brommel
Friday, February 28, 2014
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Facing paint
Facing Sam Francis' Basel Mural I.
Browse the Norton Simon Museum website to dig in.
Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California, U.S.A., February 2014.Monday, February 24, 2014
Eternal voyeurism
Baseball legend Joe DiMaggio with whom Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962) was married 274 days had purchased two crypts in Westwood Cemetery, and while divorcing in 1954 sold one crypt to Richard Poncher. The crypt Poncher bought was located directly above that which would eventually hold the remains of Marilyn Monroe. Nearing death in 1986, Poncher (aged 81) told his wife "... if you don't put me upside down over Marilyn, I'll haunt you the rest of your life." Shortly before he was interred, his wife instructed the funeral director to place him upside down in his casket, which he did.
Mrs. Poncher decided to sell the crypt in 2009 and reached $4.5 million on an Ebay auction. Seems Richard Poncher is still resting facing Marilyn in February 2014. May both R.I.P. and may Hugh Hefner who bought the crypt next to Marilyn enjoy eternal voyeurism once he steps in.
Westwood Village Cemetery, Los Angeles, February 2014.
Labels: celebrities, cemetery, facts to know, U.S.A.
Sunday, February 23, 2014
Saturday, February 22, 2014
Back in time: Ruby's Autodiner from the 1940s
Labels: architecture, art deco, food, heritage, restaurant, U.S.A.
Friday, February 21, 2014
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Inside James Turrell
Probably the best artist of the past decades. James Turrell is using light as his material. Being inside some of his installations allows you to experience the unexpected. Have you ever walked through a wall before?
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A, January 2014.
Labels: Art, beauty, cultural innovations, facts to know, museum, U.S.A.
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
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