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June 12, 2010 |
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Performances and Films |
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Saturdays Off the 405: Mayer Hawthorne and the County
Saturday June 12, 2010
6 pm - 9 pm
Museum Courtyard, Getty Center
Mayer Hawthorne sounds like magic: a new-school soul sensation whose sweet crooning revels in retro, while break beat riffs inspired by years spinning vinyl revive the legends of Motown. Not simply a classic soul throwback, Hawthorne's hanging-by-a-string falsetto and self-taught, multi-instrument skills mingle with hip-hop drum loops, brilliant harmonies, and heartfelt nostalgia.
 Learn more about Saturdays Off the 405
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Family Activities |
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Art Adventures for Families
Weekends through September 5, 2010
2 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
These one-hour tours for children (ages 5 and up) and adults to enjoy together feature a fun, activity-filled visit to the galleries. Space is limited. Sign-up begins at 1:30 p.m. at the Museum Information Desk.
Learn more about Art Adventures
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Family Drawing Hour: Learn about Lines
Saturday June 12, 2010
3:30 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
Experiment with lines and learn how to make contour drawings. This fun, one-hour guided workshop in the galleries is geared for families with children ages 7 and up. Space is limited. Sign up at the Museum Information Desk beginning 30 minutes before the program.
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Tours and Gallery Talks |
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Garden Tour
Daily
11:30 am, 12:30 pm, 2:30 pm, 3:30 pm
Getty Center
This is a 45-minute tour of the Getty gardens, including Robert Irwin's Central Garden. Meet the docent outside at the bench under the sycamore trees near the front entrance of the Museum.
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¡Bienvenidos al Getty!
Weekends
11 am
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
Disfruten de una breve y divertida introducción al Museo y sus colecciones. Las familias son bienvenidas. Los esperamos en la sala de entrada del Museo bajo la escalera.
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Food in Art Tour
Daily through June 20, 2010
3 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
Delve into the relationship between food and art! This special, hour-long tour takes you through delectable works in the permanent collection and the exhibition In Focus: Tasteful Pictures. Meet the educator at the Museum Information Desk.
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Architecture Tour
Daily
10:15 am, 11 am, 1 pm, 2 pm, 3 pm, 4 pm
Museum Entrance Hall, Getty Center
Discover more about Richard Meier's architecture and the design of the Getty Center site in this 45-minute tour. Meet the docent outside at the bench under the sycamore trees near the front entrance to the Museum.
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Collection Highlights Tour
Daily
11 am
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
This one-hour tour provides an overview of major works from the Museum's collection. Meet the educator at the Museum Information Desk.
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Tradition and Innovation in the Italian Renaissance
Daily through June 20, 2010
1:30 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
Survey the Museum's collection of Renaissance artworks in this special one-hour tour, which complements the exhibition Leonardo da Vinci and the Art of Sculpture: Inspiration and Invention. Meet the educator at the Museum Information Desk.
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Spotlight after Dark Tour
Saturday June 12, 2010
6 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
Join in a provocative 20-minute discussion of art with an educator. Meet at the Information Desk in the Museum Entrance Hall 10 minutes before the tour.
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Spotlight after Dark Tour
Saturday June 12, 2010
7 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
Join in a provocative 20-minute discussion of art with an educator. Meet at the Information Desk in the Museum Entrance Hall 10 minutes before the tour.
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Exhibitions |
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La Roldana's Saint Ginés: The Making of a Polychrome Sculpture
Daily
South Pavilion, Plaza Level, Getty Center
Luisa Roldán (Spanish, 1650–1704), affectionately known as La Roldana, was one of the most celebrated and prolific sculptors of the Baroque period. This intimate exhibition introduces visitors to La Roldana, whose artistic superiority catapulted her to fame at the royal court in an otherwise male-dominated profession. She ran a workshop, worked for the king, raised a family, and was a celebrity in her own day. With her polychrome sculpture of Saint Ginés de la Jara from the Getty Museum's collection as a focal point, this exhibition explores the artist's life, artistic achievement, and the multifaceted process used to create masterfully lifelike polychrome sculpture.
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Foundry to Finish: The Making of a Bronze Sculpture
Daily through January 2, 2011
North Pavilion, Plaza Level, Getty Center
Get a rare look at how bronze sculpture is born in Foundry to Finish. Visitors explore a process called direct lost-wax casting—a method that yields a single, unique bronze cast of an artist's original clay-and-wax model. Thirteen step-by-step models illustrate the sculpting and casting process. Through X-radiographs, visitors can even get a glimpse inside an original sculpture to see firsthand evidence of how the bronze was cast. The installation complements Cast in Bronze: French Sculpture from Renaissance to Revolution, an international touring exhibition also on view.
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The Old Testament in Medieval Manuscript Illumination
Daily through August 8, 2010
North Pavilion, Plaza Level, Getty Center
The Old Testament, as the Hebrew Bible is known to Christians, served as one of the richest sources for narrative art in the Middle Ages. It provided familiar stories—such as those of the Creation of the World and Noah's Ark—and held up heroes such as David and Solomon for emulation. Medieval readers turned to the Old Testament not only for inspiration and moral guidance, but also as a source of entertaining tales and historical information. This exhibition features the Old Testament in a wide variety of books, including Bibles, private devotional manuscripts, books for the mass, and world histories.
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Leonardo da Vinci and the Art of Sculpture: Inspiration and Invention
Daily through June 20, 2010
West Pavilion, Plaza Level, Getty Center
The first display of works by Leonardo da Vinci in Los Angeles in decades, this major international loan exhibition celebrates his achievements and involvement in the art of sculpture. Through original drawings, the exhibition explores his ambitious designs for huge equestrian sculpture projects that were never completed. Important works by artists who inspired Leonardo—and were inspired by him—are also on view. These include Donatello's marble Bearded Prophet and three larger-than-life-size bronze figures by Leonardo's collaborator Giovan Francesco Rustici, all recently restored in Florence and never before seen outside Italy. The exhibition is organized by the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, in association with the J. Paul Getty Museum.
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In Focus: Tasteful Pictures
Daily through August 22, 2010
West Pavilion, Terrace Level, Getty Center
Photographers have been enticed by the subject of food since the earliest years of the medium. Drawn exclusively from the Museum's collection, this selection of more than 20 works highlights important technological and aesthetic developments, including bountiful still life compositions, innovative close-ups and photograms, and documentary studies. Among the photographers featured are Roger Fenton, Adolphe Braun, Edward Weston, Bill Owens, Martin Parr, and Taryn Simon.
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Printing the Grand Manner: Charles Le Brun and Monumental Prints in the Age of Louis XIV
Daily through October 17, 2010
Research Institute Exhibition Gallery, Getty Center
Printing the Grand Manner explores the form, content, and function of late 17th-century reproductive engravings that, given their quality and impressive size, were meant to evoke the grandeur of Charles Le Brun's large-scale paintings and tapestry designs. Despite the fact that no other moment in the history of art witnessed such a concerted production of unusually grand reproductive prints, this visually compelling group of images has not drawn the attention of specialists or the public (in part, because the prints are difficult to handle and display). The exhibition examines the prints' rich vocabulary and illuminates the context of their production between the mid-1660s and 1690. It also calls out the relationship between Le Brun and his printmakers, while interpreting the prints and their inscriptions in light of debates regarding allegories, narratives, and the representation of Louis XIV.
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New Galleries for Medieval and Renaissance Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Daily
North Pavilion, Plaza Level, Getty Center
A newly designed installation of medieval and Renaissance European sculpture and decorative arts is now on view in the J. Paul Getty Museum's North Pavilion at the Getty Center. Displayed with paintings, drawings, and illuminated manuscripts that enrich their context, the works of art are arranged by period and theme. The installation features innovative technologies, including interactive touch screens, that enhance the visitor's experience.
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The Beffi Triptych
Daily through September 5, 2010
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
An important work from the National Museum of Abruzzo in the city of L'Aquila, The Beffi Triptych is on loan to the Getty Museum from the Italian government and on view in the Museum's North Pavilion gallery (N 201) at the Getty Center, and hangs amongst the Getty's paintings from the early to late-15th century.
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June 12, 2010 |
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Courses and Demonstrations |
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Drawing from Antiquity
Saturdays through June 26, 2010
9:30 am
Meeting Rooms, Getty Villa
Join fellow novice and professional artists in the Getty Villa Sketchbook Club, featuring a different theme every month. Artist Peter Zokosky guides a lesson and critique on the first and fourth Saturdays; participants work independently on remaining Saturdays. Course fee $65.
Learn more about studio courses at the Museum
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Artist-at-Work Demonstration: Ancient Jewelry-Making Techniques
Saturday June 12, 2010
1 pm - 3 pm
Education Studio, Getty Villa
Drop by the Education Studio to watch gem engraver and jewelry designer Chavdar Chushev demonstrate ancient gem carving techniques.
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Family Activities |
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ArtQuest!
Weekends through July 18, 2010
11 am - 4 pm
Outer Peristyle, Getty Villa
Drop by with your family between 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. to become an ancient artist. Create your own mosaics and win points to unlock the secrets behind works of art by playing the Mysteries of Ancient Art game in the galleries!
Learn more about ArtQuest!
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Art Odyssey for Families
Weekends
2 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
This 45-minute journey through the galleries is a fun, activity-filled experience for children (ages 5 and up) and adults to enjoy together. Space is limited. Ofrecida en español. Sign up at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Entrance 15 minutes before the program.
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Tours and Gallery Talks |
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Exhibition Tour: The Aztec Pantheon and the Art of Empire
Fridays and Saturdays through July 3, 2010
3 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
A special one-hour overview of the exhibition The Aztec Pantheon and the Art of Empire. Sign up at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Entrance 15 minutes before the tour.
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Orientation Tour
Daily
10:30 am, 12:30 pm, 2:30 pm
Getty Villa
Learn about the Getty Villa's architecture and educational mission in this 40-minute introduction to the site. Meet at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Entrance.
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Exhibition Spotlight Tour: The Aztec Pantheon and the Art of Empire
Weekends through June 27, 2010
10:30 am
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
Join an educator for this 20-minute in-depth discussion of one masterwork featured in The Aztec Pantheon and the Art of Empire. Sign up at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Entrance 15 minutes before the talk.
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Collection Highlights Tour
Weekends
11 am
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
This one-hour tour provides an overview of major works from the Museum's collection. Space is limited. Sign up at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Entrance 15 minutes before the tour.
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Architecture and Gardens Tour
Daily
11:30 am, 1:30 pm, 3:30 pm
Museum, Getty Villa
Explore the ancient Roman world through the Museum's archtecture and gardens in this 40-minute tour. Meet at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Entrance.
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Spotlight Talk: Fresco Fragments with Bacchus and Ariadne
Thursdays - Sundays through June 27, 2010
1 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
Learn how to look at ancient art in this 20-minute gallery talk examining in-depth one work in the collection. The featured object this month is a group of Fresco Fragments with Bacchus and Ariadne from about A.D. 1–79. Sign up at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Entrance 15 minutes before the talk.
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Exhibition Tour en Español: The Aztec Pantheon and the Art of Empire
Saturdays through June 26, 2010
2:30 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
A special one-hour tour of the exhibition en español. Sign-up begins 15 minutes before the tour at the Tour Meeting Place.
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Exhibitions |
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The Aztec Pantheon and the Art of Empire
Daily through July 5, 2010
Museum, Floor 2, Getty Villa
Celebrating the bicentennial of Mexican independence, this exhibition reveals a defining moment of cultural encounter. In the sixteenth century, European exploration and colonization in the Americas coincided with the Renaissance rediscovery of classical antiquity, and parallels were routinely drawn between two great empires—the Aztec and the Roman. Masterworks of Aztec sculpture, largely from the collections of the National Museum of Anthropology and the Museo del Templo Mayor in Mexico City, are the point of departure for a comparative approach to the monumental art of empire. This exhibition has been organized by the J. Paul Getty Museum in collaboration with CONACULTA–INAH. Exhibition sponsored by J.P. Morgan.
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Molten Color: Glassmaking in Antiquity
Daily
Museum, Floor 2, Getty Villa
In 2003, the J. Paul Getty Museum acquired a collection of over 350 pieces of ancient glass, formerly owned by Erwin Oppenländer. The works on view in Molten Color are remarkable for their high quality, their chronological breadth, and the glassmaking techniques illustrated by their manufacture. The vessels are accompanied by text and videos illustrating ancient glassmaking techniques.
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Roman Ephebe from Naples
Daily
Getty Villa
Youth as a Lamp Bearer, a long-term loan from the Museo Archeologico Nazionale in Naples, is on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa.
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