ESTHER McCOY EXHIBITION OPENS

Tweet “Sympathetic Seeing: Esther McCoy and the Heart of American Modernist Architecture and Design,”  the first exhibition to present the life and work of  McCoy (1904-1989), opens Wednesday, September 28, at the MAK Center. The exhibition recognizes her as an American original and affirms her unassailable role as a key figure in American modernism. Esther McCoy and Marshall Ho'o, Zuma Beach, Malibu, California, c. 1933. Courtesy of Esther... Read More

TRUTH AND LIES

Tweet by Peggy Clifford Santa Monica is one of those legendary places that’s been on the world’s radar for decades. It’s an original, not a copy. It’s been here, on the storied Southern California coast for 135 years, and it’s been an icon for longer than most of us have been alive. It’s very small, intricately made. The ocean is the main thing. It’s in the light, the air, the soil, and the souls of its most... Read More

Santa Monica Loses Its Balance

Tweet Given the gloriously idiosyncratic character of the town and the bureaucratic mindset that rules City Hall, it was inevitable. Santa Monica is one of those small, storied places that’s on a first-name basis with the world. Like the ocean, which is its primary reason for being, it’s constant, but never still, forever becoming. And that’s why we live here. As William Faulkner said, “The past isn’t dead. It isn’t even past.” This... Read More