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Restoration by Heart treats damaged art on paper tenderly
![The words "art restorer" provoke visions of dormer-windowed studios, of flaking oil paintings in Rococo frames, of landscapes emerging from beneath layers of ancient grime. It's startling, then, to enter Gustavo Perez's workshops — a cluster of modern ranch buildings set among Temecula's hills — and face the windswept hair and anguished thought balloons of a Roy Lichtenstein comic-art blond.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2010-08/55652162-20150301.jpg "The words "art restorer\" provoke visions of dormer-windowed studios, of flaking oil paintings in Rococo frames, of landscapes emerging from beneath layers of ancient grime. It's startling, then, to enter Gustavo Perez's workshops — a cluster of modern ranch buildings set among Temecula's hills — and face the windswept hair and anguished thought balloons of a Roy Lichtenstein comic-art blond.")
The words "art restorer" provoke visions of dormer-windowed studios, of flaking oil paintings in Rococo frames, of landscapes emerging from beneath layers of ancient grime. It's startling, then, to enter Gustavo Perez's workshops — a cluster of...Tags: Health, Arts and Culture, Internists, Arts, Hair and Nails
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Eli Broad says Grand Avenue will be site of new contemporary art museum
In a move that adds another contemporary art museum to the city's busy art scene, Eli Broad announced formally Monday that he would build his Broad Collection museum downtown and chose a blue-chip New York architecture firm to design it.
By choosing to...Tags: New York, Jan Perry, Rem Koolhaas, Beverly Hills, Arts and Culture
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Critic's Notebook: A new life for the Broad Collection
Huntington, Getty, Simon, Hammer, Crocker, Menil, Wadsworth, Phillips, Frick, Morgan, Whitney, Guggenheim, etc. — the list of super-rich Americans who, since the mid-19th century, have established museums or galleries to house their personal art...Tags: Philosophy, Eli Broad, Science and Technology, State Budgets, Museum of Modern Art
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San Francisco's modern art cache: the Fisher Collection
Culture MonsterOne of the most important private collections of contemporary art in the country is the Fisher Collection, put together by Doris Fisher and her late husband, Donald, founders of the casual clothing mega-chain the Gap. Housed at corporate headquarters in..... -
SFMOMA says it is more than halfway home in $480-million expansion campaign
Culture MonsterThe San Francisco Museum of Modern Art says it has raised $250 million toward a $480-million campaign to expand the museum, including a new wing that will be the primary home to the prized, 1,100-work Fisher Collection (including Andy Warhol's...... -
Artwork from Michael Crichton's personal collection going on sale
Culture MonsterIn such bestselling novels as "Jurassic Park," "The Andromeda Strain" and "Disclosure," Michael Crichton demonstrated a fascination with the glimmering, shiny complexities of the contemporary high-tech world. As it turns out, the late author's taste in... -
Michael Crichton's daughter speaks up about sale of her father's art collection
Culture MonsterTaylor Crichton, the 21-year-old daughter of the late bestselling author Michael Crichton, has made her first public comments on the planned sale of the majority of her father's prized art collection. Christie's, which is handling the May sale, has... -
From Harlow to Clooney: The largest-ever collection of glamour photography goes up for auction
All The RageMad about old Hollywood? Now may be your chance to nab a classic photo from Tinseltown's storied history. Thousands of classic Hollywood glamour photographs from the Michael H. Epstein and Scott E. Schwimer collection will be auctioned off on March...... -
See Washington, D.C., like a local
Washington is steeling itself for President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration on Jan. 20. Hotels have long sold out, and space on residents' floors is going by the square foot. But visitors have reason to be excited. They'll be on hand for a historic...Tags: Washington (Litchfield, Connecticut), Ghana, Connecticut, Arts and Culture, Arts
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Treading lighter with low-carbon diets
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterNot every student in line at the University of Redlands cafeteria was ready for self-sacrifice to save the planet. "No hamburger patties?" asked an incredulous football player, repeating the words of the grill cook. He glowered at the posted sign:...Tags: Health, Food Industry, Tomatoes, Global Warming, Massachusetts
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Tori Spelling's Westwood home for sale for $2,395,000
If Hollywood had true royalty, Tori Spelling -- the daughter of Candy Spelling and the late Hollywood producer Aaron Spelling -- would be its reigning princess. And the princess is switching castles.
Spelling just bought a Tuscan-style villa in Encino...Tags: Television, Eddie Murphy, 2016 Olympic Games, Education, Natural Resources
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Pulitzer donates Picassos and other treasures
The Harvard Art Museum has received a gift of $45 million and 31 major works of art, including three paintings by Picasso.
Harvard University on Friday announced the gift from class of 1936 alumna Emily Rauh Pulitzer, a former curator at the museum and...Tags: Arts and Culture, Harvard University, Joseph Pulitzer, Education
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