Cheech Marin has since amassed more than 400 works of art and counting. “It’s something that’s very immediate and visceral when I choose artwork.”
Something to See Here
Actor Jim Carrey’s serial humor belies his artful quest to make sense of the world and affect people’s lives
Actor Jim Carrey’s serial humor belies his artful quest to make sense of the world and affect people’s lives
Editor's Letter January 2012
The Stars are Shining on Palm Springs
Sometimes, celebrities appear exactly as you expect when you meet them. And we meet many — especially when the Palm Springs International Film Festival (Jan. 5-16) draws the eyes of the entertainment industry.
Breaking the Surface
‘Backyard Oasis’ uses photography to show how the allure of Southern California swimming pools influenced America’s postwar ethos
The sexiest, most seductive art exhibition in Southern California delivers plenty of eye candy: beautiful bodies — many of them celebrities — luxuriating around swimming pools.
'Clinton Would Have Loved This'
A Rancho Mirage-based foundation advances the legacy and promotes the interests of a late New York School artist.
Marilyn Pearl Loesberg paces with a phone to her ear. She’s on the line with an art dealer in New York, where she’s organizing two exhibitions for the late Abstract Expressionist Clinton Hill.
Editor's Letter – December 2011
A Season for Entertaining
Shooting on location for Palm Springs Life sometimes goes like filming a movie. We often start somewhere in the middle of the story and sequence the final images when we lay out the magazine.
Editor's Letter
In Season About L.A. Art, Palm Springs Shines.
Early in his tenure as executive director of Palm Springs Art Museum, Steve Nash spoke of renovating the interior, pursuing more compelling and important exhibitions, and sharpening its collection strategy in a way that would serve the community and brighten the desert institution’s star among the “constellation of museums in Southern California.”
Editor's Note
Thank You, Jackie Lee
The “Guardian Angel of the Desert” has gone, leaving us to carry on her singular mission: to continually help improve the lives of desert residents and organizations in need.
Editor's Letter October 2011
Look at us Now!
Magazines redesign for many reasons: to modernize their look, to refine their content and accentuate new editorial features, and to make themselves more attractive to read. We’re hopeful the makeover we introduce this month accomplishes all of the above. The new format retains the popular departments and features that Palm Springs Life readers expect and adds a Style department, which
A Valley of Art
Look inside to see some of the desert’s world-class beauty
Free spirits and imaginative individualists have long reveled in the desert’s open spaces and minds. The qualities that draw artists also beckon those who appreciate their efforts.