Each Moment More Beautiful Than the Last

...from the balcony.  November 20, 2014 near 5 p.m.  

Dance To See in Los Angeles This Week

http://www.laweekly.com/publicspectacle/2014/10/30/5-dance-shows-to-see-this-week-including-a-troupe-that-goes-gaga

Lady Gaga Moves to Malibu

I sure hope I will recognize her, if I see her at the market.  

http://la.curbed.com/archives/2014/10/lady_gaga_bought_a_crazy_secret_bowling_alley_house_in_malibu_for_23_million.php

"The Goldfinch"

I just finished reading all 771 pages of "The Goldfinch," and wished it was twice as long.  Inside the book jacket it claimed, "...beautiful, stay-up-all-night-and-tell-your-friends triumph."  I agree. www.washingtonpost.com/.../the-disappointing-novel-.

"The Valley of Amazement" and "China Dolls"

...did so enjoy the newest books by Amy Tan and Lisa See.  

Jazz Musicians Inspire Life Drawing Students

During a recent visit to LACMA www.lacma.org/‎, I happened on these art students drawing jazz musicians.  Tyler Azelton was singing to the bass of John Graves.  It was set in the gallery exhibiting John Altoon's work.  He was said to have taught life drawing this way.  

LACMA Exhibits Expressionism from France and Germany

Andre Derain, BOATS IN CHATOU, 1904-5, oil on canvas  

Seeing the paintings exhibited in this show at the Los Angeles County Museum of  Art was an opportunity that would have been impossible to duplicate.  Fortunately for the viewers, it was a beautiful education.  The verve of the brushstrokes and the vivacity of the colors heralded the courageous art that would follow. 

Henri Matisse, OPEN WINDOW, COLLIOURE, 1905, oil on canvas

Maurice deVlaminck, THE FARMER, 1905, oil on canvas

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, GARTENSTRASSE EARLY IN THE MORNING, c.1906, oil on board 

Henri Matisse, NUDE STUDY IN BLUE, c.1899-1900, oil on canvas 

Paul Gaughin, POLYNESIAN WOMAN WITH CHILDREN, 1901, oil on canvas 

Vincent Van Gogh, POLLARD WILLOWS AT SUNSET, 1888, oil on canvas mounted on cardboard 

Paul Cezanne, BOY WITH STRAW HAT, 1896, oil on canvas 

Robert Delaunay, RED EIFFEL TOWER, 1911-12, oil on canvas 

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, STREET, BERLIN, 1913, oil on canvas 

George Braque, VIOLIN AND PALLET, 1909, oil on canvas

Lyonel Feininger, SLEEPING WOMAN-JULIA, 1913, oil on canvas

Cuno Amiet, PORTRAIT OF VIOLINIST EMIL WITTWER-GELPKE, 1905, oil on canvas

For more on this informative exhibit click on:
http://www.lacma.org/expressionism?gclid=CJj545OC8cACFRSEfgodzjAAXQ#about

Dazzling Night at the Hollywood Bowl

What dazzled most last night at the Hollywood Bowl?  Was it the debut performance of violinist Simone Porter, or, LA Philharmonic's finish of their rendition of  "Appalachian Spring" with fireworks?  

Window Shopping in Malibu

Birthday Dance and Party for 90-Year-Old Dancer

Please share this video to celebrate Jean Veloz's 90th birthday dance and party.  It is almost up to one million shares and would be another great present.  Although, dancing every dance at that age is gift enough, don't you think?  

UPDATE:  Yay!  Thanks to everyone involved, this video has 1 million shares and more.  (Someone call Ellen DeGeneres).  

The Hundred-Foot Journey Official Trailer (2014) HD

Treat yourself to a food feast without gaining a single pound, by seeing "The Hundred-Foot Journey."  It was special seeing the first showing at our small movie house in Malibu.  When the audience applauded at the end it felt like a theater experience.  

"The Eternal Wonder"

I am not going to lie, when confessing that it took me three tries to get into reading Pearl Buck's, "The Eternal Wonder."  This saga of the life-long questioning of a brilliant person left me questioning my own intelligence.  But, finally, Buck's great writing started to flow for me.  Then, I couldn't put it down.  In one sentence, I can say, "it is about so much more than the story."  Written by this Novel-Prize-winning author, it is filled with importance.  

Mark Di Suvero Sculptures and Drawings at L A Louver

The kinetic steel, stainless and titanium sculptures and drawings done in pen, ink and pencil are being exhibited at the L A Louver gallery in Venice, California.  Installed in the 2nd floor gallery and skyroom, they can be viewed until August 29, 2014.  http://www.lalouver.com/html/disuvero_bio.html

Gallery Hopping in Los Angeles

It is always fun to be with an art loving friend when racing around to see as much as art as possible 

during the openings.  She was able to get us to many of the wide-spread and disparate galleries in the La Brea and La Cienega area of Los Angeles.