Hymn of Life:  Tulips (photo courtesy of Beverly Hills.org)

On July 11 For Your Art, a local art collective website, will host their first annual Public Art Party, which is a self-guided walking tour of Beverly Hills that takes you to installations of art by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama.  Local businesses have joined the party – the map starts you off at the restaurant Porta Via so you can pick up a boxed lunch.  Then you’re on to Hymn of Life: Tulips at the junction of Santa Monica Boulevard and Rodeo Drive, where the party really gets started.  “Around the sculpture there will be face-painting and digital portraits taken– reading, knitting, hoola hooping and yoga are also encouraged.”

It’s LA, after all.

Other stops on the tour include short films at The Paley Center for Media and an exhibit of Kusama’s work at Gagosian Gallery.  To top it off, stop by CRUMBS for a special Kusama-inspired cupcake.

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