I was exiting the rotunda of Cathedral City Hall after a talk by Agnes Pelton scholar Michael Zakian. He had just finished saying that Pelton’s abstracts are rare and becoming more and more valuable. “We think we might have found…
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Agnes Pelton Revival in Cathedral City
Border Foxes, John Hilton, Eric Merrell, Effie! and More
Lomaland, Pil-O-Rox, Diego Rivera, Transcendental Painting Group and More News
Cady Wells and the Desert Modern
Two Agneses, Middle Earth Maps, Joe De Yong, Daughter of Zorro and more
Bascom Burns, Tributes to Phil Kovinick, Tim Townsley, Silvio Silvestri and More News
Slow Art, Palm Desert Firehouse Mural, Historic Artist’s Home in Danger and More
With Desert X returning to the Valley in 2019, all eyes will be on installations scaled to Instagram. In the shift to Insta-art, those who work in the enduring tradition of 20th Century Impressionist painters are easily overlooked. One such…
Neal Lucas Hitch, Agnes Pelton Exhibition, Eric Merrell’s Plein Air Poem and more
If you’re looking for a land art destination now that the Desert X Mirror House is being dismantled, I suggest taking a drive south past the Salton Sea to see Neal Lucas Hitch‘s straw bale observatory. The lunar viewing pod…
Swinnerton Stash, Eric Merrell, Hwy 62 Art Tours, Mary Weatherford on Agnes Pelton and More
When Alan and Lois Stoneman built a home at Thunderbird Country Club in 1960, they asked Jimmy Swinnerton to paint them a smoke tree (a favorite of Alan’s.) Swinny borrowed the throw pillows from the couple’s sofa to make the painting match…