Galleries, galas, grand pianos

SAN ANTONIO
The Museo Alameda, its mission statement says, seeks to present "the story of the Latino experience in America through art, history and culture." Founded in 1997 and an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution , it moved into its new, permanent home last month. The museum, which boasts 20,000 feet of exhibition space, falls under the larger organizational heading of the Alameda National Center for Latino Arts and Culture . It will be joined by a nearby 2400-seat performing arts center, affiliated with Washington's John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts , to be housed in a 1949 movie palace currently being restored.

101 South Santa Rosa Blvd. 210-299-4300. thealameda.org .

Metropolitain Museum of Art
NEW YORK
Last month, the Metropolitan Museum of Art unveiled its redesigned galleries for Greek and Roman art. The rooms include works that cover a 1200-year span, from 900 BC to the fourth century. Supervised by architect Kevin Roche , the redesign cost $220 million and took 15 years to complete. The galleries display some 5,300 art works, roughly 95 percent of the museum's Greek and Roman holdings. Thecenterpiece of the redesign is the Leon Levy and Shelby White Court for Hellenistic and Roman Art , a two-story atrium that brings in natural light and restores a space originally designed by the firm of McKim, Mead, and White and which recalls the garden of a Roman villa.

1000 Fifth Avenue . 212-535-7710. metmuseum.org

Windsor Castle WINDSOR, England Through March 1, 2008
To mark the diamond wedding anniversary of Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, "Royal Weddings 1840-1947: From Queen Victoria to Queen Elizabeth II" looks at five nuptials, starting with Victoria's 1840 wedding to Prince Albert. She was the first reigning queen to marry since the 16th century. Ceremonies uniting future kings and queens also include Edward VII and Princess Alexandra of Denmark , George V and Princess Victoria Mary of Teck , and George VI and Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon (the current queen's parents). The exhibition includes photographs, documents, wedding gifts, and other matrimonial memorabilia.

011-44-20-7766 7304. royalcollection.org.uk .

Museum of Fine Arts HOUSTON Through Aug. 12
This marks the Western debut of Chen Changfen, who has been photographing his native country's most famous monument since 1976. Concentrating on Chen's work from the past decade and a half, "The Great Wall of China" comprises 70 images, ranging from traditional silver gelatin prints to color photographs printed on rice paper to eight large-scale panoramas.

1001 Bissonnet. 713-639-7300. mfah.org .

MOSCOW June 12-30
The inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competition garnered worldwide headlines in 1958, when Van Cliburn won the piano prize. It immediately became one of the world's most prestigious musical contests. Subsquent winners in the piano category have included Vladimir Ashkenazy , Misha Dichter , and Barry Douglas . The other categories making up this year's competition are cello, violin, singing, and violin making.

xiitc.ru/start.asp?en .

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