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San Diego House / A. Quincy Jones
This weekend I went to an open house in Ramona for an A. Quincy Jones home that's for sale. It was hosted by Keith York of Modern San Diego. You might be asking yourself, how did an A. Quincy Jones...
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Architecture Tour / Long Beach
LONG BEACH MODERN ARCHITECTURE TOURSaturday, October 13 from 10 am - 4 pmSix Mid-century Modern MasterpiecesGibbs & Gibbs Office, by Donald Gibbs (1963) The Mcwilliams Residence, by John W....
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Nevada City / Architecture
Nevada City Firehouse No. 1 (1861)Discovery of gold in 1848 brought people from around the world to California. By 1850, Nevada City, California was home to 10,000 people. The town grew quickly and...
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Modernism / Downtown Los Angeles
Downtown Modernism Show in Los AngelesSunday, October 28thIt only happens twice a year.This really is the best market around.
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Weekend / Stuff
David Cressey for Architectural PotteryPeter Shire, 1980You know I love my little wire accessories. Here are baskets by Sol Bloom and a tray by Archie Kaplan, both for New Dimensions.All this belonged...
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Robin Gay McCline / Fresno
There was a great house for sale in Fresno. It was designed in 1970 by Fresno architect Robin Gay McCline as his personal residence. He must have been friends with Stan Bitters because there sure is a...
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Weekend / Stuff
Peter Shire Ceramics, late 70s and early 80sNew little Ray EamesEphemera and Carl Aubock Stuff
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Richard Neutra / Lovell House
The Lovell Health House by Richard Neutra was designed starting in 1927 and completed in 1929. It was built for Philip Lovell. The Lovells had just had a beach house built for them by RM Schindler....
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OBJECTS USA / FALL 18
OBJECTS: FALL 18Vintage Art Exhibition and SaleFriday, Nov. 16 from 7-9pmSaturday, Nov. 17 from 10am-5pmSunday, Nov. 18 from 10am-2pm Ronis Fine Art - 1946 BroadwaySan Diego, CA 92102 Objects USA, an...
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Paul Rudolph / Walker Guest House
Paul Rudolph’s 1952 Walker Guest House has been erected in downtown Palm Springs. The house is a full-scale replica that is on loan from the Sarasota Architectural Foundation (SAF) in Florida. It was...
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Weekend / Stuff
La Gardo Tackett for Architectural Pottery, model CS-27Maurice Grossman faces and Dick Seeger
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Weekend / Stuff
Robert Bulmore lamp, Jack Boyd sculpture, little Earthgender and fire tools. Arthur Umanoff cart for or David Morgan and a Ben Seibel for KraftwareCaught in actionPhoto: NFSA better look at the Jack Boyd
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Objects USA / Fall 18
Another Objects USA show has come and gone. Many thanks to those who came.Dave Hampton put together a nice collection of Concrete Poetry pieces. Works by Lynn G. FaymanJack BoydEllamarie Woolley copper...
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Weekend / Stuff
I went to Mexico City and did a little shopping. I spent a lot of time in bookshops on this trip. These are just some of the books I came back with. They are a really dumb thing to buy while...
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Geles Cabrera / El Eco
Geles Cabrera, the first sculptor of Mexico at El Eco in Mexico City. The exhibition was curated by Pedro Reyes. Now 92, Geles had her first show in 1948 and is credited as being the first woman in...
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Bob Matheny / Almost Anonymous
Bob Matheny: Almost Anonymousis the first major survey of the work of San Diego-based artist Bob Matheny. Since the late 1950s Matheny has developed his expansive practice through the lens of many...
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Yoshihiro Makino / Chandigarh
My friend Yoshi is having an exhibition of his photos and a book signing at JF Chen this Saturday.The design and art direction of the book is by Tamotsu Yagi. He's a big deal in the design world and...
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