A round up of places I visited during my three days in Los Angeles not covered in my other posts, starting with the iconic Griffith Observatory, a beautiful building, with…
Opened in 1974 the Getty Villa is a gorgeous replica of Villa dei Papiri, a Roman villa in Herculaneum covered in volcanic ash from the eruption of Pompeii. It is…
I wasn’t expecting to see two exhibitions of Pre-Columbian art in Los Angeles, though given the sizeable Spanish speaking population perhaps it shouldn’t have been a surprise. At the Natural…
One of the most impressive art museums, in a city full of art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) stretches over 20 acres. Even with large parts of the…
Across the road from the University of South California Exposition Park is a huge green space, home to the children infested Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and California…
One of the best modern art galleries I’ve visited, The Broad opened in 2015 after a $140m development, to house part of the extensive collection of Eli Broad. He is…
Much maligned, but definitely improving, downtown Los Angeles still feels like a work in progress, with grand architectural statements sitting next to vacant or derelict lots. In a relatively small…
A castle of art perched on the slopes of Brentwood, the Getty Center is understandably one of the top destinations in Los Angeles, with interesting architecture, lovely gardens, and an…
Papua New Guinea was the perfect place for one of my favourite travel pastimes, sketching. There’s no better way of really looking at things than by trying to draw them,…
An unexpected highlight of my time in Papua New Guinea was the number of dolphins seen, on trips from the Duke of York Islands and Kokopo. Unlike many people swimming…