Talks

Lectures, conferences, and symposia

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Friday

APR 26

9:45 am - 5 pm

GETTY CENTER

Museum Lecture Hall
Symposium on the complex and clandestine histories behind looted pre-Hispanic art.  Details 

Sunday

MAY 5

4 pm

GETTY VILLA

Auditorium
Classical archaeologist C. Brian Rose draws from his deep understanding of excavations and museums to reflect on cultural heritage today, repatriation requests, and the importance of the past for the present.  Details 

Saturday

MAY 11

4 pm - 6:30 pm

MUSEUM LECTURE HALL & CENTRAL GARDEN

Museum Lecture Hall & Central Garden
A performance and talk by Getty Artist-in-Residence  Details 

Sunday

MAY 12

2 pm

GETTY VILLA

Auditorium
Modern chocolate lovers owe their favorite treat to the Maya and other Indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica. Join anthropologist Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariegos as he explores the many meanings of the cacao plant in ancient Maya culture.  Details 

Saturday

MAY 18

1:30 pm - 6 pm

GETTY CENTER

The Getty Center
The artist premiers her robotic journey across the Andes, while TechnoLatinx hosts an AR/VR lab  Details 

Sunday

MAY 19

2 pm

GETTY CENTER

Museum Lecture Hall
Artists featured in *Nineteenth-Century Photography Now* take an inquisitive approach to the ingenuity and conventions of early photography.  Details 

Thursday

MAY 30

10 am - 11 am

ONLINE ONLY

Discussion with the authors about objects that once belonged to 18th-century artists  Details 

Thursday

JUN 6

12 pm

ONLINE ONLY

Artist Phil Chang conveys the instability of life in his photographic series Unfixed that he began making in response to the 2008 financial crisis.  Details 

Saturday

JUN 8

4 pm - 5 pm

GETTY CENTER

Harold M. Williams Auditorium
The painter reflects on her work and creative relationships at the acclaimed Los Angeles artists' workshop.  Details