Max Donner, MBA, appraises artwork and special assets. He researches fine arts at leading California archives and events. Donner shares highlights at World Art Foundation workshops, as well as reports and articles. Email Max here.
Los Angeles moved one step closer to securing the title ‘Creative Capital of the World’ on May 10. Darryl Macdonald, Director of the Palm Springs International Film Festival, was honored with the first ‘Friend of International Cinema...
The current popularity of modern and impressionist art has benefited from the headline news of a large move up in the record price for art sold at auction. The previous record of $106.5 million was set two years ago...
An important foundation of the Los Angeles area’s architectural heritage includes the iconic designs of American master architect Frank Lloyd Wright and his son, Lloyd Wright. The Getty Trust’s plans to follow the regional Pacific Standard...
A compact and intriguing exhibit at the Italian Institute of Culture in Westwood in well worth seeing to learn more about the role the tales of Dante’s ‘Inferno’ have played in Renaissance Italy’s art...
The gala opening of the new exhibition of “Television: Out of the Box” at the Paley Center for Media showed how much the arts have already contributed to making Los Angeles the Creative Capital of the World. Many...
The beauty and the tragedy of the Titanic’s fateful maiden voyage epitomize the highest goal of art and literature -- to tell a compelling story. Local museums are spotlighting their Titanic exhibitions to recognize the dramatic story of the...
The new exhibition “Aphrodite and the Gods of Love” at the Getty Villa will be enhanced by eight studio art workshops this spring. The Villa provides excellent opportunities to learn to create art inspired by antiquities. Vanessa Somers...
Revered as Aphrodite in ancient Greece and Venus in the Roman Empire, the legendary goddess of love ha inspired centuries of admirers to create art, literature and music. An entire gallery of these works are on display at the Getty...
Making Los Angeles the "Creative Capital of the World" is a major investment. It is an advantage to have many art exhibition locations that are also free. While some private museums charge as much as $25 for admission...
Many summer enrichment programs just started processing enrollment this month, but many of LACMA’s summer art camp programs are already full. There will also be a short art camp program during the spring school holiday April 2 to...