Michael Govan and Katherine Ross are sitting at the dining table of their almost-finished house in the Baldwin Hills section of Los Angeles. Designed in 1958 by the mid-century California architect Ray Kappe, it’s perched on a hillside, like a bird in flight, and its floor-to-ceiling windows overlook a significant swath of the city, from the Getty to the Hollywood sign to the soon-to-open Lucas Museum of Narrative Art. There’s still no running water or kitchen appliances. They stayed up most of the night hanging art, including a work by their neighbor, Todd Gray, that they had asked to borrow the day before. “In most neighborhoods you might borrow a cup of milk if you’re just moving in—but in Los Angeles, you can be sure there’s an artist who might have an artwork to lend,” Govan says. The

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