Last night Big N and I attended LACMA's exhibit Hearst the Collector. The exhibit displayed several works collected by William Randolph Hearst, including knight armor, pottery, charcoal drawings, drawings of Hearst Castle from the architect that designed it, antiquities, and paintings. My favorite piece from the exhibit was the Canova sculpture of Venus. The sculpture was flawless. It didn't dawn on me until later that the reason it appealed to me is because I adore another of Canova's famous sculptures, Cupid and Psyche, which I gawked at for nearly an hour at the Louvre.
Another amazing piece was this one of Santa Barbara. A smaller sculpture in person but equally captivating.
The exhibit inspired me to save money to buy art. According to KCRW art critic Edward Goldman, who gave a lecture before the tour began, buying art makes you live longer and healthier. That's reason enough for me.
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