Weisman Collection of Art

I visited the Frederick R. Weisman Collection at Carolwood with my Art in Art Spaces class today. This is really a great class. We meet every Tuesday from about 10:00 - 1:00 and visit galleries and art museums all over town. That's Jim Murray on the far left in the picture above, our fearless leader, who does a fabulous job of arranging these weekly excursions. I've been a part of this class for about three-and-a-half years now, and I never get tired of it. There's so much art in this city, and there's always something new to see.

The Weisman collection is housed in a beautiful house in Holmby Hills -- the house that was his home before he died in 1994. The house is packed with art -- so much that it's overwhelming. There are paintings and sculptures by Picasso, Klee, Kandinsky, de Kooning, Warhol, Francis, Rothko, Frankenthaler, Moore, Oldenburg, Lichtenstein, Johns, Ruscha . . . the list goes on and on.

The Weisman Art Foundation offers docent-led tours of the home and the art to anyone who is interested -- groups or individuals -- by appointment only. It's well worth your time to check this out. No photography allowed inside the house, so I was only able to get this picture outside.