Cheech…maybe not, but Joan T. –si! si!
by Los Angeles has a history of wealthy men establishing private museums to display their personal art collections. There are The Broad, the Hammer, the Marciano …
Category: Art in Los Angeles
See Haring, Koons, Basquiat + others at The Broad
The late Keith Haring’s artworks are the main draw at The Broad museum right now. Wandering through the galleries, I realized that many of the …
Sculpture in a pocket forest, raining sunshine and a sky view of the LACMA Plaza
In my previous post I promised more about ‘foresty things’ at LACMA. So here goes. In this photo of the Cantor Sculpture garden you can …
A day of Bach at Union Station and it’s free
Two women standing beside me in Union Station wondered how anyone could afford to put on 10 hours of amazing performances of Bach’s music with …
Flying men and baseball player mosaics in the Civic Center Metro Station L.A.
Back in the late 1980s and 1990s when the Metro system was being built in Los Angeles, the city went all out for art. In the …
Decorating the 2019 South Pasadena Rose Parade float
In keeping with the “Melody of Life” theme for the 2019 Tournament of Roses Parade the city of South Pasadena is entering a float called …
Queen Sassy Classy as Lady Godiva and other strange stuff at the Doo Dah Parade
What a surprise! The photos of the 2018 Doo Dah Parade I thought had vanished turned up last night, so here are more pix of …
Creative chaos at the Doo Dah Parade in Pasadena
Launched 41 years ago as a send-up of the oh-so-serious Tournament of Roses parade, the PasadenaDooDah parade has been wacky and chaotic from the start. …
Dia de los Muertos altars as political protests, including Yemen!
The dead cannot march on the capital in D.C. or on City Hall in Los Angeles, but their voices, calling for justice, can be heard …
Dia de los Muertos altars in Grand Park Los Angeles 2018
There seemed to be fewer Day of the Dead altars this year in Grand Park in downtown Los Angeles. While they varied from massive works …