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features Actress Naomi Watts is fully charged with a range of roles creating some serious Hollywood buzz.

106 MAKING AN IMPRESSION In San Francisco, Dede Wilsey’s passion for the arts also endures in her own picturesque home.

116 A CALIFORNIA RECORD More than 60 cultural institutions celebrate post-war SoCal art in the groundbreaking “Paciﬁc Standard Time.”

122 GRAND OEUVRE NAOMI WATTS in a Stella McCartney dress, Pomellato earrings and rings, Page 102.

With the help of their esteemed interior designer, a creative couple ﬁlls a 1950s Bel Air manse with museum-worthy art and artifacts.

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he art scene in California has really shaped up over the past few years to be another major attraction for our state. A decade or two ago, Los Angeles was a one-industry town, but we’ve now expanded to multiple industries (technology running a close second to Hollywood). Our artistic endeavors are married to these fields, and the thriving community is finally getting the recognition it so rightly deserves.

From amazing organizations like LACMA, MOCA, the Hammer and The Getty in L.A. to fabulous institutions up north (the de Young, SFMOMA Fine Arts Museums, to name a few), our cultural wave is rising. While museums make a splash, galleries are aplenty, popping up in areas, like L.A.’s

Culver City, full of new names to watch and to collect. And where there are galleries, there are artists. Young talents can find affordable space in downtown lofts and warehouses to hone their crafts. Emerging artists are flocking west to fulfill their destinies. Having already created a foundation with the likes of Ed Ruscha, David Hockney and John Baldessari, the climate is perfect for a statewide artists colony. In this design issue, we focus on all things art—from the amazing Pacific Standard Time taking over SoCal institutions to the collectors in our midst and what they are coveting now; from the best investments to the ultimate restaurants with artistic installations enveloping the aesthetic and the food. We also present the home of Dede Wilsey, a leading San Francisco museum supporter (who was integral in resurrecting the de Young). Plus, we visit a Beverly Hills domicile of a collecting couple who live elegantly, but at the same time mix art into their setting with almost casual nonchalance. And let’s not forget our cover subject, Naomi Watts, who, while not a painter or sculptress, is a true artist. Her acting abilities always are at the top of the game. This and so much more within the issue! Our editors did a great job of going to the artistic source to uncover new stories to tell. We look forward to continuing to cover this important cultural movement on a consistent basis. When a revolution is gaining

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Sara McOsker “Working on the arts issue inspired a visit to the Huntington Gardens where my picture was taken,” says Contributing Photo Editor Sara McOsker. The Rhode Island native has previously worked at Bon Appétit and Martha Stewart Living and is expecting a baby girl in January. C SPOTS • San Onofre Beach • Taking out-of-towners to Koreatown’s Nam Dae Moon Jip for BBQ • The Wine Ghetto in Lompoc

Katrin Wanberg “Touring Alchemy Arts Center and hearing about the nutritious eats at the cafe has motivated me to take advantage of the countless health-driven resources in S.B.,” says Katrin Wanberg, associate editor at Santa Barbara Magazine who penned “Restorative Retreat” (p.74). C SPOTS • Camping in Big Sur • Wine tasting in the Santa Ynez Valley • The Channel Islands— the snorkeling rivals exotic locales

Elizabeth Khuri Chandler “L.A. is one up on N.Y. with ‘Pacific Standard Time,’” says Arts + Culture Editor Elizabeth Khuri Chandler, who spearheaded “A California Record” (p.116). “It’s a real testament to our museums’ abilities to work together.” C SPOTS • Mammoth’s Rainbow Falls • Brenda’s French Soul Food in S.F. • Wang’s in the Desert, Palm Springs

Richard Phibbs “There are those wonderful moments when picture-taking is absolutely effortless,” says Richard Phibbs of shooting actress Naomi Watts (“Electric Watts,” p.102). C SPOTS • Hahm’s Healing Hands on Sunset Blvd. • Poquito Más in WeHo • The Sunset Marquis Hotel

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Amanda Ross “I was inspired by Romy Schneider in the ’60s,” explains C’s Editor-at-Large Amanda Ross, who paid tribute to swinging fashion as she styled this month’s covergirl Naomi Watts (“Electric Watts” p.102). The veteran N.Y.-based stylist has contributed to Harper’s Bazaar and Domino. C SPOTS • I love Il Piccolino in West Hollywood • Stroll, eat and shop on Abbot Kinney • Del Mar: so beautiful, low-key and just plain cool

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Marshall Heyman “I met Naomi [Watts] near the house I rented in Amagansett and ran into her and Liev Schreiber a few more times over the summer,” says writer Marshall Heyman (“Electric Watts” p.102). C SPOTS • Beverly Hills Juice • Spin class at Up Dog in WeHo • Meltdown Comics, L.A.

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The collection of a lifetime is ready for a new home

ne of Richard Dorso’s favorite rituals was to walk from his apartment building on Monday nights to the gallery openings on La Cienega Boulevard. Before he passed away earlier this year at the age of 101, the retired producer told Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) founder Peter Loughrey, “I’ll confess something. I like happy art.” Indeed, more than 400 prized pieces from artists like John Baldessari, Robert Cottingham and Ed Ruscha filled every inch of Dorso’s 1,800-square-foot abode. The collection will be on view (Sept. 19-Oct. 8) and sold on Oct. 9th at the LAMA showroom. 16145 Hart St., Van Nuys, 323-904-1950; lamodern.com.

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fter a two-year transformation of the 1939 hillside Spanish-style retreat, the iconic Hotel Bel-Air unveils a fresh new look this month. Its current owner (the Sultan of Brunei) kept the “Bel-Air Pink” while adding a La Prairie Spa (also stocking in-room bath amenities) and a restaurant from Wolfgang Puck. Troubled hearts be still: The property’s resident swans have remained at Swan Lake. Rooms from $565; 701 Stone Canyon Rd., L.A.; hotelbelair.com.

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Mountain (Rizzoli, $85), a new book by L.A.-based climber and writer Sandy Hill, rejoices in Earth’s imposing-yetbeautiful giants. Breathtaking photos are juxtaposed with depictions by artists such as Gerhard Richter and Ed Ruscha. Ricardo LaPiettra, 2005, Cerro Torre, Andes, 10,262 ft., Patagonia, Argentina.

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UP FOR SALE The inaugural contemporary fair Art Platform Los Angeles (produced by MMPI of N.Y.’s The Armory Show) will host 75 galleries (including locals like Michael Kohn, Perry Rubenstein and M+B) at the L.A. Mart building. Oct. 1-3; artplatform-losangeles.com.

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ROYAL POLO At the Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club, a perfectly civilized afternoon beneﬁtted The Foundation Polo Challenge. The day’s festivities included a luncheon by Giada De Laurentiis as well as the charity polo match. Kate Middleton presented the trophy to Prince Rosario Dawson William’s team.

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GENERATIONS OF WINE Toasting the “Generations of Wine,” Gordon and Billy Getty hosted a celebration of Argentine history and wine honoring the country’s Catena family. Dinner at the Getty’s S.F. home included a blind tasting.

Leigh Matthes, Elizabeth Swanson

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DIANI SHOES Hosted by Caroline Diani, C’s Jennifer Hale and Finola Hughes, the 5th-annual Soles4Souls Gala in S.B. welcomed more than 100 guests who donated gently worn footwear while checking out some new pairs. Jessa Bridges, Suzanne Percell, Christine Worden

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A 1920s mansion on La Collina Drive in Beverly Hills was transformed for the screening of Miu Miu’s short ﬁlm Muta. The night of throwback European glamour featured a menu by chef Suzanne Goin.

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URBAN HARDWOODS SONO BELLO Sono Bello Body Contour Centers of Beverly Hills is the leading source for Laser Assisted Body Contouring, combining exclusive procedure focus with unmatched technical expertise. “Our laser assisted liposuction procedure is a fantastic way to target areas that diet and exercise can’t change,” says Dr. Aaron Rollins, Sono Bello’s California medical director. 877-SONOBELLO; sonobellola.com/cmag.

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RESTORATION HARDWARE WESTWARD Gia Coppola, Sasha Spielberg and Zelda Williams all turned out for an intimate dinner at Palihouse in WeHo to celebrate the launch of Westward by Emily Current and Meritt Elliott for Kate Spade New York.

Stephanie Steinman, Gary Friedman

The grand opening of Restoration Hardware’s Baby & Child salon in Corte Madera was a posh affair for grown-ups. The elegantly appointed shop was only the ﬁrst stop before guests headed to CEO and Chairman Gary Friedman’s home for the after party.

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PARIS HAUTE COUTURE From the eastern-inspired looks at Armani Privé to Christian Dior’s out-of-this-galaxy presentation (sans Galliano), to the fairy-tale gowns at Valentino, the California jet set who attended summer’s Paris Couture week got fashion’s full world view.

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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT Valentino

Garavani pumps, $945. Mulberry purse, $850. Balenciaga by Nicolas Ghesquière clutch, $1,895. Bottega Veneta sandals, $780. Jil Sander clutch, $1,080, mytheresa. com. Thakoon sandals, $695, net-a-porter.com. Givenchy by Riccardo Tisci Mary Janes, price upon request.

Power of Print With lavish painted ﬂorals and Pollock-like abstraction, autumn’s accessories add an artful dimension to any ensemble

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Folk Tale Rodarte’s designs for Opening Ceremony spin a story of enchantment

Maxi dress, $1,210, and booties, $530, Opening Ceremony.

Blush tank, $180, and skinny pant, $260, piamita.com.

THE CAT’S PAJAMAS Longing for more sophisticated loungewear, W Market Director Karla Martinez teamed up with friends (and industry vets) Cecilia de Sola and Luiza Leitao to launch Piamita. The printed silk button-ups and tailored ﬂood pants are inspired by classic pajamas and jet-set style. $50-$450; exclusively at Barneys New York, 310-276-4400.

THE C LIST LAURA AND KATE MULLEAVY’S CULTURAL CALIFORNIA CARAVAN BOOK STORE “Filled

with antique ships and red velvet ribbons, it specializes in California history and reminds us of a library in a ’50s Disney ﬁlm.” 550 S. Grand Ave., L.A., 213-626-9944. • GRIFFITH OBSERVATORY “Perfect for stars, planets and James Dean.” 2800 E. Observatory Rd., L.A., 213-473-0800. • OOGA BOOGA “Our friend Wendy Yao’s amazing store is somewhere near Annie Potts’ record shop in Pretty in Pink…or at least that’s the way it feels.” 943 N. Broadway, Ste. 203, L.A., 213-617-1105. • WATTS TOWERS “One of the most important works of art in American history.” 1761-1765 E. 107th St., L.A., 213-847-4646.

Gold ring, $6,400, solangeazagury partridge.com.

Solange Azagury-Partridge’s 24:7 collection is a cast of geometric solid-gold rings, bracelets and necklaces.

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e were watching a lot of Ingmar Bergman movies and the landscapes within his films captured our imaginations,” say Rodarte’s Laura and Kate Mulleavy of their second collection for Opening Ceremony. That explains the line’s dusky Fanny and Alexander hues and silhouettes “reflecting Scandinavia’s serenely lit landscapes.” Imagine romantic ruffled maxi dresses and Fair Isle knits. Adding to the magic are shoes born from the region’s folk looks and fairy tales. Opening Ceremony, 451 N. La Cienega Blvd., L.A., 310-652-1120; openingceremony.com.

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Paris-based (and SoCal-born) designer Rick Owens releases his ﬁrst monograph this month. The eponymous tome is a visual narrative and glimpse into the artist’s design process and inspiration. $135; rizzoliusa.com.

One of a Few

Leopard tote, $290.

Italian brushed patent leather finished with natural cork and calfskin serves as the foundation for The Office of Angela Scott’s bespoke-minded women’s shoes, launching this fall. The Santa Barbara native works closely on the bench with a cobbler to hand-make each pair from heel to toe. $495-$824; Guild, Venice, 310-396-8300; theofficeofangelascott.tumblr.com.

Two-tone pumps, $575.

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FALL BLUES Blue jeans, $154, hudson jeans.com.

Look for Hudson’s “Freedom of Movement” collection this autumn with innovative denim producer ISKO.

hat to do with fabric left over from producing your clothing line? If you’re Wren designer Melissa Coker, you give it to accessories creatrice Clare Vivier to fashion into handbags. The L.A.-based friends have created a limited-edition, faux-leopard fur tote and clutch for fall. Aside from being big-cat chic, the pieces use remnants that would normally end up as landfill waste and are made locally, reducing their carbon footprints. wren-clothing.com; seevivier.com.

WRITTEN BY ANNINA MISLIN, FLORENCE KANE AND CAROLINE CAGNEY. RICK OWENS: © ASHA MINES PHOTOS, S|S PARIS 2007, WREN VIVIER: JEANA SOHN. HUDSON: JACKIE GOODLIN

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Maximum Coverage Max Mara celebrates 60 years of high style

hen Katie Holmes attended Max Mara’s Women In Film dinner in June at West Hollywood’s Soho House, her navy double-breasted pantsuit spoke to the Italian brand’s nonchalant elegance. “Her sophisticated yet effortless style matches our aesthetic perfectly,” says Creative Director Laura Lusuardi of the company’s choice for its annual “Face of the Future” award. Since 1951, Max Mara has quietly risen to iconic status with fashions for women who eschew fleeting trends and prefer classic silhouettes that they wear— not vice versa. In addition to an exhibition of the same name at Katie Holmes Moscow’s State Historical Museum, next month’s release of Coats! and Max Max Mara: 60 Years of Italian Fashion commemorates a big Mara’s Nicola Maramotti. anniversary. The book chronicles the company’s signature Coats! (Skira, garment, from inception to present-day shapes, via campaigns $65). Ostrich Margaux shot by Richard Avedon and Peter Lindbergh, as well as sketches handbag, from past designers (Karl Lagerfeld, for one). “Coats are timeless $3,025. Max Mara, 450 N. pieces that do not need to be re-invented,” continues Lusuardi, Rodeo Dr., B.H., “just slightly updated in the proportions 310-385-9343; maxmara.com. and cut to maintain a modern touch.” That commitment to both innovation and tradition comes alive this season; pieces in fall’s collection reference past looks (think sharply belted, double-breasted cashmere coats and kilts), but they’re tweaked with futuristic details such as high collars and leather patchwork. Lusuardi adds, “From the beginning, Max Mara has strived to deliver the highest quality of fabric, the most flattering fit and the most impeccable tailoring— three intrinsic values that have remained true to the brand to this day.” •

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Salvatore Ferragamo cuff, $630.

Givenchy by Riccardo Tisci necklace, $1,855, Barneys New York.

Cartier earrings, price upon request.

Lions and panthers and jaguars, oh my. Indulge your wild side with diamond-encrusted kitty cuffs, or sink your teeth into ﬁnger-wrapping gold paw rings

Christian Dior Fine Jewelry ring, $5,600.

David Webb bracelet, price upon request.

Anita Ko earrings, $4,600, Neiman Marcus.

On the Prowl

Oscar de la Renta brooch, $495.

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packaged in a weighty, curved flaçon inspired by the glass blowers in Murano who create the Bottega Veneta home collection bottles. A body cream, lotion and shower gel complete the line. As Maier puts it, “Fragrance is an accessory that becomes the signature of the woman who wears it.” From $95, Neiman Marcus; $475 for a limited-edition Murano-glass bottle available exclusively at Bottega Veneta boutiques; bottegaveneta.com.

RIGHT Backstage at Giorgio Armani. BELOW Jerome Molles customizes color by combining traditional foiling with balayage techniques.

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hen Your Own Initials Are Enough.” Bottega Veneta’s decades-old tag line still rings true for Tomas Maier as he debuts the label’s first-ever women’s fragrance. The leathery, floral chypre—with Italian bergamot, Brazilian pink peppercorn, Indian Sambac jasmine, oak moss and Indian patchouli—strikes the same sensual notes as the brand’s supple leather bags. The blend is then beautifully

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magine everything from drop-in yoga classes and classic facials and massages, to innovative therapies and multifaceted detoxification programs, to a cafe with organic, locally sourced, and (mostly) vegan meals and drinks. The Alchemy Arts Center—located in a historic Mediterranean building in the center of downtown Santa Barbara— is sleek, with Moroccan touches such as bright pillows and ornate mirrors; colorful bottles of oils; and positive words including “passion,” “compassion” and “forgiveness” etched into the stairs that lead up to the treatment rooms. “I focus on people’s intents and what they want to get out of their time here,” says Emma Narachi who opened the Center in March. “We offer a real blend of holistic therapies and cutting edge science.” There’s craniosacral therapy ($120/hour)—a hands-on procedure performed by Narachi, who administers slight movements to the spine, skull, and diaphragm to reduce tension, increase energy, and reconnect mind with body—plus technology like the far-infrared sauna ($60/half-hour), which heats from within the skin’s surface to stimulate blood flow, reduce cellulite, promote cell regeneration and burn upwards of 600 calories per session. These are combined with ancient modalities such as acupuncture ($165/hour) and Chi Nei Tsang ($120/hour), a blend of abdomen massage and meditation techniques to cleanse organs and ease tension. And with Alchemy’s personalized detoxification regimens, long gone are the days of highly restrictive cleanses that leave you grumpy, hungry and less than sharp. Therapeutics and meals—think pureed carrot soup with cinnamon, wheatgrass shots and ginger tea, available for daily delivery—are geared toward personal needs, whether clients live locally or escape to Santa Barbara. “I let down all of my walls for the program they set up for me,” says a client who recently embarked on an Alchemy cleanse that included lymph massage and workouts with a trainer. “It was 100% custom to my goals and intentions. I lost eight pounds in two weeks and I felt so fluid, clean and young.” 35 W. Haley St., S.B., 805899-8811; alchemyartscenter.com. •

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TICKLE PINK INN From the moment you arrive, Tickle Pink Inn at Carmel Highlands pampers you with a host of complimentary amenities, beginning with a bottle of champagne on ice. Each day, a deluxe Continental breakfast buffet and an evening wine-and-cheese reception can be enjoyed on the picturesque deck or in the privacy of your room or balcony. Many other special amenities await. 800614-7437; ticklepinkinn.com.

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Proudly celebrating its 25th year, Cambria Estate Winery is a family-owned winery in the heart of Santa Barbara County. Its famed Chardonnays and Pinot Noirs express the unique stamp of one of the most distinctive coolclimate crus in CA. In the family’s tradition of sharing the good things, Cambria is proud to gift 5,000 books to First Book, a non-proﬁt dedicated to promoting literacy in the U.S. cambriawines.com.

Viceroy Snowmass Luxury Mountain Resort offers ski-in/ ski-out luxury resort lodging, complemented by imaginative dining and lounging, a Ute Indian-inspired wellness spa, and a year-round pool terrace and cafe. Book early and take advantage of the “Simply Ski” package. Rates from $475/night include a daily $175 resort credit applicable toward Viceroy dining outlets, spa services and boutique. 877-235-7577; viceroysnowmass.com.

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hen I ﬁrst saw the lighting in France, I loved the mix of texture and glass,” says Moura Starr Creative Director Shelley Starr of her new collection of lamps, chandeliers and sconces. Made on the outskirts of Paris, the sculptural pieces—such as this aged-bronze tree light with handblown Italian glass raindrops—offer a more rustic-chic aesthetic than the modern Swarovski crystal creations for which the company is known. It’s a good way to grow. To the trade only; PDC, 8687 Melrose Ave., Ste. B547, L.A., 310-854-9100; mourastarr.com. WRITTEN AND EDITED BY FLORENCE KANE OCTOBER 2011

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electing the perfect spot to hang your prints is an art form in itself. Bill Powers, gallerist and co-founder of the online art dealership Exhibition A with wife Cynthia Rowley, knows a thing or two about living with art. Here, his tips on how to incorporate works into existing decor: 1. GO FORTH IN MULTIPLES Get two of the same

prints and hang as a diptych. 2. BUY WITH A BACK STORY Artwork with

Rene Ricard, TBT. Similar works available at exhibitiona.com.

THROW BACK New for fall from Point Reyes’ own Coyuchi: 100% organic bedding with themes like Moss Grove (think lichenhued duvets) and High Noon (to mimic the color of the sun as fog burns away). Look for a sweet baby line of towels and crib blankets, too. coyuchi.com.

narrative keeps you looking beyond the surface. 3. ROTATE EVERY FEW MONTHS It’s a great way to make room for new thoughts. 4. BE YOUR OWN CURATOR We have one wall just for drawings. It’s like a little group show in our living room. 5. HONOR YOUR INITIAL REACTION Damien Hirst has said, “First thought, best thought.” He was likely talking about art-making, but the same can hold true for the viewer.

SNAKE CHARMS Elisabeth Weinstock has now added furniture—dressers and vanities in skins like boa—to her line of jewelry boxes and accessories. Bourgeois Bohème, 7266 Beverly Blvd., L.A., 323-936-7507.

Out of Africa Inspired by the vintage textiles he’s amassed over the years, Peter Dunham’s new big-cat and tribalprint fabrics express regional hues like ochres, indigos and muds. Hollywood at Home, 724 N. La Cienega Blvd., L.A., 310-273-6200.

Come Hither “His pieces have a charming, magic quality,” says interior designer Michael S. Smith of furniture by French artist Christophe Côme, on display through November at Smith’s new art furniture gallery, Duke & Duke (next door to Jasper, his showroom). “They really work in different decors. I own some of it myself,” Smith adds. Enough said. 8527 Melrose Ave., West Hollywood, 310-657-0611; dukeanddukegallery.com.

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GOOD WOOD Don’t miss “The House That Sam Built: Sam Maloof and Art in the Pomona Valley, 1945–1985,” on view at the Huntington Library. Sept. 24-Jan. 30; huntington.org.

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STAGE NAME Oliver Messel, In the Theatre of Design (Rizzoli, $75) presents the oeuvre of a real Renaissance man who brought originality to everything he created, whether it was a Hollywood ﬁlm set or a house in Mustique.

THE SKILLED SET After WWII and through the ’60s, a generation of artists and artisans took a turn toward studio disciplines. Crafting Modernism (Abrams, $65) extensively catalogs the Mid-Century works of everyone from the Eameses and Calder, to Edith Heath and John Kapel.

A VISUAL FEAST Be it a Laguna Beach bungalow’s family hub or the most serene retreat in a Santa Ynez home, beautiful rooms abound in Michael S. Smith, Kitchens and Baths (Rizzoli, $45), the latest volume from California’s interiors icon.

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CULTURE BOUND

You might ﬁnd a Louis Vuitton boutique in a Saint-Tropez villa, at a shiny, futuristic locale on the Vegas strip or right on Moscow’s Red Square. But, as Louis Vuitton Architecture and Interiors (Rizzoli, $85) shows, no matter where the luxury house sets up shop, it takes design very seriously.

The world’s ﬁnest works—from the caves at Lascaux to Picasso’s Guernica—all in one big book: The Art Museum (Phaidon, $200).

JACKIE GOODLIN

OLD SCHOOL From the owner of L.A.’s Voila! Gallery, The Art of Instruction (Chronicle, $35) is a compendium of lush, vintage educational charts.

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an Francisco is a very sophisticated city,” says Ben Soleimani. “The people who live there are worldly. They know culture and art and appreciate antiques. And, we had so many clients there already.” So it was the perfect location for Soleimani to open a second stateside showroom for Mansour and Mansour Modern, his family’s rug companies, earlier this spring. With an impressive 50 pieces hanging in the Henry Adams Street space (in addition to luxurious floor displays), “it looks like a museum,” Soleimani says. As Mansour boasts the largest antique rug and tapestry collection in the world, some of their stock probably could sit beside relics and rarities. Though Soleimani rhapsodizes about S.F., it’s L.A. he chose to leave London for to open Mansour in 1990 on Melrose Avenue. Building “a unique storefront” there brought “more of a European flair to the neighborhood,” he says. In 2006, he launched Mansour Modern, a line of contemporary rugs he designs with inspiration from his global travels. This fall, he’ll be introducing his latest project, Ben Soleimani for

Restoration Hardware, his exclusive collection CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT for the home decor brand. The traditional and Mansour’s S.F. transitional designs will have a special area and L.A. locations. A custom silk in their stores. And, next year, look for a New Mansour Modern York outpost of Mansour and Mansour Modern. rug in a S.F. sun room designed “I could tell you where a rug was from by Jeffrey when I was eight years old,” says Soleimani, Alan Marks. Ben Soleimani. who, born in Persia, grew up around his family’s wares in London (they have a Royal Warrant from the Prince of Wales). He’s using that knowledge and experience to create what he hopes will be the “antiques of the future.” Only second to that passion comes polo. Three to four times a week, you’ll find Soleimani on the fields in Santa Barbara, where he keeps his ponies. “I love the sport because you can never learn enough,” he says. “And I love design because it has no end. I’m always pushing for more.” Mansour and Mansour Modern, 8600 and 8606 Melrose Ave., L.A., 310-652-9999, 310-652-1121; 101 Henry Adams St., S.F., 415-556-9999; mansour.com, mansourmodern.com. •

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ROYAL TOUR The annual Monarch migration ﬂies into Santa Cruz and Big Sur this month. Natural Bridges State Beach and Andrew Molero State Park, 831-423-4609. JOSHUA TREE

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Produced this year by Brooks Hudson Thomas (Speciﬁc, Project Porch), the McCarthy family and architect Robert Stone (Pretty Vacant Properties), High Desert Test Sites scatters art installations throughout the Mojave. Oct. 15-16; highdeserttestsites.com.

To introduce its Curated By goods division for Pendleton Woolen Mills, culture periodical Arkitip tapped kindred spirit, artist Michael Leon. Ideal for beach, Bowl or backyard, a ﬁrst run of 125 throws pays California homage with a state silhouette, plus truck holes to echo Leon’s roots as founder (and relauncher) of L.A. skate-design brand Stacks. $400; arkitip.com.

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andscape designer Jennifer Asher knew she was onto something in 2009 when she first powder coated steel artworks with a vibrant palette of fruit-inspired hues. Intended for outdoor use, the TerraSculpture collection emerging from her SoCal studio was beautiful, but not functional. Asher soon realized she could shape tuteurs and arbors, and this past summer, with architect/metal artist Mario Lopez, the S.F. native introduced TerraTrellis. Whether a braid of bougainvillea around an orange arch, or a Meyer lemon espalier trained on a white wall square, the bright geometrics make a simple accent to reflect easy California living. From $279; terratrellis.com.

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he white exterior of the 1887 farmhouse residence at Stonescape Winery is so very pastoral, so very Napa—and so very unpredictable: Inside, a Maarten Baas “Smoke” consisting of a burned, black, disintegrating Frank Lloyd Wright chair teases the master bedroom with its once-functional life. Amid exquisite Mid-Century Scandinavian decoration, you’ll also find early Richard >>

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Prince; conceptual pieces from Simon Starling; and subversive Martin Kippenberger. Here in Calistoga, owners Norah and Norman C. Stone craft Diamond Mountain Cabernet, but there’s another jewel at Stonescape. Serious art collectors since the 1980s (at one time, they held the largest number of Richard Princes on the west coast), the Stones have amassed a formidable trove in Napa and San Francisco of cutting-edge, Contemporary art—plus, Norah adds, “works by artists who influence the younger artists today.” (The SFMOMA trustees have been collaborating with consultants/curators Thea Westreich Art Advisory Services for more than 20 years.) “We’d been talking about building something where we could show the larger pieces and curate exhibitions, and we had many pieces in storage,” she continues. The Minimalists—the early Dan Flavin lights, the Donald Judd boxes—simply eluded display in their domestic settings. “Where are you going to put

a 5,000-pound Serra?” she asks of a Richard Serra prop piece. “If we could build a cave for wine storage, why not build a cave for art?” asier said than done—but they did it. With six layers of waterproofing, 18-inch concrete walls, and a 26-foot high excavation into the estate’s mountain, the 5,750square-foot Art Cave bowed in 2007 with a broad exhibition—from postwar Dieter Roths and Marcel Duchamps to conceptual John Baldessaris alongside Doug Aitken videos and fresh covetables by Cheyney Thompson. A second exhibition, “Breaking New Ground Underground,” would follow two years later. “I get so attached,” she says. “I’m still trying to find a home for them in my place,” she explains of a Jorge Pardo lighting fixture shaped like—get this—cockroaches, then hanging in the gallery’s entry. While private, the Stones welcome CONTINUED ON PAGE 129

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Altoon, Ed Ruscha, Robert Irwin, Kenny Price and Larry Bell works beckon at this Ed Moses-designed, Pritchard Hill spot. 707-286-4219; chappellet.com. 2. HALL WINERY A seasonal dinner series in Rutherford includes private walk-throughs led by Ambassador Kathryn Hall. 707-967-2626; hallwines.com. 3. THE HESS COLLECTION The recently retired Donald Hess now has more time to expand his proliﬁc, on-property Contemporary museum. 707-255-8584; hesscollection.

com. 4. MA(I)SONRY What’s on display is also for sale at Michael Polenske’s Yountville wine collective. 707944-0889; maisonry.com. 5. ROBERT MONDAVI WINERY Sculpture and paintings by Crystal Lockwood and Carina Mascarelli inhabit the Oakville gallery through November 19. 888-766-6328; robertmondavi.com.

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Heath Ceramics really must have made an impression on José Regueiro when he was living in Sausalito. Years later, upon crafting his line of cutting blocks, leather-handled trays and grooved bread boards, “They were my ﬁrst call,” says the Michigan-based furniture designer. The European beech and American dark walnut beauties are, he insists, more than a pretty table-topper: “You often see the real art when you start using them.” joseregueiro.com.

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or his first restaurant project, designer Ken Fulk unveils his bold stamp of chic with Jane, Amanda Michael’s modern coffee-cafe. Black and white with a race-car red La Marzocco espresso machine, the Pacific Heights spot is ideal for lunch or long conversation over a siphon of Four Barrel coffee. The stylish set is already raving; guess the word is out about Michael’s savory scones. 2123 Fillmore St., S.F., 415-931-5263; janeonfillmore.com. Host Set, $425, heathceramics.com. “Impermanence of Citrus” with a veil of Napa Valley Reserve olive oil.

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GO NOW The Restaurant at Meadowood adds yet another star as it welcomes Boris Portnoy. This innovative pastry chef has molded mignardises as near as S.F.’s Campton Place and as far as San Sebastián’s Mugaritz. meadowood.com. SONOMA

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He Delivers Mylkman Jeff Leaf bottles a small-town standard with Thursday home deliveries of his fresh almond milk sweetened with coconut water. For an in-between ﬁx, ﬁnd it at Local 1205’s juice bar on Venice’s Abbot Kinney. From $28/week; mylkman.com.

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Out of the Gates At brand-new Ram’s Gate: Sip the estate portfolio and enjoy local fare by former Delﬁna chef Jason Rose at this Backendesigned, rusticmod winery with interiors by Orlando Diaz-Acuzy. 28700 Arnold Dr., Sonoma; ramsgatewinery.com.

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ack in 2005 at Jar restaurant, Nancy Silverton slipped behind the bar on Monday nights as guest chef, serving small plates of burrata and burricotti with accents like braised artichoke hearts, salumi and bread. Considering her provenance as co-founder of Campanile and La BreaBakery, throngs soon crowded the entrance weekly at 5:30pm. She would develop the Mozzarella Monday test concept on a bigger scale (teaming with Mario Batali to do it): a Pizzeria, refined Osteria and 2Go mecca under the name Mozza—the right restaurants for L.A. at a moment when casual dining’s hewn tabletops fused with the world of fine linens. Five years old next month and still on the impossiblereservation shortlist, Mozza continues its expansion: a justready sister Pizzeria in Newport and July’s opening in Singapore. Both offer pared-down menus of the original and “the same design, but this time with a budget,” Silverton laughs. There’s also this month’s official release FROM TOP Pizzeria of The Mozza Cookbook from Knopf. The Mozza’s hallmark pies. Silverton and Amy classics are right there for the making: the Pressman on the site butterscotch budino, the craved chopped of Short Order. Nancy’s Chopped Salad. The salad. “I’ve never been protective of my reﬁned Osteria Mozza. recipes,” says the author. She has penned six solo and two joint food books to date. While this compendium was developed handin-hand with Osteria/Pizzeria Mozza’s brilliant Matt Molina (“He’s the chef, he’s the creator and the executor,” says Silverton), there’s also a side collaboration this fall to further sate the Silverites. Short Order at The Original Farmers Market is a new

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hamburger spot. But, she’s clear that it’s not her burger joint: “Amy [Pressman] is an old friend going back to the days of working together at Spago. She asked me if I would help with the menu. I won’t be running it.” With keenly sourced meats and homemade condiments, it’s artisanal reconceptualization, à la Silverton. The lifelong Angeleno still carves out time to eat out and to travel, and for autumn, she’s looking forward to meals at newcomers like Michael Voltaggio’s long-awaited Ink, and sandwiches at Ink.Sack; Night+Market Thai street-food pop-up; and Vincenti’s Pizzeria il Fico (now open at the old Michel Richard space on Robertson). No matter how frenzied, though, she takes her annual Umbrian sojourn in the summer. “Regional Italian food will be there longer than I’m around. Years ago, I’d come home with armfuls of ideas. It’s still exciting, but what happens now [is] I’ll find interesting ways to tweak a dish.” Indeed, that seems to work when you have the Midas touch. •

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Designer Yves Behar applauds Barry McGee, who will be part of an upcoming show at the Berkeley Art Museum and Paciﬁc Film Archive. Shown here, an untitled work by the artist.

The State of Art

Members of California’s creative cognoscenti weigh in about what’s hot in their world

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culture “California is showing new energy and packing new, exciting punches in design and art: from N.Y. galleries moving to L.A. to collections in San Francisco that look forward (just visited Stonescape’s Rirkrit Tiravanija installation)— and the Mission School still inﬂuencing street art while getting its deserved retrospectives (MOCA’s street art and Berkeley’s upcoming Barry McGee show). It’s a California Art world...”

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“Eungie Joo’s Triennial at the New Museum will be incredibly interesting. She’s traveled more than any curator I know to unexpected places, and I really think she will do something spectacular.” - Shaun Caley Regen, gallery owner, Regen Projects

“I keep on trying to answer this, but I keep forgetting the question. Which I guess means there’s nothing exciting for me. Next question.” - John Baldessari, artist

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“There is no one center and not even multiple centers. Events and networks, strategies and serendipities must suffice as one’s guide. So where will I be heading? Certainly to The Museum of Modern Art in New York to see the massive Willem de Kooning retrospective that opens in September.”

The next MOCA happening this November will feature a once-in-alifetime,

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“What captivates me are artists who explore social engagement and include a certain amount of active participation on the side of the audience. This is very exciting to me. And though there is nothing so new about it, our world is constantly changing and this type of work remains very much a signal for where we are now and where we are going.”

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- Yves Behar, designer

- Bettina Korek, founder, ForYourArt

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culture A sculpture by Jon Pylypchuk from the show “In the Absence of Human Bastards,” China Art Objects Galleries, L.A.

“By my choice, 99% of all events in the art world go by me. However, I recently saw an exhibit by Jon Pylypchuk, at China Art Objects Galleries, which I found quite inspiring.” - Ed Ruscha, artist Jeff Koons, J.B. Turner Engine, 1986.

“The most exciting part right now is the role of global cities like Los Angeles as centers of exchange among international artists and arts institutions. The Gettysupported ‘Paciﬁc Standard Time’ is a perfect example of how a regional capital—Los Angeles—became a national, indeed, international center and catalyst for the most advanced artistic production in the world.”

“Jeff Koons is the most exciting artist on the American scene!” - Jane Nathanson, collector, LACMA and MOCA patron

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Jeffrey Deitch, who has set an all-time attendance record for MOCA with the groundbreaking exhibition ‘Art in the Streets.’ - Eli Broad, collector and MOCA patron

Machine Project at the Hammer Museum

“A trend that I find particularly compelling is the increasing number of artists who are creating work in the social sphere—work that specifically relies on engagement with the public. Broadly defined as Social Practice, artists like Harrell Fletcher and L.A.’s own Suzanne Lacy have been pioneers in a genre that harnesses artists’ creativity with aspects of sociology, performance and community. At the Hammer, we created the Curator of Public Engagement position and our first foray was a yearlong residency with Machine Project under the guidance of Mark Allen.”

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hese days, Naomi Watts is really into bugs. This is not some subversive fetish, but mostly because her four-year-old son, Sasha, with actor Liev Schreiber is obsessed with them. (Their other son, Kai, is two, and more into singing and Lady Gaga. “He’ll walk around saying, ‘Rah rah rah rah rah la la la la la,’” Watts says, referring to “Bad Romance.”) So when a strange creepy-crawly makes a pit stop on the picnic table she’s sitting at in Amagansett, New York, Watts doesn’t even think of squashing it, but rather taking it back to her nearby beach house to share with her family. “Oh my god, Sasha would love that and would probably know the name, too,” Watts says, eyeing the wormlike thingamajig. “It’s very well camouflaged.” One could make the leap writers do in celebrity profiles to say that Watts is one of those actresses who, like the aforementioned insect, morphs into her roles. But it’s perhaps more accurate to say that she’s never shied away from the strange, edgy material other performers wouldn’t touch with a fly swatter. Think of The Ring, which ushered in a whole genre of intelligent-actressin-distress-Asian-remakes; the get-under-your-skin Eastern Promises and 21 Grams, and her real breakout, 2001’s Mulholland Drive— one of the more peculiar movies of the last 20 years.

“I’m not really the go-to comedy girl,” Watts explains. “I love the stupid comedy stuff, banging into posts and all that, but romantic comedies don’t draw me in when I’m reading them. I’m just too cynical, maybe.” Instead, she finds “it’s fun to play with fear. For me, it brings up a lot of different kinds of drama.” Her upcoming movies are similarly eccentric. First on her plate this fall is Dream House, a psychological thriller starring Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz, which Watts doesn’t want to discuss for fear of giving any particular plot twists away. “It’s hard to talk about without spoiling it,” she explains. “If I say too much more, it sort of undoes it.” She’s equally mum on her co-stars’ relationship during filming, or if she happened to attend their wedding. “I’m not going to comment on that,” she says. “That’s the end of the conversation.” Also this fall, she’ll appear opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in J. Edgar, Clint Eastwood’s film about cross-dressing FBI director J. Edgar Hoover. She plays his secretary. A small part, she says, but good: “It’s not a showy, flashy part, but it’s a solid one. She’s someone with the strength of her convictions who stands by her words—a woman in a man’s world.” Besides, she adds, when Clint Eastwood calls and asks you to join his cast, “Whether it’s a walk-on or a tour de force role, you just have to say yes.” Watts used to enjoy long shoots in far-flung locations, but now that she has a family, it’s the exact opposite. (She and Schreiber try not to be apart for longer than a few weeks.) “It just changes CONTINUED ON PAGE 129 things. The first questions you ask are,

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“I spend a lot of time figuring out who could give us something and what would motivate them,” says Wilsey. If one cause doesn’t move her peers, she’ll pitch another.

lad in a gray Chanel jacket and skirt and Louboutin kitten heels, Dede Wilsey is quickly climbing the stairs as she gives me the run of her home. She may cut a trim figure, but she lives large. Her spacious house is perched atop Pacific Heights, with sweeping views of the bay. Then there’s her art, a formidable collection of names usually found in museums or textbooks: Picasso, Cassat, Degas, Monet, Renoir, Magritte, Rodin. It seems that the only diminutive elements of the home are her three beloved dogs (Twinkle and Dazzle, immaculately white Malteses, and Eliza, a feisty Norwich terrier). To talk with Wilsey is to be in thrall not only to her elocution— a warm trill with crisp enunciation and declarative sentences— but also her self-assuredness. Her father was an Eisenhowerappointed U.S. ambassador; her great-grandfather, the founder of Dow Chemical. Wilsey’s late second husband was the food and real estate magnate Al Wilsey. She retains the air of the debutante she once was, but behind her cultivated speech is a strategic mind with a gift for raising money—big money—for the causes she believes in. She gets the job done. In 1996, she became chairman of the capital campaign to rebuild the city’s ailing art attraction, the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, which had been irreparably earthquake damaged in 1989. By 1998, two bond measures to fund the museum failed to pass with the city’s voters. So, Wilsey got to work finding private donors. “I went down to the director’s office and said, ‘Don’t worry. I will raise the money. I promise you, I will do this,’” she says. “I don’t think a single person believed me.” Leading by example, Wilsey herself gave $10 million of the more than $210 million raised in support of the institution.

In 2005, the bold, copper-encased structure designed by the Pritzker Award-winning architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron opened and instantly became a city landmark. Last year, the de Young welcomed more than two million visitors, making it the fourth most frequented museum in the U.S. “I spend a lot of time figuring out who could give us something and what would motivate them,” says Wilsey, a fixture on social circuits in San Francisco and Napa Valley (where she also has a home). If one cause doesn’t move her peers, she’ll pitch another, like the massive new UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay, or the Immaculate Conception Academy. “I get to go to interesting places and meet wonderful people. I’m really good at parties. I’ll go up to anyone. Once I was with my son, and I said, ‘Dance me next to that person, double cut in.’ And he said, ‘Don’t tell me, you’re after that poor guy.’” Wilsey spends most of her over-scheduled days in her strategycum-dressing room, clothes lined up on aisles three-deep. There, she attends to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco’s board of trustees (of which she’s president) as well as commitments to various charities. “I don’t really have leisure time. There’s no way I could retire. When do you stop being interested in things?” Wilsey asks. She also knows her audience. In the video mock-up for potential de Young patrons, Wilsey noticed that the Baselbased firm used young, thin, black-clad city dwellers from their hometown to represent museumgoers. “I told them we had to redo it. We’re looking for a huge crosssection of donors, and I needed some old and some fat people in there. The young and the thin can’t afford it yet.” “A city supervisor came to meet me here—a wonderful young woman. She asked, ‘I wonder what it feels like to be you—to have power, to have financial independence, to know everybody, but then to have everyone come and ask you for a favor?’ And I said, ‘That’s the funniest question… I mean, who cares what I feel like?’ But I realized it feels great.” •

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Wilsey’s father helped form her aesthetic. “He loved antiques shows and auctions. We went to Europe in the summers when I was little, spending weekends at the ﬂea market in Paris and at museums—not on the tennis court.”

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Wilsey fell in love with this Mary Cassat painting because of the girl. The dog also reminds her of her Norwich terrier, Eliza.

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Though she rotates art throughout her house regularly, the collector’s bedroom hasn’t changed since the ’80s. “I can’t ﬁnd another fabric I like,” she admits.

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a california record More than 60 cultural institutions celebrate post-war SoCal art in the groundbreaking “Paciﬁc Standard Time”

The Getty Museum’s “Paciﬁc Standard Time: Crosscurrents in L.A. Painting and Sculpture 1950-1970,” an overview of two decades within the broader PST, illuminates the beginnings of Los Angeles Modernism through hard-edge painting, ceramic sculpture, assemblage, collage, traditional painting and visions of the city. Zeroing in on local greats such as Ed Ruscha, David Hockney, Wallace Berman and Peter Voulkos, the show offers the art that truly changed the game. Oct. 1-Feb. 5; getty.edu. TOP Ed Ruscha’s The Los Angeles County Museum on Fire, 1965-1968. BOTTOM Ed Ruscha’s Standard Station, Amarillo, Texas, 1963.

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urfers. Chicano muralists. German émigrés. Aerospace engineers. The cultural landscape of SoCal has always boasted a disparate and electric atmosphere. Add in the area’s wide-open spaces and feel-good weather, and you’ve got perfect climes for artistic revolution. After WWII, the region sparked assemblage sculpture, California’s own version of Pop art, the Light and Space movement, and many other provocative forms of expression. Partly initiated as an oral history research project nearly 10 years ago at the Getty Institute, “Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980” now includes more than 60 museums, galleries and other organizations that have banded together to showcase the era. No other region has ever taken on such a colossal collaborative commemoration. From the social outcasts of the ’70s, to pool photography, to the African American painters and sculptors exploring Black Power, the California experience has become a tour de force in the global art world. C provides a glimpse of nine upcoming retrospectives. pacificstandardtime.org. •

“California Design, 1930-1965: Living in a Modern Way” houses 350 decorative arts objects that have ornamented the California home. Textiles, furniture, ceramics, architectural plans and photographs make up a survey of Mid-Century Modern design. LACMA’s exhibition pays close attention to the companies and production houses of the period such as Heath Ceramics, Van Keppel-Green and Eames—those visual engines that drove the era’s economic optimism. Oct. 1-Mar. 25; lacma. org. [Paul László’s European Group textile, 1954 or before.]

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TOP The Fowler Museum at UCLA plays host to “Icons of the Invisible: Oscar Castillo,” a presentation of the photographer’s dynamic shots documenting the burgeoning Chicano art scene in Los Angeles during the 1960s and ’70s. Sept. 25-Feb. 26; fowler.ucla.edu.com. [Oscar Castillo’s Shrine to the Virgin of Guadalupe at Maravilla Housing Projects, Mednik Avenue and Brooklyn Avenue, East Los Angeles, early 1970s.] LEFT Titled after the third album by L.A. punk rock band X, MOCA’s “Under the Big Black Sun: California Art 1974-1981” celebrates the cultural outliers and social outcasts of the ’70s such as Raymond Pettibon, Robert Arneson and Judy Chicago. Oct. 1-Feb. 13; moca.org. [Judy Chicago’s Childhood Rejection Drawing from the Rejection Quintet, 1974.] RIGHT “Now Dig This! Art and Black Los Angeles 1960-1980” at the Hammer Museum displays the work African American painters and sculptors working within the Black Power and Civil Rights movements, affording viewers insight into an underrepresented subculture of post-war California. Oct. 2-Jan. 8; hammer.ucla.edu. [Charles White’s Love Letter #1, 1971.]

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The coastal haze is a ﬁtting backdrop for “Phenomenal: California Light, Space, Surface,” an exploration of luminescence at The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, featuring 13 L.A. artists including Robert Irwin, Peter Alexander, Larry Bell and Craig Kauffman. Large-scale architectural structures made during the ’60s and ’70s diminish, create and obscure the passage of light, promising to be a maze of translucent glass and plastic. MCASD’s La Jolla location will highlight a selection of preliminary drawings by the artists for a peek into the creative process. Sept. 25-Jan. 22; mcasd.com. [Peter Alexander’s Orange Wedge, 1970.]

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Utilitarian and eye-catching, Eames-inspired furniture is ubiquitous in lobbies, living rooms, museums and ofﬁces across the world. The A + D Architecture and Design Museum delivers audiences the real McCoy with “Eames Designs: The Guest-Host Relationship.” Although many other PST participants feature work by innovators Charles and Ray Eames, no other exhibition presents such an unabridged look into the philosophy of their company and the interplay between producer and consumer. Vintage pieces, documentary videos, slide shows and quotations by the dynamic duo sink into streamlined perfection. Oct. 1-Jan. 16; aplusd.com. [CTM (Coffee Table Metal legs), 1945.]

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Museum: Suzanne Jackson, Apparitional Visitations, 1973. RIGHT Orange County Museum of Art teams up with the UC Berkeley Art Museum and Paciﬁc Film Archive for an exhibition called “State of Mind: New California Art Circa 1970.” Documentary footage, photographs, books and more from the decade explore the aesthetic shift in California, bolstered by conceptualists Allen Ruppersberg and Gary Beydler, as well as Bonnie Sherk. OCMA, Oct. 9-Jan. 22; ocma.net. [Paul Kos’ Sound of Ice Melting, 1970.] BELOW Palm Springs Art Museum presents Southern California’s best bourgeoisie amenity—the swimming pool—in “Backyard Oasis: The Swimming Pool in Southern California Photography, 1945-1982.” More than 130 photographs spanning nearly 40 years of splashing distraction illuminate everything from Cold War concerns to silver-spoon decadence. Jan. 21-May 27; psmuseum.org. [Michael Childers’ The Hockney Swimmer, 1978.]

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Dominating the dining room is a pair of paintings depicting behind-the-scenes views of the Moulin Rouge by Édouard Vuillard. The captain’s table and Queen Anne chairs were sourced in London. OPPOSITE The family room colors were pulled from this ﬁne Ziegler Mahal rug and are complemented by a triptych by Joe Goode. Faux-bois fabric pillows from Lawrence-Bullard’s collection dress the sofa. The coffee table was made from an 18th-century Italian center table found at Bonhams & Butterﬁelds auction, and the red lacquer armoire is Ming dynasty.

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Together, we became educated in Impressionism and had untold fun hunting down rarities whilst traveling to Paris and London to inspect the pieces.

H A large 16th-century Dutch mirror hangs above the 18th-century Italian chest and Han dynasty vases. A view of the living room with Pierre Bonnard’s Chien Chassant des Oiseaux and two drawings by Amedeo Modigliani and Edgar Degas. Roses in a Han dynasty bowl sit beside a Fabergé agate dish. The ofﬁce walls are covered in photographs by Herb Ritts and Richard Avedon. The entry was designed by architect Hal Levitt.

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al Levitt has to be one of the most talented, yet unsung architects in America. His amazing houses range from MidCentury marvels like the Vidal Sassoon house in Beverly Hills to more unusual structures like the Dirks-Dougherty residence in the heart of Bel Air. This abode, with its lofty ceilings, extraordinary log beams and spacious rooms, is no exception of Levitt’s versatile talents. I fell into this job by my old friend fate, I believe. I had decorated for some neighbors (a young family with two small children) and Carolyn Dirks visited them and called me immediately afterwards. Praising the home, she asked if I could re-create it with a twist for the one she shares with her husband Brett Dougherty. On our first meeting, I discovered the couple had bought furniture that completely didn’t match the style of the architecture and had to gently tell them I could not work with it. I could, however, work with the antique pieces they had inherited or bought along the way. Slowly, they donated all the extraneous furnishings to St. Mary’s hospice, and we set about scouring the world for the finest examples of Italian, Portuguese and Swedish furniture from the 17th and 18th centuries. To my surprise, Carolyn had a connoisseur’s eye and allowed me to educate her further in fine furniture and decorative items: Georgian silver, rare tortoiseshell inlay pieces, Han dynasty pottery and terra-cotta, ivory vizagapatam pinwork boxes, and, most importantly, very rare Impressionist works. Together, we learned much about the art and the artists. From Paris I brought in Patricia Marshall, a master dealer who helped us secure museum-quality pieces (mostly from private collections) which include Pablo Picasso (Blue Period), Albert Marquet, Edgar Degas, Camille Pissarro, Amedeo Modigliani, Alberto Giacometti and Édouard Vuillard. Having had a career in fashion, Carolyn was also open to collecting fashion photography for her office (which contains a spectacular desk that once belonged to King Karl X of Sweden). Working with the great David Fahey (who got Sir Elton John collecting photography as well), CONTINUED ON PAGE 129 IMAGES AND TEXT COURTESY OF © LIVE, LOVE & DECORATE BY MARTYN LAWRENCE-BULLARD, PUBLISHED BY RIZZOLI, NEW YORK, OCTOBER, 2011.

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Cosmopolitan Glamour Mexico City is building its future with gleaming new museums and world-class accommodations

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he most populated metropolis in the world, Mexico City intoxicates with its vibrant arts scene and creative energy. Layered with a rich history that has left museums, galleries, boutiques, cathedrals and cafes both old and new in its wake, the expanse offers much to uncover. And for a taste of forward-thinking design, and culinary mastery on a global stage, there’s no better place to go. A hotel concierge can be a foremost ally in negotiating the sprawling megacity. And while the travel advisories shouldn’t be ignored, a chaperone is not always a necessity. Have a hotel car drop you at centers like Plaza de la Constitución, Chapultepec Park and the trendy Avenida Presidente Masaryk for exploration. The city’s just shy of 600 square miles—but best seen by foot. >>

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travel STAY ST. REGIS MEXICO CITY Celebrating its second year, the 31-story building features 189 modern rooms and a Remède spa. An ideal homebase for sightseeing, the hotel sits on the tree-lined Paseo de la Reforma Boulevard and has a bird’s-eye view of the famed La Diana Cazadora (Diana the Huntress) sculpture. stregishotelmexicocity.com.

Rivera at the Palacio Nacional. The indoor pool at the St. Regis hotel. Interior and exterior of Museo Frida Kahlo.

SHOP SAN ÁNGEL BAZAAR AND ART FAIR Every Saturday, antiques, arts and crafts dealers sell their wares along the cobblestone streets of the Plaza San Jacinto. COLONIA ROMA Stroll in and out of art galleries including Arróniz Arte Contemporáneo (arroniz-arte.com), Gaga Arte Contemporáneo (houseofgaga.com), Galeriá Nina Menocal (ninamenocal.com), Labor (web.labor.org.mx) and OMR (galeriaomr.com). AVENIDA PRESIDENTE MASARYK Mexico City’s Rodeo Drive is home to the world’s luxury brands, including Louis Vuitton, Hermès and Chanel. DINE CAFÉ LA HABANA At this morning institution, both locals and tourists arrive for breakfast and their unrivaled coffee. EL CARDENAL A handful of third-floor dining rooms, the eatery offers a leisurely lunch after visiting the Palacio Nacional. restauranteelcardenal.com. RESTAURANTE PUJOL On San Pellegrino’s 50 Best Restaurants of the World list, Chef Enrique Olvera’s fresh, haute take on authentic and pre-Hispanic dishes is now a key point on the global gastronomy map. pujol.com.mx. •

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BELLAS ARTES: ADAM WISEMAN. PALACIO NACIONAL + CASA AZUL: WALTER SHINTANI

POINTS OF INTEREST MUSEO DE ARTE MODERNO In the center of Chapultepec Park, the permanent collection is one of the largest of 20th-century Mexican art. mam.org.mx. MUSEO NACIONAL DE ANTROPOLOGÍA Filled with artifacts from cultures past, this space is devoted to those who settled, lived and fought for the land. mna.inah.gob.mx. MUSEO FRIDA KAHLO Now a museum, Casa Azul is where Frida Kahlo was born and died. The house is decorated with examples of her life and work. museofridakahlo.org.mx. MUSEO SOUMAYA Dedicated earlier this year, the aluminumplated museum is a labor of love from native Carlos Slim Helú (the world’s wealthiest person). Named after his late wife and built by his architect son-in-law, Soumaya houses a master collection of Auguste Rodin works—said to be the second largest in the world outside of France. soumaya.com.mx. PALACIO DE BELLAS ARTES Featuring the original Diego Rivera mural Man, Controller of the Universe (commissioned FROM TOP Palacio for N.Y.’s Rockefeller Center, then rejected), The Opera de Bellas Artes. A House welcomes art and performance enthusiasts. dish at Restaurante Pujol. Sculptures bellasartes.gob.mx. at the Museo PALACIO NACIONAL Built in 1563 and now open to Soumaya. A mural by Diego the public, the impressive palace is the crown of the city.

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select museum groups around a dozen times annually, so an invitation to July’s fête to inaugurate the third installation was all the more coveted. There, heavy hitters in Napa wine and art (think Bill and Deborah Harlan; Pam and Dick Kramlich of Bond Estate) joined an international who’s who for “Politics is Personal”: artworks by the likes of Bruce Nauman, Sigmar Polke, Ryan Gander and Piotr Uklanski. Among those in attendance— feasting on chef Evan Shively’s pizza and fresh-shucked oysters—were museum directors (à la Joe Rosa), curators (Sandra Vincent, Suzanne Modica), gallerists (Sabrina Buell), artists (James Turrell, Matias Faldbakken) and S.F. design players (Abby Turin, Yves Behar). With a nod to performance art, a group of Thai and Bay Area artists helped gallery darling Rirkrit Tiravanija create an enormous cave mural themed “police the police.” (Former Chief of Police and S.F. Mayor Frank Jordan is currently making a Sgt. Peppers-esque diagram for it.) Participation also extended to the permanent James Turrell skyspace pavilion and pool, close to the excavated cave. Given swim caps, guests could go underwater and into a glowing white cube. A teak bench within offers respite to gaze up at an 8-foot square ceiling opening. A changing color spectrum intensifies the experience. The image of that skyspace—with Turrell’s blessing to use it—will soon adorn the first vintage with the Stonescape label, out in 2012. It’s the perfect blend. •

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‘Where does it shoot and how long for?’ That wasn’t a question before.” “Supporting parts are great,” she adds. “I love them. You get a halfway normal life. And I’m not averse to doing some kind of television down the road.”

Though some actresses say that getting older means the roles dry up, Watts insists she’s had the opposite experience. “I actually have found the parts are still coming to me, and they’re just better parts.” They may be better, buts it’s harder to keep in shape for them. “These days I have to do a lot more,” Watts says. “I’m over 40, and my body is still in damage control after children. And I like my food. I don’t deny myself anything, really. And I think I’ve gotten to like it more as I get older. You’re around food more, especially cooking with kids. You can’t go ahead and cook the same boring meal.” Though she owns a house in Brentwood, Watts and Schreiber have made downtown Manhattan their permanent residence. In addition to Amagansett, they also keep a house upstate and travel to Watts’ native Australia at least once a year. “Liev is a New Yorker and he’s very connected to the theater,” Watts says. (They’d like to do a play together, “but I have total stage fright. I’m scared.”) “I’ve always been out on the road, but you can’t really take a New Yorker out of New York. My brother [photographer Ben Watts] also lives there, so it was an easy move but a hard adjustment. I don’t miss driving, not at all, but L.A. is so laid back.” The kids, she explains, “love it wherever they go. Sasha’s home is New York, but that’s because his toys are there.” The funny thing about parents who make creepy, edgy movies: It’ll take a while before their kids can see them. Eventually, Watts expects Schreiber will “get a lot of props” for playing Sabretooth in Wolverine and she will earn some mileage out of King Kong. “You’ve got dinosaurs, a big gorilla, action. It’s too scary for now, but at least I’ve got that to fall back on. I’m going to milk that one.” Still, she wouldn’t mind voicing a shark or a baby pig one of these days. Don’t expect any sort of shift in what we’ve come to know as a Naomi Watts movie, however. “People have said, ‘Are you going to change your interests?’ My taste is my taste and that’s not going to change. And hope-

fully when my kids grow up, they’ll understand my choices.” For now, at least, they barely know what she does for a living. “They see me getting hair and makeup ready, and they think that’s my job,” Watts says. “You try to explain, but they think my workplace is a trailer. Then they see one on the street and say, ‘There’s Mummy’s work.’” She laughs. “Really, they do.” •

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we acquired works by William Klein, Herb Ritts, Richard Avedon, Mervin Smolensky, Cecil Beaton and Man Ray. Today the house is a mix of the finest furniture, quirky, charismatic accessories and cherry-picked artworks, all of which blend perfectly into a very relaxed setting to complement the easygoing nature of this couple whom I consider to be very dear friends. Together, we became educated in Impressionism and had untold fun hunting down rarities whilst traveling to Paris and London to inspect the pieces. This job that I thought would be a quick fluff-up actually became a real learning experience for me. It taught me much about important furniture and how to combine artwork of many periods to create decorative harmony. •

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his performance with magician Derek Delgado. 7001 Franklin Ave.,

non-profit art space, LA><ART presents emerging local talent.

323-851-3313. ARTS AND CRAFTS Take a tour of The Gamble

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House by Greene and Greene and learn about CA’s unique architec-

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MASTERPIECE Some argue that Louis Kahn’s Salk Institute is

Broad Art Foundation’s incredible collection in its current home

the most beautiful building on our coast. 10010 N. Torrey Pines Rd.,

by the sea, before it moves downtown. 3355 Barnard Way, Santa

La Jolla, 858-453-4100. READY TO POT Take ceramic classes near

Monica. OUTDOOR OASIS With more than 14,000 different varieties

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hollyhock House in Barnsdall Art Park.

of plants, The Huntington: Botanical Gardens, Library & Art

barnsdall.org. GIVING BACK Inner-City Arts is committed to fostering

Collections is one of my favorite places to visit. 1151 Oxford Rd., San

creativity among urban youth. 720 Kohler St., 213-627-9621. SHADY

Marino, 626-405-2100. FREE FOR ALL For public arts projects

BUSINESS The newest project for Freeway Eyewear is a collabora-

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The Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum.

PALETTE I love artist-turned-designer Jasmin Shokrian’s chiffon

tees in every rainbow hue. 310-300-0377; jasminshokrian.com. STUDY BREAK I always find a great rare book to add to my library

in the Art Catalogues at LACMA. 5905 Wilshire Blvd., 323-857-6000. HANG IT UP The only framers I trust are Art Services. 626 N. Almont Dr., 310-247-1452. PERFECT PETALS Specialty flower shop Lily Lodge arranges organic

bouquets in one-of-a-kind vintage vases. 644 N. Robertson Blvd., 310-360-9400. HOME AWAY FROM HOME Mr. Chow. Great food. Great art. 344 N. Camden Dr., B.H., 310-278-9911. •

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p.116 Ed Ruscha, The Los Angeles County Museum on Fire, 1965-1968, oil on canvas, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1972; Photography by Lee Stalsworth © Ed Ruscha. • Ed Ruscha, Standard Station, Amarillo, Texas, 1963, oil on canvas, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire; Gift of James Meeker, Class of 1958, in memory of Lee English, Class of 1958, scholar, poet, athlete and friend to all © Ed Ruscha. p.117 Paul László (Hungary, 19001993, active Beverly Hills), European Group textile, 1954 or before, rayon, cotton 105 ½ x 48 ⅝ in. (268 x 123.5 cm), LACMA; Gift of Peter and Shannon Loughrey © Paul László Estate/ ADAGP, Paris/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

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Table Metal legs), 1945 © Eames Office, LLC; Photography by Grant Taylor, Courtesy of JF Chen, Collection of JF Chen. p.121 Ed Ruscha, The Back of Hollywood, 1977, oil on canvas, 22 x 80 in., collection of Musée d’Art Contemporain de Lyon, France, Courtesy of the artist. • Suzanne Jackson, Apparitional Visitations, 1973, acrylic wash on canvas, 54 x 72 in. (137.2 x 182.9 cm), Collection of Vaughn C. Payne Jr., M.D. • Paul Kos, Sound of Ice Melting, 1970, installation view from Sound Sculpture As, April 30, 1970, Museum of Conceptual Art, San Francisco: installation with two 25-pound blocks of ice, eight boom microphone stands, mixer, amplifier, two large speakers, and cables, 78 x 240 x 180 in.; Courtesy of the artist and Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco. • Michael Childers, The Hockney Swimmer, 1978, C-print, Courtesy of Michael Childers © Michael Childers. •

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