Monster Mash: Glenn Beck controversy continues; Gustavo Dudamel coming to PBS; Virgin Mary art removed

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-- Communist art: Times art critic Christopher Knight joins in the debate about political commentator Glenn Beck.

-- Maestro moments: Gustavo Dudamel’s inaugural gala concert at Walt Disney Concert Hall on Oct. 8 will be broadcast on PBS and released on DVD by Deutsche Grammophon.

-- Restitution: The Netherlands said it will return 13 paintings in national museums to the heirs of collectors persecuted by the Nazis.

-- Still singing: Dame Kiri Te Kanawa insists that she’s not retiring, despite what the press has reported.

-- Religious art controversy: Artwork that features the Virgin Mary with the superimposed faces of female suicide bombers has been removed from the headquarters of the National Federation of Israeli Journalists in Tel Aviv.

-- Welcome to the club: India’s contemporary artists appear to be experiencing a somewhat rough time in the international art market.

-- Theater speculation: A stage adaptation of Pedro Almodovar’s ‘Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown’ could be coming to Broadway in the 2009-10 season.

-- Going to jail: A former accountant for the Tucson Museum of Art has been sentenced to five years in prison for embezzling close to $1 million from the institution.

-- Whoops: LACMA forgot to check with the UCLA Film & Television Archive before announcing its new film society, CineClub.

-- David Ng