Lecture

A "New Friendship between Art and Anthropology": Surrealism in Mexico
Thursday January 31, 2013
7:00 p.m.
Harold M. Williams Auditorium, Getty Center

This lecture examines modern art's relationship with archaeology and anthropology, as expressed by an international group of artists working in Mexico in the 1940s. Art historian Dawn Ades focuses on the avant-garde journal Dyn, which represents a high point in surrealists' engagement with pre-Columbian and First Nations art. Complements the exhibition Farewell to Surrealism: The Dyn Circle in Mexico.

 

Talks

Curator's Gallery Talks

Curator Annette Leddy leads a gallery talk on the exhibition. Meet in the Research Institute Exhibition Gallery. Free, no reservations required.

Talks are at 2:00 p.m. on the following dates:
Thursdays, October 4, 11, 18, and 25, 2012
Thursdays, November 1, 8, and 29, 2012
Thursdays, December 6, 13, 20, and 27, 2012
Thursdays, January 3, 10, 17, 24, and 31, 2013
Thursdays, February 7 and 14, 2013
Getty Center, Research Institute Exhibition Gallery

 

Exhibition at LACMA

Drawing Surrealism

Drawing Surrealism examines the impact of surrealist drawing on a global scale. The exhibition features 250 works by nearly 100 artists including surrealist icons André Masson, Salvador Dalí, Leonora Carrington, René Magritte, and Louise Bourgeois. Among the works on display are 29 rare books, prints, and unique collages on loan from the Getty Research Institute.

October 2, 2012–January 6, 2013
Los Angeles Contemporary Museum of Art, BCAM, Level 2

Learn more about this exhibition.