Entry No. 24 — the Los Angeles file — filed under: art-immersive

Mosaic Tile House

Over three decades, artists Cheri Pann and Gonzalo Duran encrusted their own Venice home, inside and out, with handmade glazed tiles and shards of broken ceramic. Walls, fences, cabinets, a gazebo and even the bathroom fixtures disappear under dense fields of color and embedded objects. Pann threw and glazed the tiles; Duran cracked and arranged them into magic-realist figures. Pann died in 2025, but the house she and Duran built remains a living artwork, open to visitors who walk straight through it tile by tile.

The move: Take the Saturday-afternoon tour together and slowly hunt for hidden faces and oddball objects pressed into the mosaic, then debrief over tacos on Abbot Kinney.

📍 Before you go Open for tours Saturdays roughly 1-4pm; reservations recommended. Around $20 adults, $15 seniors. It is a private home, so check current availability before going.

• 📍 Venice
• 💸 $$
• ⚡ Up for anything
• 🌗 Indoors

Where: 1116 Palms Blvd, Venice, CA 90291

Hours: Added 2026-06-23 — confirm current hours before you go.

⚠ Seasonal or scheduled — always check before you go.

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last checked: 2026-06-23