835 Kings Road
Curator Silvia Perea PhD and photographer Mona Kuhn discuss the 835 Kings Road exhibit at the AD&A Museum (UCSB) through May 1, 2022. Watch the Video
Saarinen Solved Furniture Problem
TP asked me to research what she thought might be a Saarinen design in a consignment store find. I eagerly researched her pedestal table and four tulip chairs. The question …
Artist Ruby Lee
Artist Ruby Lee talks about her life and work.
What to do with a piano
My mother was a concert pianist, thus I have been intimate with all types of pianos, and appraised pianos for years. Many of my clients DO own an upright, a …
Hengeler and Roeseler Illustrated Flavor of an Era
Two artists received top billing for illustrations in this book, Adolf Hengeler (1863-1927) and August Roeseler (1866-1943). The entire flavor of an era comes contained in this one little book. …
Santi Visalli’s 90th Birthday
Santi Visalli, one of Santa Barbara’s best artists, and the WORLD’s great photographers, celebrates his 90th birthday. Watch the Video
Hotel Hamper Led to Laborious Laundry
JP sent me a photo of a huge linen hamper, four by five-and-a-half feet of woven willow, which indicates a European origin. People saw these beasts in hotel corridors in …
TWO Santa Barbara Creatives
Chella Courington and Claudia McGarry talk about their Creative (with a capitol “C”) lives.
Masking Through the Eyes of Michelangelo’s David
I love my amusing and clever readers who connect historical objects with present day realities. Santa Barbara reader FR sent me a twenty-five inch MASK she collected in Venice in …
835 Kings Road & Tangos and Songs in Black & White
Curator Silvia Perea PhD and photographer Mona Kuhn discuss the 835 Kings Road exhibit at the AD&A Museum (UCSB) through May 1, 2022. Then Argentina’s opera great Luis Lima with …