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Storytelling through Picture Frames

Norton Simon Museum
Friday, May 8, 2026•1:00 PM
Explore the partnerships between paintings in the collection and their current frames. Discover which frames are original, and which were created later or carefully selected to complement works such as Giovanni di Paolo’s Branchini Madonna, Hyacinthe Rigaud’s Portrait of Antoine Pâris, Conseiller d’État and Vincent van Gogh’s Head of a Peasant Woman in a White Bonnet.
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Norton Simon Museum

Located within the prestigious Norton Simon Museum, this cafe is part of the Patina Group collection, offering a dining space that integrates seamlessly with the museum's European and Asian art surroundings.story_potoo

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411 W Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91105
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nortonsimon.org
+1 626-449-6840

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