Admission to the Getty Center is FREE. For visitor information, see information on planning a visit or call (310) 440-7300. All events are free, unless otherwise noted. Reservations are required for performances, lectures, seminars, and courses.
Settling Scores with Caravaggio
For many today, Baroque art is epitomized by the paintings of Caravaggio and the sculpture of Bernini. But that's not the way most contemporaries saw it. In this lecture, Keith Christiansen, Jayne Wrightsman Curator at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, describes the intensely fought battle for an artistic legacy from which the painters from Bologna came out on top.
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Sunday, February 15, 2009, 3:00 p.m.
Getty Center, Harold M. Williams Auditorium
Curator-Artist Dialogue
Scott Schaefer, senior curator of Paintings at the J. Paul Getty Museum, and painter Richard Houston discuss why Bolognese Baroque paintings capture their emotions.
Sunday, March 15, 2009, 3:00 p.m.
Getty Center, Museum Lecture Hall
Speaking Up for Themselves: Positive Messages in Convent Music and Art in Seicento Bologna
Responding to misogynistic portrayals of women in several images seen in the exhibition, Craig Monson, professor of music at Washington University in St. Louis, considers how music, painting, and architecture of Bolognese convents were staged to show (at least some) women in an alternative, more positive light.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009, 3:00 p.m.
Getty Center, Museum Lecture Hall
The "Myth" of Venus: Alluring Seductress or Allegorical Muse
Become enamored by the goddess Venus in this four-hour gallery course dedicated to her many guises from the Renaissance to the present day. This course raises questions about beauty, sexual love, and the dichotomy of pure virgin and provocative femme fatale. Course fee $20.
Saturday, February 14, 2009, 10:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
Getty Center, Museum Lecture Hall and Museum galleries
Beyond the Frame: Italian Baroque Ceiling Frescoes
Join Museum educator Bryan Keene for a two-part gallery course exploring the rich flavor of Italian Baroque ceiling frescoes by five of the greatest painters of the 16th and 17th centuries: the Carracci family, Domenichino, Giovanni Lanfranco, Guido Reni, and Guercino. Course fee $30; $20 students. Open to 30 participants; call (310) 440-7300.
Part 1: Saturday, April 25, 2009, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Part 2: Saturday, May 2, 2009, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
GRI Lecture Hall and Museum galleries
Musica Pacifica
Award-winning Baroque ensemble, Musica Pacifica explores the stylistic influences between Dresden and Bologna in this program featuring works by Bach, Telemann, Vivaldi, Cazzati, Veracini, Albinoni, and Corelli. Tickets $20; $15 students/seniors.
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Saturday, February 21, 2009, at 8 p.m.
Getty Center, Harold M. Williams Auditorium
Culinary Workshop: Art and Gastronomy of Baroque Italy
Join chefs and museum educators Maite Gomez-Rejon and Nancy Real for this culinary workshop exploring Northern Italian cuisine art from the 16th and 17th centuries. Focusing on Bologna, participants tour the exhibition, prepare a meal using historic recipes, and enjoy a class pranzo (lunch) together. Course fee $55. Open to 20 participants; call (310) 440-7300.
This course is offered twice:
Thursday, February 12, 2009, 10:30 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Thursday, March 5, 2009, 10:30 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Getty Center, Museum Studios
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Drawing from Italy: The Bolognese School
Join artist Richard Houston in this two-session studio course and explore the drawing techniques of the Bolognese Baroque School. Working from the figure in both chalk and ink, participants investigate the ideas and techniques of these Italian artists with specific emphasis on historical context, value, treatment of form, and mark making. Course fee $65; $55 students. Open to 25 participants.
This two-part course repeats three times:
Tuesdays, February 10 and 17, 2009, 1:00–5:00 p.m.
Sundays, March 1 and 8, 2009, 1:00–5:00 p.m.
Tuesdays, April 7 and 14, 2009, 1:00–5:00 p.m.
Getty Center, Museum Studios
Artist Ruth Weisberg's recent series of paintings, drawings, and monotypes on view at the Norton Simon Museum were inspired by the Baroque artist Guido Cagnacci. She discusses the power of Baroque painting, the Bolognese painters, and the Carracci and their followers. Sign up at the Museum Information Desk beginning at 1:00 p.m. the day of the talk. Free. No reservations required.
Saturday, February 14, 2009, 2:30 p.m.
Getty Center, Museum galleries
A curator of paintings, the J. Paul Getty Museum, leads a gallery talk on the exhibition. Meet under the stairs in the Museum Entrance Hall. Free. No reservations required.
Thursdays, January 15 and April 30, 2009, 1:30 p.m.
Getty Center, Museum galleries
Andreas Henning, curator of Italian painting at the Old Masters Picture Gallery of the State Art Collections Dresden, leads a gallery talk on the exhibition. Meet under the stairs in the Museum Entrance Hall. Free. No reservations required.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009, 1:30 p.m.
Getty Center, Museum galleries
How did the Bolognese school radically change the direction of painting? Historians explain how—and why—those artists infused their religious subjects with fervent passion. Tour features music from the Captured Emotions CD. Pick up an audio player in the Museum Entrance Hall or the Exhibitions Pavilion.
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Past Exhibitions
