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Feb 10: Sunnylands Opens Up
The estate of media magnate Walter Annenberg and his wife, Leonore, opens to the public this month.
by Aaron Betsky
Where princes and presidents once played, you and I can now contemplate world peace: Sunnylands—the Rancho Mirage, California, estate of media magnate Walter Annenberg and his wife, Leonore—opens to the public this month. The 25,000-square-foot house, by midcentury-modernist A. Quincy Jones, is surrounded by a desert garden designed by James Burnett. Meanwhile, works by Rodin and others are displayed in an interior by Billy Haines and Ted Graber. The setting, along with a program of performances and films, will conjure Sunnylands’s star-studded history.
Photo: Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands