Public Art and Architecture from Around the World

Category: Malibu

  • Malibu, California – Adamson House

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    This is the Adamson House, also known as Vaquero Hill, a historic house with lovely grounds in Malibu, California.  It has been called the “Taj Mahal of Tile” due to its extensive use of decorative ceramic tiles created by the Malibu Potteries company. The house was built in 1930 for Rhoda Rindge Adamson and Merritt…

  • Malibu, California – April 22, 2001 – Getty Villa

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    In 1954, oil baron J. Paul Getty opened a gallery adjacent to his home in Pacific Palisades. Can you imagine, you were able to walk around his home and view his collections.  Visitors were limited but it must have been very intimate.   When he ran out of room, he built a second museum on the property…