Category Archives: Art & Culture

On May 5 I was at LAX terminal 1, departing for my Road Scholar trip to Sedona and the Grand Canyon, when I saw this brand new 2024 Los Angeles mural by John Van Hamersveld. I later learnt that several … Continue reading →

I never met Ed Ruscha in person, but I was aware of him since moving to Los Angeles in the early 1970s, because I became friends with his younger brother, Paul Ruscha, also an artist. You may read here my … Continue reading →

After attending the press opening of this exhibit, Painting in the River of Los Angeles: Judy Baca and the Great Wall, last October, I could not miss the closing media event on July 16. Baca herself talked about the various … Continue reading →

The Hammer Museum unveiled its new entrance on Sunday March 26, at the corner of Wilshire and Westwood Blvd, with an electronic display featuring a rotation of current exhibits. Inside the spacious remodeled lobby an expansive art installation of intricately … Continue reading →

On Sunday we visited MOCA Geffen in Little Tokyo to experience the amazing exhibit World Wall: A Vision of the Future Without Fear. Conceived by Judy Baca, this series of nine large murals created between 1987 and 2014 stems from … Continue reading →

We visited the Judy Baca retrospective at MOLAA, the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach, Memorias de Nuestra Tierra (Memories of Our Land). Against the colored walls, the painting Dance of the Land above literally seems to move … Continue reading →

Inspired by an article on LA Muralists on LAist, we spent Mother’s Day walking along Mural Mile on Van Nuys Blvd in Pacoima to photograph murals that we liked (when the light was right and we had access). They were … Continue reading →

Coastal Elites, written by Paul Rudnick and directed by Jay Roach, was originally conceived as a play for New York’s Public Theater. These 5 monologues were recorded during the pandemic and will air on HBO September 12. Bette Midler is … Continue reading →

The Museum of Weed, at 720 N. Cahuenga Blvd (north of Melrose), is a temporary installation that opened August 3 and will close on September 29. It’s open Wednesday through Sunday. You may check the hours and buy tickets on … Continue reading →

Only this morning I read in the Los Angeles Times of the sudden death of Italian champion bodybuilder Franco Columbu, on August 30. He was 78. While vacationing in his native Sardinia, he became ill swimming in the Mediterranean and … Continue reading →

After reading an article in the LA Times, we visited Wisdome in Downtown LA. 1147 Palmetto St.We walked inside 5 darkened domes, white on the outside, we sat back on couches to watch SAMSKARA, a psychedelic 22-minute 360 degree video … Continue reading →

As well as following the news in the New York Times, Huffington Post, Los Angeles Times, TIME magazine, etc, I subscribe to online newsletters to find out what is happening in Los Angeles every week. It’s great that LAist is … Continue reading →

There has been renewed interest recently in the life of John Paul Getty. It was explored in the movie All the Money in the World, where director Ridley Scott decided to remove the performance of Kevin Spacey to replace him … Continue reading →