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The missing Caravaggio and the “Pizza Connection” By Leticia Marie Sanchez A pilfered painting by Caravaggio has been in the news this month, thanks to an article from Smithsonian magazine that offers new clues to the art mystery. The missing 17th century work, the Nativity with…
Read MoreClaude Monet — ‘I must have flowers, always, and always”
Read MoreRenoir’s “The Seine At Asnieres” reminds me of my boat ride this week at the Boston Public Garden
Read MoreCultural Cocktail Hour is in Boston, admiring the flowers in each window in Beacon Hill “There are always flowers for those who want to see them”– Henri Matisse All Photography © 2018 by Leticia Marie Sanchez
Read Moreby Leticia Marie Sanchez Cultural Cocktail Hour had the pleasure of visiting the new installations at the Getty Villa. Prior to seeing it firsthand, I honestly wondered how this oasis in Malibu, remodeled after the home of Julius Caesar’s father-in-law, could in any…
Read MoreGuess Who’s Coming to Dinner? by Leticia Marie Sanchez Salvador Dalí s painting, “Le Cheval de Caligula” depicts Incitatus, pampered pony of blood-thirsty Roman emperor Caligula. The often-violent Caligula became so enraptured with his stallion that he giddily showered him with 18 servants,…
Read MorePhoto Credit- Courtesy of the J. Paul Getty Trust. Cultural Cocktail Hour interviewed Timothy Potts, Director of the J. Paul Getty Museum, in advance of two openings at the Getty Villa on April 18th: The Reinstallation of the Antiquities Collection at the Getty Villa Plato in…
Read Moreby Leticia Marie Sanchez Cultural Cocktail Hour had the pleasure of visiting the new installations at the Getty Villa. Prior to seeing it firsthand, I honestly wondered how this oasis in Malibu, remodeled after the home of Julius Caesar’s father-in-law, could in any…
Read MorePlato in L.A. Contemporary Artists’ Visions April 18–September 3, 2018 By Leticia Marie Sanchez Plato would have had a field day with Los Angeles at this point in time. Even the term Virtual Reality has Platonic connotations. After all, Platonic…
Read MoreGeorgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986)Near Abiquiu, New Mexico Image: Courtesy of Christie’s Claude Monet (1840-1926)Extérieur de la gare Saint-Lazare, effet de soleil Image: Courtesy of Christie’s Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986)Near Abiquiu, New Mexico Image: Courtesy of Christie’s Claude Monet (1840-1926)Extérieur de la gare Saint-Lazare, effet de…
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