Peripheral Visions: Colonization, Resistance, Representation, USC's Thirteenth Annual "Expanding the Visual Field" Graduate Student Symposium.
(October 3, 2009)

Convergence: Where Metadata and Access Meet for Digital Discovery and Delivery. The 2009 OCLC Digital Forum West featured experts from the museum, archival and library communities discussing current projects and initiatives exploring creation of metadata for digital discovery and delivery.
(September 16–17, 2009)

Greek Art/Roman Eyes: The Reception of Greek Art in the Private Sphere in Ancient Italy, this symposium addresses how Romans and other ancient peoples on the Italian peninsula collected, appreciated, emulated, and displayed the art and culture of Greece
(June 5 and 6, 2009)

In Conversation: Barbara Isenberg and Frank Gehry, Author Barbara Isenberg and architect Frank Gehry reflect upon their twenty years of conversations.
(June 4, 2009)

Walls of Algiers: Reconsidering the Colonial Archive, This colloquium (and related film) examines questions raised by the Getty Research Institute's exhibition Walls of Algiers: Narratives of the City.
(May 28 and 31, 2009)

Modern Art in Los Angeles: 40+ Years with Gemini G.E.L. , a panel discusses the pioneering workshop Gemini G.E.L.
(May 27, 2009)

Civil Rights and African-American History Memorials in the Contemporary Urban South. Dell Upton explores how monuments are used as a visual language within the Western monumental tradition to celebrate the democratic, nonviolent civil rights movement that began in the American South.
(May 14, 2009)

Curator's Choice: A Collection Built by Design, discussed collecting priorities illustrating the depth of the collection.
(May 12, 2009)

German/American Artistic Exchange during the Cold War, this conference examined the cultural and intellectual exchanges that occurred between the United States and Germany from 1945 to 1989.
(March 21, 2009)

The The Book as Such in the Russian Avant-Garde, this symposium brought together scholars and artists to explore the Russian avant-garde's revolution of the book.
(February 5, 2009)

Explodity: An Evening of Transrational Sound Poetry, dramatic readings of Russian Futurist zaum' poetry and performances by the experimental poets of their own contemporary sound poetry.
(February 4, 2009)

Modern Art in Los Angeles: Gallery 32, a conversation about the historic and ongoing impact of Gallery 32.
(January 28, 2009)

The Image of Peru: History and Art, 1550–1880, a two-day symposium focusing on the visual representation of Peru from the colonial period through the nineteenth century.
(October 17–18, 2008)

Against Reason: John Lautner and Postwar Architecture, a major symposium on the antirationalist trend in architecture during the second half of the twentieth century.
(September 19–20, 2008)

Cultural Identity and the Peoples of the Ancient Mediterranean, a two-day international conference explores how ancient peoples expressed their identities by establishing, constructing, or inventing links with other societies that crossed traditional ethnic and geographic lines.
(June 12–13, 2008)

Documents of an Encounter, a two-day symposium examined a variety of themes related to Edward Curtis's 1914 silent film In the Land of the Head Hunters
(June 5–6, 2008)

A Reinvention of Allan Kaprow's Fluids by the LA Art Girls
(April 26–27, 2008)

Art History and the Present, a two-day workshop with the Clark Art Institute addressing what is lost or gained when works of art from the past are interpreted according to present standards and contemporary art according to past precedents.
(February 1–2, 2008)

Modern Art in Los Angeles: African American Avant-Gardes, 1965–1990 This conversation reunited four African American artists who worked together in the 1970s and 1980s in Los Angeles. Slide show of the artists work now available.
(January 16, 2008)

Papers on China, a two-day symposium exploring questions of art and culture in early-modern Europe and Ming and Qing China.
(December 13–14, 2007)

Côte à Côte—Coast to Coast: Art and Jazz in France and California By extending the parameters of a traditional scholarly conference, Côte à Côte— explored the relationship between jazz and contemporary art.
(November 13–15, 2007)

A Conversation: Gore Vidal and Thomas Crow, a wide-ranging discussion between author Vidal and the director of the Getty Research Institute—captured on video—about contemporary politics and the continued relevance of antiquity.
(March 8, 2006)

Activity and Repose: Place, Memory, and Sociality in Chinese and Japanese Gardens, a two-day symposium focusing on how the garden in China and Japan Functions as a nexus of creative individual and social energy.
(December 3–4, 2004)

Structures and Systems: "An Intercontinental Art World," part two of a collaborative conference examining the radical transformations in art-making practice in the 1960s and 1970s.
(October 2, 2004)

Edmund Teske's Los Angeles, a program of film, spoken word performance, and discussion that illuminates the art of Edmund Teske and his participation in the cultural milieu of Los Angeles.
(June 23 & June 25, 2004)

Building Music, a collaborative series of lectures and performances to explore the relationship between music and architecture.
(May 21–June 13, 2004)

Structures and Systems: "Minimal Art in the United States," part one of a collaborative conference examining the radical transformations in art-making practice in the 1960s and 1970s.
(May 1, 2004)

Beauty and Truth for Sale: The Art of the Dealer, a two-day international conference focusing on the role of the dealer in the art market.
(March 29–30, 2004)

Mural Painting and Conservation in the Americas, a two–day symposium addressing the social, artistic, and political dimensions of murals, as well as issues of conservation.
(May 16–17, 2003)

Feel Like Going Home: Musicians in Print, on Film, and in Concert, a two–day program exploring biography as a mode for understanding art.
(May 9–10, 2003)

Modern Art in Los Angeles: The Late Forties, a conversation with leading figures of the postwar art world.
(February 6, 2003)

The Invention of Boucher, a lecture by Thomas Crow.
(January 24, 2003)

An Evening with Michael Apted, conversation with and selected clips of the director's work.
(November 15, 2002)

A Conversation with Jack Stauffacher, renowned printer, typographer, and founder of the Greenwood Press in San Francisco, in conversation with with award-winning type designer Matthew Carter.
(October 24, 2002)

Making Things, Moving Places: The Work of Artist Glen Seator, a one-day symposium addressing a full decade of the late artist's work realized in the United States and Europe.
(September 28, 2002)

Art Matters, a series of conversations with artists and other arts professionals about their work and the changing contemporary arts landscape.
(December 2000–June 2002)

Harry Smith's Film #18, Mahagonny, a newly preserved four-projector film work, in conjunction with a one-day symposium.
(May 30–31, 2002)

Artists' Last Thoughts, a panel and open discussion on artists' reflections at the end of their careers.
(May 28, 2002)

Visions and Bound-ries, three American poets read specially commissioned poems.
(April 26, 2002)

Building Walt Disney Concert Hall, a panel discussion focusing on the design and building processes of the Walt Disney Concert Hall.
(April 20, 2002)

The Gaze: Looking as It Appears in Pictures, a public lecture by Jonathan Miller in conjunction with the invitational symposium Frames of Viewing: The Brain, Cognition, and Art.
(April 3, 2002)

Seeing Rothko, symposium on the act of seeing and the conditions under which Mark Rothko's work would face its audience.
(February 28, 2002)

Self Portrait of an Other, readings by writer Cees Nooteboom with music performed by pianist Sarah Rothenberg
(March 13, 2002)

Heroes Leave Their Shores: Exile, Loss, and the Dynamics of Artistic Creation, a cosponsored symposium and related events.
(December 8, 2001)

The Art of David Tudor, a collaborative symposium and digital resource.
(May 17–19, 2001)

Harry Smith: The Avant-Garde in the American Vernacular, a multimedia conference and performance with a special Web site.
(April 20–21, 2001)

The Research and Education Department of the Getty Research Institute has conducted "Local and Comparative" projects in collaboration with community arts organizations and other institutions in Los Angeles:
LA as Subject: The Transformative Culture of Los Angeles Communities
Participation Project: Artists, Communities, and Cultural Citizenship
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