See Day of the Dead altars in Grand Park Los Angeles
by Many of the Dia de los Muertos altars in Grand Park were assembled on Saturday although the ‘official’ start of the display is today, Sunday, …
Category: Art in Los Angeles
Women celebrating Day of the Dead at Olvera Street
The Olvera Street Merchants were the first group to launch Dia de los Muertos celebrations in 2018 on October 6th. And the women of Los …
Sculpture in the garden at the Norton Simon museum on a free Friday evening
The Norton Simon museum in Pasadena offers free admission on the first Friday evening of the month and I had been meaning to go there …
Sizzling hot! Huge Chalk Art Festival in Pasadena
It was 86F at 9 am when I went to the annual Pasadena Chalk Art Festival. As I write this just after noon the temperature …
An astonishing video at LACMA shows European court dancers in tribal fabrics
Another exhibit at LACMA, one I almost missed, is entitled ‘Sense of Time: video and film-based works of Africa.’ One work, The Masked Ball’ by …
After Mapplethorpe nudes comes men’s clothing during the last 300+ years
As a kind of counter-exhibit to the room after room of Mapplethorpe’s male nudes–which not all of which are suitable for publication, at least in …
Yellow hoses, Hawaiian feathers and the Rain Room at LACMA in Los Angeles
There are currently 4 1/2 exhibitions tied to the works of Robert Mapplethorpe around Los Angeles, including a huge one at LACMA (Los Angeles County …
Tiles showing movies and movie stars in the 7th Street Red Line Metro station
The 7th Street Metro station is where the Metro Red Line, Purple Line and Blue Line converge and it is filled with people rushing from …
What to do on Saturday night? Go to the Last Book Store for art and music!
The Last Book Store in downtown Los Angeles not only sells new and used books, albums and comic books, this funky and huge store also …
The L.A. River through the eyes of artist Victor Zayas–extraordinary!
Since the early 1980s artist (and former collegiate soccer player) Victor Hugo Zayas has been painting the Los Angeles river, primarily at night. So yesterday …