Cuban Tile With Islam Influence
FF sent me a ceramic tile, framed, with a delicate pastel decoration of stylized flowing foliage in a vase. This Persian symbol for the Tree of Life offers connections between …
Framer’s Label Tells a Great Story
AC got lucky on a late 19th century watercolor landscape featuring a meandering Midwestern river and a skiff tied to the underbrush. A framer’s label on the back of the …
The Grand On State
Composer, accordion virtuoso, keyboardist, and music arranger Brian Mann, along with his wife Jenna Berg, discuss their new one-of-a-kind jazz and dining experience coming soon to State Street. Watch Video
Lucite Furniture Ups and Downs
I visit quite a few homes each week to appraise contents and collections. In almost every home I find a “knock-off” Phillippe Stark Lucite see-through “Louis Ghost” chair. They’re made …
EARTH THAT REMEMBERS Featuring Artist Wrona Gall
Artist Wrona Gall and gallerists Irene Chan and Bonnie Rubenstein discuss the current exhibit, EARTH THAT REMEMBERS, at Rubenstein Chan Contemporary Art in Carpinteria through December 24. Watch Videos
The Landscape Around Pearls
JC sent me her mom’s pair of pearl collars, faux pearls on silk that graced a common cardigan or blouse in the 1940s. Glentex produced these in Japan, and in …
A Grand Guignol: Theatre of the Macabre
Vanessa Angelique, Shannon McNally Ham, James James, Bob Telford, and David Henderson from Fractured Actors Theater Company talk about their production of A Grand Guignol: Theatre of the Macabre, a …
Great Animalier Pierre Jules Mene
B and J sent me a beautiful bronze sculpture of two horses, one smaller, one larger, facing each other, with the head on the shoulder of the other. B and …
The Singers at Ojai Film Festival
Director Sam Davis and producers Jack Piatt and David Breschel from the short film The Singers join Ojai Film Festival board member Bruce Novotny to talk about the Gold Coast …
Vintage Cape Worth $120?
CS sent me a vintage cape with rabbit trimmed fur on cashmere. She wonders if with the tiny moth holes mean that it’s NOT worth the price tag of $120. …