Look and listen and lights out

Prado Museum
New wing
MADRID From April 28
One of the world's great museums is becoming that much greater this month with the opening of a new wing designed by Spanish architect Rafael Moneo . Built of brick, granite, and wood, the structure cost $202 million and took five years to complete. It increases the Prado's space by more than 50 percent, adding 183,000 square feet to the museum. The expansion will, for example, allow the Prado to exhibit some 1,000 prints by Francisco Goya that had been in storage. Connected to the main building by underground walkways, the wing opens to the public with an exhibition devoted to 19th-century Spanish art.

Paseo del Prado . 011-34-91-330-2800. museoprado.mcu.es/ihome .

National Gallery LONDON Through May 20
Pierre-Auguste Renoir's portraits, social scenes, and still lifes long ago made the Impressionist painter beloved. Yet he worked in other genres also, including landscape. This exhibition is the first show to examine his work in that field. Including some 70 canvases, it focuses on the landscapes he painted during the first two decades of his career, in locales ranging from Italy and North Africa to the south of France and Channel Islands . For those who can't make it to London this spring, the show will be at the Philadelphia Museum of Art from Oct. 4-Jan. 6.

Trafalgar Square . 011-44-20-7747-2885. nationalgallery.org.uk.

BRUSSELS May 7-June 2
One of the most prestigious of all musical competitions, the Queen Elisabeth is also one of the most lucrative. First prize is almost $27,000, with a concert tour and recording contract. The competition annually rotates among pianists, violinists, and singers. There is also an annual competition for composers. This year's instrumental competition is for pianists; 94 young virtuosi have qualified. Previous winners include Emil Gilels , Leon Fleisher , Vladmir Ashkenazy , and Malcolm Frager . The main competition venue is the Royal Conservatory of Music , with the finals held at the Brussels Center for Fine Arts . Master classes will also be given at the Musical Instrument Museum.

20 rue aux Laines. 011-32-2-213-4050. concours-reine-elisabeth.be/en.

CANNES, France May 16-27
Some 200,000 people are again expected to flock to the French Riviera next month for the world's most famous film extravaganza. Heading the jury will be director Stephen Frears . A highlight of this year's festival will be a film specially commissioned to honor Cannes' 60th anniversary, in which 33 celebrated directors -- among them Jane Campion , the Coen Brothers , Atom Egoyan, Ken Loach, Roman Polanski , Lars Von Trier , and Wim Wenders -- each contribute a three-minute short on the theme of "the movie theater."

festival-cannes.fr.

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