Opening This Month
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The Triumph of the Church (detail), about 1626–33, woven by Jan Raes I after designs by Peter Paul Rubens. Wool and silk. Image courtesy of the Patrimonio Nacional, Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales, Madrid. Photo: Bruce White
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Spectacular Rubens: The Triumph of the Eucharist
October 14, 2014–January 11, 2015 | The Getty Center
The Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens designed a series of monumental tapestries for the devout Infanta Isabel celebrating the spiritual victory of the Roman Catholic Church in the mid-1620s. This exhibition unites the exhilarating designs in the collection of the Prado Museum, painted in oil on wood panel, with the magnificent tapestries—rare loans from the Patrimonio Nacional in Madrid. Characterized by exuberant energy, clever visual illusions, and an astonishing array of figures, the
Eucharist series is one of the wonders of the Baroque period.
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A Merry Company, about 1644, Jacob Jordaens. Watercolor over black chalk, heightened with white gouache. The J. Paul Getty Museum
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Drawing in the Age of Rubens
October 14, 2014–January 11, 2015 | The Getty Center
This exhibition of Flemish drawings from the Getty Museum's collection bears witness to the flourishing of artistic culture in the southern Netherlands from the 16th to the 17th centuries. Featuring drawings made by Peter Paul Rubens, his most talented pupils, and his contemporaries and predecessors, this survey includs drawn landscapes, figural studies, and religious subjects.
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Continuing This Month
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Two Messengers from the God of Love Delivering a Letter to Venus (detail), about 1405. Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment bound between pasteboard covered with dark red morocco. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. Ludwig XV 7, fol. 99v
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Chivalry in the Middle Ages
Through November 30, 2014 | The Getty Center
Chivalry first developed as a code of honor that emphasized bravery, loyalty, and generosity for knights at war in the 11th and 12th centuries. By the later Middle Ages illuminated manuscripts had helped establish chivalry as a system of values that permeated almost every aspect of aristocratic culture. Discover the many facets of chivalry in this exhibition culled from the Museum’s permanent collection.
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Shinjuku, 2002, Daido Moriyama. Gelatin silver print. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Purchased with funds provided by the Photographs Council. © Daido Moriyama
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In Focus: Tokyo
Through December 14, 2014 | The Getty Center
See the megalopolis of Tokyo through the eyes of four contemporary photographers: Mikiko Hara, Daido Moriyama, Shigeichi Nagano, and Masato Seto. Though the photographers in this exhibition tell very different visual stories about the city they call home, each of them has a unique and compelling viewpoint that portrays Tokyo at human scale.
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Film
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Still from Black Orpheus.>/i> Used with permission from The Criterion Collection
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Cinema under the Stars at the Getty Villa: Orpheus and Black Orpheus
Friday and Saturday, October 10 and 11, 7:30 p.m.
| The Getty Villa
Spend an enchanting evening at the Villa's Outdoor Classical Theater with two iconic films based on the Orpheus myth. Jean Cocteau’s 1950 update represents the legendary director at the height of his powers, with peerless visual poetry and dreamlike storytelling. Marcel Camus's award-winning
Black Orpheus (1959) brings the
ancient Greek myth to the madness of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro.
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Also in film this month:
Film Series: Tokyo Stories
Performances
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Assisted Living: Do you have any money?, Yvonne Rainer, 2013. Performers, left to right: Patricia Hoffbauer, Emmanuélle Phuon, Yvonne Rainer, Pat Catterson, Keith Sabado, and Emily Coates. Photo: Ian Douglas
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Yvonne Rainer: Two Works
Friday and Saturday, October 3 and 4, 7:30 p.m. | The Getty Center
Renowned choreographer, dancer, and filmmaker Yvonne Rainer presents her newly commissioned work-in-progress,
The Concept of Dust, or How do you look when there's nothing left to move? and
Assisted Living: Do You Have Any Money? (2013), two performances that touch on themes of aging, death, play, and the current socioeconomic situation in America. Tickets $20; $15 students and seniors.
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Coming next month
Gordon Getty Concert: Pomerium—Music for Rubens's Tapestries
LECTURES & Symposia
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The Meeting of Abraham and Melchizedek (detail), about 1626, Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish. Image courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington
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The Seductive Power of Rubens
Wednesday, October 15, 7:00 p.m. | The Getty Center
The large sketches Peter Paul Rubens painted in preparation for the tapestries of the
Eucharist series offer a unique opportunity to delve into the intricacies of his art. Alejandro Vergara, curator of Flemish and Northern European paintings at the Prado in Madrid, analyzes the six paintings from the Prado on view in the exhibition
Spectacular Rubens: The Triumph of the Eucharist to define the key elements of the Flemish master's art.
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Poet Alice Oswald
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Alice Oswald: In Light of Homer's Odyssey
Thursday, October 16, 7:30 p.m.
| The Getty Villa
Co-presented by the Library Foundation of Los Angeles
As part of the Library Foundation's monthlong celebration of Homer's
Odyssey, renowned British poet and classicist Alice Oswald—whose elegiac
Memorial: An Excavation of the Iliad won the 2013 Warwick Prize for Writing—shares her thoughts about Light as a character in the
Odyssey and reads a poem on the subject. Free; a ticket is required.
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Agony—The famous "Laocoon," Vatican Gallery, Rome (detail), Underwood & Underwood, about 1900. From Stereographic Views of Italy. The Getty Research Institute, 96.R.28
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Photography and Sculpture: The Art Object in Reproduction
Saturday, October 25, 9:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. | The Getty Center
This symposium explores the intersections between sculpture and photography examining questions such as how photography transforms and mediates one’s encounter with objects. Speakers will discuss a wide range of images and cultural artifacts to investigate the broader role of photographic reproductions in the writing of art history and the impact of reproductive media on artistic practice.
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A Tournament Contest (detail), about 1560–70. German. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. Ludwig XV 14, fol. 8
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A Knight's Bookshelf
Wednesday, October 29, 7:00 p.m. | The Getty Center
Nancy Regalado, professor of medieval French literature at New York University, discusses the importance of manuscripts in the world of the medieval nobility. These books with their lavish images were prestigious commissions, precious material possessions, sources of thrilling entertainment, and also vehicles for teaching moral and spiritual values to knights.
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Head of Emperor Augustus, Roman, 25–1 B.C. Marble. The J. Paul Getty Museum
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Dynasty and Destiny in Imperial Rome: The Augustan Experiment and Its Legacy
Wednesday, October 29, 7:30 p.m. | The Getty Center
As first Roman Emperor, Augustus Caesar set in motion an ambitious program of public art and architecture to glorify himself and his extended family. Professor John Pollini of the University of Southern California presents new ideas about the emperor's representational initiatives and explains innovative approaches to reading and understanding Augustan imagery. Free; a ticket is required.
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