OPENING THIS MONTH
A Royal Passion: Queen Victoria and Photography
February 4–June 8, 2014 | The Getty Center
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Queen Victoria, June 30, 1854, Roger Fenton. Hand-colored salted paper print. |
Explore the relationship between the new art of photography—introduced to the world in 1839—and the young Queen Victoria, a passionate collector since the 1840s, whose photographic image became synonymous with an entire age. With important loans from the Royal Collection in England alongside masterpieces from the Getty Museum, this exhibition presents rare daguerreotypes, private portraits of the royal family, and a selection of prints by early masters such as William Henry Fox Talbot and Julia Margaret Cameron.
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Hiroshi Sugimoto: Past Tense
February 4–June 8, 2014 | The Getty Center
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Manatee, 1994, Hiroshi Sugimoto. Gelatin silver print. The J. Paul Getty Museum, purchased with funds provided by the Photographs Council. © Hiroshi Sugimoto |
Focusing on subjects that reimagine or record historical moments, contemporary photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto uses the medium to investigate how history filters down to the present. This exhibition brings together three series by the artist—habitat dioramas, wax portraits, and early photographic negatives—that present objects of historical and cultural significance from various museum collections. This exhibition is supported by the Japan Foundation.
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LAST CHANCE FOR...
Canterbury and St. Albans: Treasures from Church and Cloister
Through February 2, 2014 | The Getty Center
The first weekend of February marks your last chance to see two remarkable medieval treasures from England before they are returned home—life-size stained glass windows from Canterbury Cathedral and the luxuriously illustrated St. Albans Psalter from the Hildesheim library in Germany.
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Gods and Heroes: European Drawings of Classical Mythology
Through February 9, 2014 | The Getty Center
Greco-Roman mythology has inspired generations of draftsmen to depict the colorful and dramatic stories of classical gods and heroes. This exhibition explores that rich tradition through 40 drawings from the Getty Museum's collection.
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CONTINUING THIS MONTH
Connecting Seas: A Visual History of Discoveries and Encounters
Through April 13, 2014 | The Getty Center
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The pirate Dampier guides children through the exhibition. © 2013 Mirada Studios |
Navigate the high seas in this Getty Research Institute (GRI) exhibition, which looks at how early ocean voyages led to scientific expeditions, trade, and colonial conquest. Bring the whole family and explore the GRI's newly expanded galleries with a kid's guide written by children's author Cornelia Funke, available in the gallery, or download here.
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Werner Herzog: Hearsay of the Soul
Extended through April 20, 2014 | The Getty Center
Projected on three adjacent walls and 18 minutes in length, this five-channel video art installation by celebrated director Werner Herzog combines 17th-century landscape etchings by Hercules Segers with the contemporary avant-garde music of Dutch composer and cellist Ernst Reijseger.
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MUSIC
Sounds of L.A.: On Ensemble with Special Guest Artist Sumie Kaneko
Saturday, February 8, 7:00 pm and Sunday, February 9, 3:30 p.m. | The Getty Center
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On Ensemble. Photo: Ayumi Kameda |
Widely considered leading lights of Japanese music in the United States, On Ensemble infuses traditional taiko (Japanese drums) with jazz and world music elements. The L.A.-based group is at the forefront of young musicians who seamlessly bridge East and West, old and new. Joining them is koto and shamisen (Japanese stringed instruments) virtuoso Sumie Kaneko.
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FILM SERIES
Victoria Regina
Saturday and Sunday, February 15, 16, 22, and 23 | The Getty Center
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Emily Blunt and Rupert Friend in The Young Victoria. Photo: Liam Daniel. Momentum Pictures/Photofest © Momentum Pictures |
Queen Victoria has inspired filmmakers since the inception of cinema. This two-weekend film series features four films and one televised play about Victoria in which her life, her loves, and her many achievements—over an astonishing 50-year reign—are explored and celebrated.
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LECTURES & CONVERSATIONS
The Dancer Statuette by Paolo Troubetzkoy and the Incredible Life of Countess Thamara Swirskaya
Sunday, February 2, 3:00 p.m. | The Getty Center
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Dancer, 1912, Paolo Troubetzkoy. Bronze. |
Travel back to Paris of the 1910s and Los Angeles of the 1950s as Anne-Lise Desmas, associate curator of sculpture and decorative arts at the Getty Museum, traces the history of a bronze statuette of dancer Thamara Swirskaya by sculptor Paolo Troubetzkoy. Purchased by J. Paul Getty in 1933, the sculpture symbolizes the intersection of Swirskaya's and Troubetzkoy's fascinating lives.
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Hiroshi Sugimoto—New Work
Wednesday, February 5, 7:00 p.m. | The Getty Center
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Queen Victoria, 1999. Hiroshi Sugimoto. Gelatin silver print. Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco.
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Photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto speaks about his recent projects, including the series Photogenic Drawings, which take as their subject early negatives made by W.H.F. Talbot between 1835–46. He also discusses his return to New York City's American Museum of Natural History—the site of some of his earliest work—to photograph new habitat dioramas, and his interest in themes like architecture and movie theaters.
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Tiberius to Nero: Roman Emperors on the Stage and Screen
Wednesday, February 19, 7:30 p.m. | The Getty Villa
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Head of Tiberius, Roman, A.D. 14–37. Marble. |
Roman emperors have been popular subjects on stage and screen throughout history, due to their reputations for deviousness, hypocrisy, and sheer lunacy. Historian Ronald Mellor examines popular representations of Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero, accompanied by dramatic readings of Ben Jonson's Sejanus, Albert Camus' Caligula, and film clips from I, Claudius and Claudio Monteverdi's Incoronazione di Poppaea. Free; a ticket is required.
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COURSES
Figure Drawing with Roman Dress
Saturday, February 22 and March 1, 1:00–5:00 p.m. | The Getty Villa
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Lorie Ann Hambly and David Michaels of the Legion Six Historical Society |
This two-day exploration of figure drawing and ancient Roman fashion in the galleries and studio concentrate on the depiction of the clothed body in poses inspired by classical statuary, modeled by members of the Legion Six Historical Society. Open to 22 participants. Course fee $85 (includes materials). Complimentary parking.
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