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Gérôme Then and Now
Mary Morton and Scott Allan, co-curators of the exhibition, discuss the controversial reception of Gérôme's art in the 19th century, its neglect in the 20th century, and the importance of revisiting his art today.
Thursday, June 17, 2010, 7:00 p.m.
Getty Center, Harold M. Williams Auditorium
Gérôme's Cinematic Imagination
Marc Gotlieb, director of the graduate program in the history of art at Williams College, introduces Jean-Léon Gérôme's paintings through the lens of modern cinema. This perspective—characterized by Hollywood and its approach to storytelling and suspense—brings to life pictures that once captivated the attention of audiences across Europe and the United States, even as those pictures were anathema to Modernist aesthetics.
Thursday, July 22, 2010, 7:00 p.m.
Getty Center, Harold M. Williams Auditorium
Rethinking Orientalism
The exhibition provides a context for reexamining the issues raised almost 30 years ago by Linda Nochlin in her groundbreaking essay "The Imaginary Orient." Mary Roberts, professor in the department of art history and film at the University of Sydney, and photographer Lalla Essaydi join Nochlin in this discussion.
This event is sold out.
Thursday, August 12, 2010, 7:00 p.m.
Getty Center, Museum Lecture Hall
The Ornament and the Enchantress Film Series
These iconic femmes fatales and their biblical, mythical, even modern settings captured the imagination of early filmmakers. The popular actresses featured in this series, such as Alla Nazimova, Claudette Colbert, Hedy Lamarr, and the incomparable Greta Garbo, built their careers in roles as temptresses of the Orient.
Learn more about the films.
Saturday, June 26, 2010, 3:00 p.m.: Salome (1923)
Saturday, June 26, 2010, 7:00 p.m.: Cleopatra (1934)
Sunday, June 27, 2010, 12:00 p.m.: Samson and Delilah (1949)
Sunday, June 27, 2010, 3:00 p.m.: Mata Hari (1932)
Getty Center, Harold M. Williams Auditorium
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Artist in Context: Jean-Léon Gérôme and 19th-Century France
Jean-Léon Gérôme was among the most prominent artists in 19th-century France. Working within a politically charged period, the controversial Gérôme looked to many sources for inspiration, including antiquity, the East, and the new medium of photography. Characterized by enormous curiosity and rigor, his spectacular oeuvre will be considered in three sessions.
Course fee $65; $45 students/seniors. Open to 40 participants.
August 14, 2010, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Getty Center, GRI Lecture Hall
August 21, 2010, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Getty Center, GRI Lecture Hall
August 28, 2010, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Getty Villa, Meeting Rooms
Curator's Gallery Talks
Mary Morton, curator and head of the department of French paintings, the National Gallery of Art, leads a gallery talk on the exhibition. Meet under the stairs in the Museum Entrance Hall.
Thursday, June 17, 2010, 1:30 p.m.
Getty Center, Museum galleries
Scott Allan, assistant curator of Paintings, the J. Paul Getty Museum, leads a gallery talk on the exhibition. Meet under the stairs in the Museum Entrance Hall.
Thursdays, July 1 and 29, and Wednesday, August 18, 2010, 1:30 p.m.
Getty Center, Museum galleries
Artist Jon Swihart explores the work of Jean-Léon Gérôme, one of France's most honored painters, in this in-gallery discussion. Sign-up begins at 1:00 p.m. at the Museum Information Desk. Free; no reservations required.
Saturday, September 11, 2010, 2:30–3:30 p.m.
Getty Center, Museum galleries
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Past Exhibitions
