The Catalina Museum for Art and History invited Artillery for its 70th anniversary fundraiser and art auction. Who knew, maybe we could bid on some donated art and enjoy a day trip for a good cause. The rather large Spanish-tiled building—surrounded by vacation-rental...
Musing on the Island
Free Museums in LA
1. Hammer MuseumIf you can tolerate getting to and being in Westwood, this UCLA-affiliated space is an oasis of great curation, a lovely quad with funny chairs to hang out in, a nice bar/restaurant and even free ping-pong. 2. Getty CenterYou have to make it to the...
Rabyn Blake
In the late ‘70s, I would carry the Sony Portapak for my artist stepmother, Rabyn Blake, across muddy fields in Southern France as she filmed a shepherdess whose name sounded like “leg of lamb” in French, or shot shimmering vistas of Cézanne’s Mont Sainte-Victoire....
The Museum of the Cold War
Since its inception in 2002 The Wende Museum’s corporate park location has had a discreet charm. The easy-to-miss suite is tucked behind a landscaped parking lot in a hive off Slauson in the former Fox Hills Mall— Culver City adjacent. Its charms unfold as you make...
A Ketchuppy Good Time
I was urged electronically to go see Dutch theater company Wunderbaum on its last night in LA at the REDCAT with no details other than superlatives (which, however, managed to get a bunch of us on that contact list out). I knew it had something to do with LA artist...