Just Desserts – Gourmet Gothic Sweets
When you hear the word “Gothic,” what comes to mind? Black-lipstick-wearing teens? Cathedrals with flying buttresses? What about lavender pudding or torta bonissima? Students... Read More
exhibitions
The Sky Gets a Chance—Gordon Matta-Clark’s Office Baroque
A glimpse inside the process of Matta-Clark’s cutouts.
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The Manuscript Files: An Impish Ape in a Medieval Zoo
One of my favorite acquisitions of the past five years in the Getty’s manuscript collection is the Northumberland Bestiary (Ms. 100), featured currently in... Read More
The Manuscript Files: Dancing Your Way to the End of the World
The current exhibition Gothic Grandeur features a number of works illustrating the Apocalypse, the last book of the Bible that recounts Saint John’s vision... Read More
Eros, the Naughty Superhero of Love
An introduction to the trouble-making Eros (Cupid).
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Creating a Canvas for “Pacific Standard Time: Crosscurrents”
As you move through Pacific Standard Time: Crosscurrents in L.A.: Painting and Sculpture, closing this Sunday, the colors of the walls or the unusual... Read More
The Manuscript Files: Medieval Children’s Games
The current exhibition Gothic Grandeur abounds with images in the margin. These charming and often humorous additions, called marginalia (Latin for “things in the... Read More
The Manuscript Files: A Demon Whispering Sweet Nothings
One of my favorite details from the current exhibition Gothic Grandeur comes from a French psalter of the early 1200s. A hallmark of Gothic... Read More
The Ordinary Becomes Mystical: A Conversation with Betye Saar
On a Sunday, you might find artist Betye Saar at the Pasadena College flea market, scouting for treasures. The energetic 85-year-old is still an... Read More
The Manuscript Files: A Medieval Holiday Message
On the opening page of the Abbey Bible, the first image we encounter is this roundel containing a scene of the Nativity of Christ.... Read More
Looking at Los Angeles through the Lens
Much of what the world sees of L.A. is in movies or on TV. But a new exhibition opening today at the Getty Center... Read More
All in the Family: Lyonel Feininger, His Sons, and Photography
Many know Lyonel Feininger as an accomplished painter, printmaker, and caricaturist whose work is forever linked to the Bauhaus movement. He was Walter Gropius’s... Read More