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Hess Collection Winery and Art Collection

Peter Walker Landscape Design - Hess Collection (Alice Joyce photo)

A visit to Napa wine country should surely take in the artfully arranged, Modernist landscape at The Hess Collection Winery. A tasting of The Hess Collection Mount Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay will be a high point, to be followed by a stimulating tour of The Hess Art Collection. Among the exciting works is: Surface Tension – a rare work by British artist Andy Goldsworthy, now on permanent display at the Hess Art Museum. Measuring 10 x 16 feet, the sublime installation was assembled by Goldsworthy in 14

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Andy Goldsworthy, The Spire - Presidio of San Francisco

Goldsworthy's 'Spire' Presidio of San Francisco: Alice Joyce photo

Artist, Andy Goldsworthy’s The Spire emerges in a clearing at The Presidio of San Francisco, where the park’s reforestation efforts are ongoing. In this section by the Bay Ridge Trail, 150 dying trees have been removed. In 2008, Goldsworthy used felled mature trees to create the sculpture’s monolithic

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