{"id":180,"date":"2011-04-28T06:15:42","date_gmt":"2011-04-28T13:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/curatingla.com\/2011\/04\/28\/magic-at-the-skirball-see-it-before-it-vanishes\/"},"modified":"2011-04-28T06:15:42","modified_gmt":"2011-04-28T13:15:42","slug":"magic-at-the-skirball-see-it-before-it-vanishes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/curatingla.com\/cla\/2011\/04\/28\/magic-at-the-skirball-see-it-before-it-vanishes\/","title":{"rendered":"Magic at the Skirball \u2013 See it before it vanishes\u2026."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.curatingla.com%2Fblog-index%2F2011%2F4%2F27%2Fmagic-at-the-skirball-see-it-before-it-vanishes.html&amp;send=true&amp;layout=standard&amp;width=450&amp;show_faces=false&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;font&amp;height=35\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:35px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"full-image-float-right ssNonEditable\"><span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/cla\/legacy-images\/organizations\/Skirball-logo.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1303971856765\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/span>Ever since the first Harry Potter book was published, readers around the world have been captivated by the magical arts so vividly and compellingly described by J.K. Rowling and subsequently brought to life on the big screen. Now those of us living in the greater LA area have the opportunity to delve into magical history of a completely different kind with tomorrow&rsquo;s opening of two companion exhibitions at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skirball.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Skirball Cultural Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The first, titled <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skirball.org\/exhibitions\/houdini\" target=\"_blank\">Houdini: Art and Magic<\/a>, comes to Los Angeles from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejewishmuseum.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jewish Museum<\/a> in New York, where Brooke Kamin Rapaport curated the show. As you peruse the exhibit, you&rsquo;ll find more than 150 objects, such as film clips, period posters, theater ephemera, rare photographs, and tools of his trade (including a straitjacket, milk can, and Metamorphosis Trunk used by Houdini in many of his escape tricks). The exhibit also includes the work of select avant-garde artists, illustrating Houdini&rsquo;s status as an iconic figure.<\/p>\n<p>The companion show at the Skirball is called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skirball.org\/exhibitions\/masters-of-illusion\" target=\"_blank\">Masters of Illusion: Jewish Magicians of the Golden Age<\/a>, which is billed as &ldquo;the first museum exhibition to investigate the significant contributions of Jewish magicians to entertainment history and to American and European culture at large.&rdquo; Like the Houdini show, Masters of Illusion includes a wide array of artifacts, such as lithographs, playbills, costumes, stage props, automata, and film and radio clips. It also highlights the accomplishments of Alexander Herrmann (1844&ndash;1896), Harry Houdini (1874&ndash;1926), Albert &#8220;The Great Rameses&#8221; Marchinski (1876&ndash;1930), The Great Leon (1876&ndash;1951), Carl Ballantine (1917&ndash;2009), and&nbsp;many more.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"full-image-float-right ssNonEditable\"><span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/cla\/legacy-images\/artistsphotographersfilmmakerswriters\/houdini.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1303972206818\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><span class=\"thumbnail-caption\" style=\"width: 207px;\">Houdini in chains, 1903, photograph. Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections. Via Skirball web site. <\/span><\/span><span class=\"full-image-float-left ssNonEditable\"><span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/cla\/legacy-images\/artistsphotographersfilmmakerswriters\/ballantine_lg.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1303972140965\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><span class=\"thumbnail-caption\" style=\"width: 227px;\">Great Ballantine (1917&ndash;2009) with Cards and Balls, c.1935. Courtesy of Saratoga Ballantine. Via Skirball web site.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>DETAILS<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>When<\/strong>: April 28 through September 4, 2011<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where<\/strong>: Skillball Cultural Center, located at 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90049<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cost<\/strong>:<br \/>$10 General; $7 Seniors and Full-Time Students<br \/>$5 Children 2&ndash;12<br \/>Free to Members and Children under 2<br \/>Free to all on Thursdays<\/p>\n<p><strong>More Information<\/strong>:<br \/>Tel: 310-440-4500<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.skirball.org\/general-info\/directions-and-parking\" target=\"_blank\">Directions and Parking&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/cla\/legacy-images\/organizations\/Skirball-logo.jpg\" alt=\"Skirball_logo\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Ever since the first Harry Potter book was published, readers around the world have been captivated by the magical arts so vividly and compellingly described by JK Rowling and subsequently brought to life on the big screen. Now those of us living in the greater LA area have the opportunity to delve into magical history of a completely different kind with tomorrow\u2019s opening of two companion exhibitions at the Skirball Cultural Center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12,15,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family-friendly-activity","category-history","category-museums","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Magic at the Skirball \u2013 See it before it vanishes\u2026. - Curating Los Angeles<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/curatingla.com\/cla\/2011\/04\/28\/magic-at-the-skirball-see-it-before-it-vanishes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Magic at the Skirball \u2013 See it before it vanishes\u2026. - Curating Los Angeles\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ever since the first Harry Potter book was published, readers around the world have been captivated by the magical arts so vividly and compellingly described by JK Rowling and subsequently brought to life on the big screen. 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