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Mariana, a Spanish queen in Pasadena
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Mariana, a Spanish queen in Pasadena

Her Royal Highness at the Norton Simon Museum “Queen Mariana of Austria,” painted by Diego Velázquez by Bondo Wyszpolski The idea of visiting a gallery or museum just to contemplate one picture may seem peculiar, but some years ago I remember how exciting it was to be among the first to see Vermeer’s “Woman Reading […]

Bondo Wyszpolski
Spotlight on Elegance: Hollywood on the Hill
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Spotlight on Elegance: Hollywood on the Hill

This classy afternoon of high tea, presented last month by the Palos Verdes Historical Society and the Palos Verdes Art Center, featured a talk and slide show by Marc Wanamaker about the Golden Age of Hollywood and the movie stars who lived in or filmed on the Peninsula. But why aren’t these people smiling? Because […]

Tony La Bruno
Color my world: movie magnificence
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Color my world: movie magnificence

“Color in Motion: Chromatic Explorations of Cinema” On view at the Academy of Motion Pictures by Bondo Wyszpolski The citywide Getty initiative, PST ART: Art and Science Collide, which has corralled dozens of Southern Californian galleries and museums, is kind of a mixed bag, with several of the institutions going overboard on trying to be […]

Bondo Wyszpolski
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“Lee” – Multi-dimensional [MOVIE REVIEW]

“Lee,” about the incomparable Lee Miller, takes an interesting approach to telling her story. Too vast a landscape to cover, “Lee” uses the framework of a latter day interview to delve into her unique life. Always in the forefront, she was a high fashion model, artist, photographer and  groundbreaker. Her beauty and intelligence gave her […]

Neely Swanson