impromptu excavation of artifacts from a large swath of early Christian Athens.

-German art happenings, featuring an exhibition of German expressionist works at the Deutsches Historisches Museum, the clash of Western and non-Western art at Zurich's Museum Rietberg, and a collection of contemporary German art at Die Pinakothek in Munich.

-Buzz about the upcoming Yves Saint Laurent sale at Christie's Paris. I've taken a look at the copious catalogs that accompany this sale, and it's quite spectacular (Christie's provides complete eCatalogues online). Check out some of the sale highlights on the Christie's website. I'm partial to the Juan Gris cubist works and Fernand Leger's Composition, in the factory, 1918, though the sale will also include an impressive collection of Old Master paintings and decorative arts as well.

-Not quite art-related, but a new mummy from Luxor, Egypt underwent a high-tech CT scan without even having to be removed from her [rather beautifully painted] coffin. Science!