Bernini Sculpture First Public View Since 1621

It was a privilege to see a sculpture when it went on public view for the first time since it was created by Gian Lorenzo Bernini in 1621.  The masterpiece was originally kept in the Villa Borghese in Rome and whereabouts have been unknown until 2014 when The Getty Museum acquired it.  www.getty.edu/museum

"BUST OF POPE PAUL V," Gian Lorenzo Bernini, marble, 1621

Bouillabaisse and Crab Cakes at the Getty

Whenever I want to make my time at the Getty Center  

even more perfect I dine on bouillabaisse and crab cakes at The Restaurant at the Getty.  This time it was made even better when being surrounded by my family.

 Bouillabaisse - mussels, clams, shrimp, chorizo, coriander, chipolte saffron cream, fried onion, oranges 

Crab Cakes - smoked paprika aioli, avocado mousse, crispy proscuitto 

Don't You Just Love Hotels That Revere Art?

 Seward Johnson's FOREVER MARILYN 1996

Chihuly's ceiling greets the visitors  

http://www.fourseasons.com/losangeles/

A Memorial as Grand as the Lady Herself

http://www.langhamhotels.com/en/the-langham/pasadena?semid=tllax-brand-google-ppc-rooms-20140603

Thanks Mr. Hammer

Thanks to Armand Hammer I can run errands and stop in to see world-class art on my way home.  These paintings are all in the permanent collection.   hammer.ucla.edu/

Rembrandt's JUNO oil on canvas

 Titian's PORTRAIT OF A MAN IN ARMOR oil on canvas

Fantin-Latour's PEONIES IN A BLUE AND WHITE VASE, oil on canvas

van Gogh's THE SOWER oil on canvas 

Salad in a Martini Glass

Could it be more elegant?  Lunch began with a salad in a martini glass.  Or menu listed it as "first course---Chilled Green

Gazpacho with Maine Lobster Salad."  ...lightly succulent!  www.fourseasons.com/losangeles/