The Fabulous T.C. Boyle
T.C. Boyle talks about his latest novel, Blue Skies, with the help of true crime author Deborah Holt Larkin. Watch Video
Nunsense at Ojai ACT
Actors Sindy McKay, Dianne Miller, Brianna Turner, and Assistant Producer Sven Shelgren talk about Nunsense at the Ojai Art Center Theater through July 23.
Close Encounters of the Three Wheeled Kind
I received a call to appraise vintage French Bicycle advertising posters, so I headed to my client’s huge garage in Ojai. Not only did I see wonderful early 1900s lithographic …
When Real Men Wore Gloves
Walt Disney put white gloves on Mickey Mouse when he made The Opry House in 1929. Those big white gloves stop at the wrist and fasten at the back with …
Art as an Asset
Senior Wealth Advisor at Northern Trust Corporation Kelli Anderson discuses art as an asset in financial planning. Watch Video
Melmac: A Story of Modernity
In the 1960s in St. Ann, Missouri, my favorite aunt on Dad’s side, used plastic dinnerware made in the 1950s called Melmac in her modest home. When I visited my …
La Cumbre Center for Creative Arts (LCCCA)
Mike Cregan, Michael Mead, and Pat Heller talk about La Cumbre Center for Creative Arts (LCCCA). Watch Video
Jean Paul Gaultier Celebrated Artist
Fashion values became front and center when the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC opened Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty, showing through to July 16. Last week I wrote …
The Many Faces of Art Careers
Principal Chandra Cerrito and Marketing Manager Julia Rutherford Daly discuss Chandra Cerrito / Art Advisors.
Dolce and Gabbana Dress a Piece of Art
JE sent me a gorgeous black cotton structured Dolce and Gabbana dress. She found it in 2003 at a thrift store, with trademark excellent construction. The waist has old-fashioned bone …