Julia holds a Ph.D. in Public History and an M.A. in Art History from the University of California, Riverside. She is passionate about art, architecture, and exhibitions.
The Birth of Cool: Hard-Edge Paintings by Karl Benjamin
Could a painting style capture the aesthetic of an entire era? Could it give form to the bouncy, cool optimism of post-bebop jazz music? Karl...
Julia Bourbois 11 September 2026
Chilling Beauty: Exploring Europe’s Bone Churches
From the ancient period through the 18th century, European Catholics and Orthodox Christians displayed and maintained bones of the deceased to honor...
Julia Bourbois 26 June 2025
Frank Gehry in 10 Designs (That You Can Visit)
In February 1998, Philip Johnson, the godfather of Postmodernism, stood before the shimmering Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, and declared Frank...
Julia Bourbois 7 May 2025
10 Most Famous Brutalist Buildings in the World
The 2024 film The Brutalist, a 3.5 hour epic for which Adrien Brody won an Oscar, has renewed public interest in Brutalist architecture. Whether...
Julia Bourbois 24 April 2025
