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July 2013
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Overdrive: L.A. Constructs the Future, 1940–1990
Through July 21 | The Getty Center

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Final weeks! See the acclaimed exhibition that showcases Los Angeles, the "polycentric city," and its innovative built environment studded with ambitious freeway networks, whimsical coffee shops, cultural destinations, and experimental residences. View an unprecedented collection of drawings, models, photographs, animations, interviews, and films that explore and celebrate L.A.'s rapid transformation into one of the most influential industrial, economic, and creative capitals in the world.

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Overdrive and its companion exhibition, In Focus: Ed Ruscha, are part of the Pacific Standard Time Presents, a citywide celebration of L.A. architecture and place. Sign up for PSTP updates »

L.A. architecture - through July 21
LAX Theme Building by Pereira & Luckman, Welton Becket & Associates, and Paul R. Williams (detail), construction completed 1961. Alan E. Leib Collection. Image courtesy of and © Luckman Salas O'Brien
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Future Exhibitions

The Poetry of Paper
July 23–October 20, 2013 | The Getty Center
Can you see negative space? Artists including Rembrandt, Boucher, and Seurat left blank areas in their artworks to create the illusion of light and form. Explore the concept of the unoccupied ground in this fascinating exhibition of drawings.

Werner Herzog: Hearsay of the Soul
July 23, 2013–January 19, 2014 | The Getty Center
Experience this immersive five-channel video installation by celebrated German filmmaker Werner Herzog. This unique work juxtaposes early-17th-century landscape etchings by Hercules Segers with contemporary scores by Ernst Reijseger.

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Don't miss! Sicily: Art and Invention between Greece and Rome continues through August 19 at the Getty Villa.

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Saturdays Off the 405: Pickwick
Saturday, July 13, 6:00–9:00 p.m. | The Getty Center

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Enjoy the smooth neo-soul sounds of Pickwick, from Seattle with stops along the way for Americana, Grateful Dead, R&B, and Tom Waits. Lead singer Galen Disston ignites when paired with anxious guitars evoking T. Rex. Performing cuts from their new album, Can't Talk Medicine, Pickwick produces a raw urgency that lingers long after the music is over. Free; no reservations required.

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Saturdays Off the 405 and neo-soul - July 13
Galen Disston of Pickwick
Also in July

Saturdays Off the 405: Geographer
July 27

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Friday Flights | Free Performances
Friday, July 19, 6:00–9:00 p.m. | The Getty Center

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Nostalgic for the neon New Wave of the 1980s? Join us for Friday Flights! The synthpop sounds of DJ Paul V complement the awesome '80s architecture in the exhibition Overdrive. Learn totally '80s dance moves, flash back to the future with a screening of the sci-fi classic Blade Runner, create your own radical fashion statement in the Smile Lounge photo booth, or take a tour of Overdrive. Free; no tickets required.

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Film, DJs, dancing, and food on Friday nights at the Getty!
Dance, dance! Get moving with Cynthia Harper and James Zimmer at Friday Flights
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From the Streets of Tokyo to Snow Country: Hiroshi Hamaya and the Documentation of Japanese Life
Thursday, July 11, 7:00 p.m. | The Getty Center

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A 1939 photo shoot in the snow country of northeastern Japan profoundly moved Hiroshi Hamaya, a Tokyo native. Hear Jonathan Reynolds, professor at Barnard College, New York, discuss Hamaya's efforts to document through photography both Tokyo's urban environment and the slower-paced ritual and community life of rural Japan.

Complements the exhibition Japan's Modern Divide: The Photographs of Hiroshi Hamaya and Kansuke Yamamoto. Free; reservations recommended.

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Hamaya Hiroshi and Japanese life - July 11
Man in a Traditional Minoboshi Raincoat, Niigata Prefecture, 1956, Hiroshi Hamaya. © Keisuke Katano
Marie-Antoinette in America: Her Royal Treasures in the New World
Sunday, July 14, 3:00 p.m. | The Getty Center

In this richly illustrated presentation, author Ronald Freyberger describes numerous extraordinary works of furniture and decorative art from U.S. museums that originally adorned the French queen's apartments at Versailles, Fontainebleau, the Tuileries, and elsewhere. Free; reservations recommended.

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Marie-Antoinette's royal treasures - July 14
Swivel Chair, about 1787, frame by Georges Jacob; carving by Pierre-Claude Triquet and Jean-Baptiste-Simon Rode
At the Sicilian Table: Culinary Pleasures of Ancient Italy | Talk & Three-Course Dinner
Saturday, July 20, 5:30–10:00 p.m. | The Getty Villa

Learn about one of the original foodies, Archestratus of Gela, whose humorous writings celebrated good eating and promoted a life of unrestrained luxury. Then savor a three-course dinner of elegant, delicately flavored dishes inspired by the cuisine of Sicily during the 4th century B.C. Complements the exhibition Sicily: Art and Invention between Greece and Rome, which will be open after dinner, till 10:00 p.m. Tickets are $125 each (includes wine) and go on sale Monday, July 1.

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A Sicilian feast, ancient foodie style - July 20
Red-figure fish plate, 325–300 B.C., attributed to the Binningen Painter. Gift of Barbara and Lawrence Fleischman
Highlights at a Glance—July 2013
At the Getty Center this month

C L O S I N G   T H I S   M O N T H
Overdrive: L.A. Constructs the Future, 1940–1990 (Through July 21)

O P E N I N G   T H I S   M O N T H
The Poetry of Paper (Opens July 23)
Werner Herzog: Hearsay of the Soul (Opens July 23)

C O N T I N U I N G   T H I S   M O N T H
Gardens of the Renaissance (Through Aug. 11)
Japan's Modern Divide: The Photographs of Hiroshi Hamaya and Kansuke Yamamoto (Through Aug. 25)
In Focus: Ed Ruscha (Through Sept. 29)

H O T   T I C K E T S
Botanical Drawing (July 7 & 21)
Talk: Hamaya Hiroshi and the Documentation of Japanese Life (July 11)
Saturdays Off the 405: Pickwick (July 13)
Talk: Marie-Antoinette in America (July 14)
Friday Flights (July 19)
Gallery Course: The Enduring Garden (July 27)
Saturdays Off the 405: Geographer (July 27)

At the Getty Villa this Month

C O N T I N U I N G   T H I S   M O N T H
Sicily: Art and Invention between Greece and Rome (Through Aug. 19)

H O T   T I C K E T S
Studio Course: Architectural Drawing (July 14)
Drawing from Antiquity (July 20)
Talk & Dinner: At the Sicilian Table: Culinary Pleasures of Ancient Italy (July 20)

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