The Bookish Side of Rollling Stone Charlie Watts
Charlie Watts is best known for keeping the beat for the world’s greatest rock ’n’ roll band. Now Christie’s has burnished his reputation bibliophile with a very successful September 28-29 auction of more than 200 of the dapper drummer’s rare books. The collection ranged from first editions of classic literature to rare jazz titles, demonstrating […]
Poor Rembrandt! (Sort of)
He is an artist known for breaking the rules, and possibly the law, according to “Rembrandt the Bankrupt Printmaker: His Life and Bankruptcy Proceedings of 1656,” an adventure in painting and jurisprudence delivered in the ceremonial courtroom of the U.S. District Courthouse on First Street in Los Angeles April 30. Flanked by majestic oil paintings of chief judges past, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge the […]
‘Wild’ at Art
(Photos by Paula Parisi) As evenings go, it was a tantalizing mix of paintings and poetry, with a some science thrown in (bonus points!) Definitely worth driving to Torrance for “Margaret Lazzrari – Wild Biology: A Mid-Career Retrospective” at the El Camino College Art Gallery. In fact, I hope to go again before the show […]