An L.A. Mashup: Facepainters, vampires, family altars and Halloween at Macys
by With the large Mexican and Mexican-American population in Los Angeles, the celebration of Dia de los Muertos has grown year after year. Traditionally it is …
Category: Art in Los Angeles
Flying men, pink balls and a fountain on the way to the new Broad Museum
I decided to take the Metro to the brand new Broad (rhymes with road) Museum in downtown Los Angeles. But not all art in L.A. …
Amazing art! Huge floating balls on McArthur Park lake in L.A.
I decided to catch the Metro to McArthur Park where new public art was being installed. It is absolutely astonishing! Huge inflatable balls have been …
Dance dance dance (sweat!) at the National Dance Day in Los Angeles
It was hotter than the proverbial pistol at the National Dance Day event in the Mark Taper Plaza last Saturday. If you hadn’t heard, this …
Customized cars, trucks and lots of memories at the Pasadena Police Car Show
In Burbank… A few days ago the social media group, Krispy Creme Tuesdays, held a flash mob car show — well, they tried to hold …
Earthday, animation expo, and arts–just another fun weekend in beautiful downtown Burbank
As I wrote some time ago, the pure arts festivals in and around Los Angeles are having a hard time of it in recent years. …
Moderne/Art Deco buildings in downtown L.A. are now mostly living spaces for the rich and movie stars
In the go-go years of the 1920s and early 1930s Art Moderne (or as it is also known, Art Deco) became the architecture of choice …
See the Rent Collection Courtyard that came from China’s Cultural Revolution!
It is only 5 blocks from my home, but I rarely ever go to the Pacific Asia Museum (PAM). With the Chinese Lunar New Year …
Too much amazing art–Hansen’s paintings of Monterey Fisherman, Jim Morphesis, and Lars Jan installation
I came out of the new exhibition at the Pasadena Museum of California Art (PMCA) thinking: ‘I’ve got to take a class in California art.’ …
Underground Hollywood: stars on the walls, stars on the sidewalks and tourists by the thousands
Most Angelenos avoid Hollywood Blvd. It used to be a run down slum with a lot of tile stars embedded in the sidewalks. Most of …