Posts by Culturalcocktailhour
Cultural Cocktail Hour heading to Paris!
Cultural Cocktail Hour will head to Paris at the end of this Month! (the last week of June) In the meantime here are some photos from CCH’s 2012 exploration of Paris All Paris Photography © 2012 Leticia Marie Sanchez
Read MoreIn the news: The missing Caravaggio and “the Pizza Connection”
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 St. Francis and St. Lawrence is on the FBI’s list of Top Ten Art Crimes. The painting was…
Read MoreAlliums in Bloom at the Boston Public Garden
Claude Monet — ‘I must have flowers, always, and always”
Read MoreRenoir and Boston
Renoir’s “The Seine At Asnieres” reminds me of my boat ride this week at the Boston Public Garden
Read MoreCultural Cocktail Hour in Boston
Cultural 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 MoreNew Installations at the Getty Villa- *A Must See!*
by 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 way be improved. After seeing the results of this massive undertaking, I am a believer.…
Read MoreRoman Emperor Caligula loved horsing around…
Guess 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, a marble stable, an ivory manger, rich red robes, and a bejeweled collar. Caligula even…
Read MoreCultural Cocktail Hour’s Interview with Timothy Potts, Director of the J. Paul Getty Museum
Photo 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 LA: Contemporary Artists’ Visions INTERVIEW Cultural Cocktail Hour: Plato in LA explores the influence of the classical…
Read MoreNew Installations at the Getty Villa- *A Must See!*
by 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 way be improved. After seeing the results of this massive undertaking, I am a believer.…
Read MorePlato in LA- A Must See Exhibit- at the Getty Villa
Plato 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 Realism espouses the notion that the material world is only a poor copy of the…
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