LOS ANGELES–The Hollywood Museum celebrates the entertainment industry’s awards season with a special exhibition of props and costumes worn by nominees in film, television and music. The “And the Winner Is” special awards season exhibition features items such as the Asian silk jacket Meryl Streep wore while dining in a French café in the film […]

HOLLYWOOD–Celebrities have always been the stock in trade of Madame Tussauds ever since the diminutive French sculptress, whose name is on the front door, literally invented the art of wax figure sculpting 200 years ago. Two-time awards winner Richard Sherman, who composed some of movie Dom’s most iconic tunes, from “Mary Poppins” to “Chitty Chitty […]

FALLBROOK–Brandon Gallery announced that Elizabeth Taft, an award winning portrait artist, will hold a special showing in its Etcetera Gallery during February. Proficient in oil and acrylics, Taft entitles her Feb. 1-28 exhibition: “About the Face” in which she displays portraits and portrait styles that reflect her “love of the beauty around her and in […]

SAN DIEGO–Heroes and Artisans, opening Sunday, February 28 at Mingei International Museum in Balboa Park, celebrates the 200th anniversary of Mexican independence (1810), the 100th of the Mexican revolution (1910) and the folk art that colorfully and vitally expresses the nation’s spirit. Just as the heroes of independence and the revolution were great artisans in crafting […]