{"id":549183,"date":"2026-06-23T00:56:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T00:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/549183\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T00:56:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T00:56:30","slug":"a-curators-eye-view-of-water-in-japanese-art-at-descanso-gardens-pasadena-weekendr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/549183\/","title":{"rendered":"A Curator\u2019s-Eye View of Water in Japanese Art at Descanso Gardens \u2013 Pasadena Weekendr"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-136523\" class=\"size-full wp-image-136523\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Mineko-Grimmer-Musical-Vessels-1993-detail.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"400\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-136523\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">[photo credit: Descanso Gardens]<\/p>\n<p>Water can soothe or destroy, trickle or surge, and the artists in \u201cSound of Water: Feminine Expressions of Fluidity\u201d hold all of those possibilities at once. On Saturday, curator Meher McArthur leads two guided tours of the exhibition at Descanso Gardens, offering a closer look at how a group of contemporary Japanese artists render water\u2019s many moods.<\/p>\n<p>McArthur will lead the walks at 11 a.m. and again at 1 p.m. through the Sturt Haaga Gallery, tracing the show\u2019s themes from the soft and serene to the powerful and unpredictable. The exhibition, she has said, invites viewers to consider their own relationship with an element that grows only more precious \u2014 and more volatile \u2014 as the world faces climatic extremes.<\/p>\n<p>The show gathers work by artists including Mineko Grimmer and Miya Ando, whose pieces translate water into sound, light and shifting form. It arrives at a fitting moment for its host: the exhibition marks the 60th anniversary of Descanso\u2019s Japanese Garden, a longtime refuge of stillness within the larger grounds.<\/p>\n<p>Descanso Gardens, the botanical garden in La Ca\u00f1ada Flintridge, makes a natural setting for an exhibition about the natural world, its galleries and plantings in quiet conversation. A guided tour adds another layer, the curator\u2019s eye drawing out details a visitor might otherwise walk past. No reservation is required, and the tours are included with admission or membership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSound of Water: Feminine Expressions of Fluidity\u201d curator tours with Meher McArthur will take place Saturday, June 27 at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. in the Sturt Haaga Gallery at Descanso Gardens, 1418 Descanso Drive, La Ca\u00f1ada Flintridge. The tours are included with admission or membership; no reservation is required. 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