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Monster Mash: Tom Hanks in Ohio; Da Vinci mystery painting; Denver Art Museum's new leader
Culture Monster-- Cause celebre: Tom Hanks lends a fundraising hand to Ohio's Great Lakes Theater Festival, where he got his start as an actor. (The Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- Lost masterpiece?: Fingerprints suggest that a portrait cataloged as a 19th century...... -
Wal-Mart wants to bury funeral homes
Brand XNo, this is not some kind of zany Halloween marketing hoax (at least that we know of): Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer is now selling... discount coffins. Not content to put the mom and pop stores out of business, the Bentonville, AR behemoth now... -
Critic's Notebook: Ingres' 'Comtesse d'Haussonville' @ Norton Simon Museum
Culture MonsterLouise d'Haussonville arrived in Pasadena the other day, and it's always good to see her. Always strange too. One of the greatest portraits by one of the greatest portrait painters â French genius Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780-1867), who didn't...... -
Milan's big showing of a Da Vinci notebook recalls L.A.'s Leonardo that got away
Culture MonsterIn light of recent controversies, most folks who care about art know that it's a really big deal for a museum to even think of unloading a masterpiece. (Consider Brandeis University's attempt to sell off the collection of its Rose...... -
Best book title of the year?
Jacket CopyAuthor Judy Wearing deserves kudos for the title of her popular science book, "Edison's Concrete Piano: Flying Tanks, Six-Nippled Sheep, Walk-on-Water Shoes and 12 Other Flops from Great Inventors." It immediately conjures questions: Could a concrete... -
Mona Lisa had eyebrows, art expert says
Culture MonsterSomeone alert Dan Brown. The novelist's best-selling "The Da Vinci Code" contained many conjectures about the history and provenance of the "Mona Lisa" -- many of which have been dismissed as pure nonsense by scholars and religious figures. Now comes........ -
Leonardo arrives at Italian Cultural Institute
Culture MonsterThe mystique of Leonardo da Vinci has arrived at the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles in the form of a tiny exhibition. The long-planned project of the instituteâs director, Francesca Valente, will open Thursday with two drawings by the...... -
Leonardo da Vinci's 'Angel' lands in Westwood
Culture MonsterIt is said that Queen Victoria got rid of Leonardo da Vinci's drawing "Angel in the Flesh" as part of a 19th century effort to purge pornographic -- or at least erotic -- images from the British Royal Collection. Now...... -
Monster Mash: Frank Gehry headed Down Under; Smithsonian settles asbestos suit; James Franco gets chatty
Culture Monster-- Starchitect's new job: Frank Gehry is set to work on a project in Australia, where he will transform a building for the University of Technology, Sydney. (Sydney Morning Herald) -- Moving on: The Smithsonian Institution has settled an asbestos-related....
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