Tag Archives: Robert Irwin

museum Sunday

Posted on June 8, 2014 by Denise

Frida Kahlo in the Sun by Leo Matiz In what now seems like the dim past, the family photo album was a holy book, kept on prominent display in the sitting room, perhaps atop the piano draped in a fringe … Continue reading →

Posted in artists, photography, Plant Portraits | Tagged cycads, Frida Kahlo, LACMA palm garden, Lepidozamia peroffskyana, Macrozamia moorei, Museum of Latin American Art, Robert Irwin | 1 Comment

melianthus at the getty and other controversies

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Denise

The incomparable Herb Ritts and Titian were also at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, and some of Marie Antoinette’s hand-me-down furniture too. I think it can be safely said that gardeners are connoisseurs of the perfect moment, and last … Continue reading →

Posted in design, garden visit, photography, Plant Portraits, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged Albert Barnes, Barnes Foundation, Black Mondo Grass, California Pepper Tree Schinus molle, Christopher Knight, crepe myrtles, dyckias, Eastern Sycamore, Echeveria setosa, Getty Center Los Angeles, Herb Ritts, Kalanchoe luciae, Lagerstroemia indica, London Plane tree, Melianthus comosus, Melianthus major, museums, ophiopogon, Pelargonium sidoides, Platinus acerifolia â€œYarwoodâ€, Richard Meier, Robert Irwin, San Marcos Growers, The Art of the Steal, tulbaghia | 7 Comments

the most salient landscape feature of Los Angeles

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Denise

has to be the parking lot. “It’s estimated that there are three nonresidential parking spaces for every car in the United States. That adds up to almost 800 million parking spaces, covering about 4,360 square miles, an area larger than … Continue reading →

Posted in design | Tagged Eran Ben-Joseph, Renzo Piano, Robert Irwin, urban design, urban planning | 4 Comments

Palms & Lawn

Posted on August 27, 2011 by Denise

I’ve had a very interesting past couple of days. (Interesting in my usual narrow, horticultural sense of the word.) Thursday I finally made it to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art to check out up close the new Eli … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, design, garden travel, MB Maher, succulents | Tagged Agave guiengola 'Creme Brulee', Anne Raver, Austin, drought, Eli Broad, Furcraea foetida 'Mediopicta', Getty Center, Jim Dugan, Kelly Griffin, LACMA, lawn replacement, Licuala peltata, Mark Simmons, Rancho Soledad Nursery, Ravenala madagascariensis, Renzo Piano, restoration ecologist, Richard Serra's Band, Robert Irwin, Texas, The New York Times | 4 Comments