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February 24, 2007 |
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Family Activities |
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Family Festival
Saturday February 24, 2007
10 am - 6 pm
Museum Courtyard, Getty Center
Explore the lands of Egypt, Byzantium, and the Eastern Mediterranean in a full day of interactive events designed to entertain, entice and educate everyone in your family! Enjoy the music of the Sinai Bedouins as performed by Yuval Ron, create your own reliquary box inspired by a journey to Saint Catherine's monastery, and listen to tales of Moses and the Mideast as performed by renowned storytellers Alidz Agbabian and Carl Weintraub. Complements the exhibition Holy Image, Hallowed Ground: Icons from Sinai.
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Family Art Stops
Weekends through May 20, 2007
2 pm, 2:30 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
Get up close and personal with a single work of art at this half-hour, hands-on gallery experience geared for families with children ages 5 and up. The 2:30 p.m. session is also offered in Spanish. Sign up at the Museum Information Desk beginning 30 minutes prior to the start of the program.
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Tours and Gallery Talks |
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Architecture Tour
Fridays and Saturdays through June 30, 2007
10:15 am, 11 am, 1 pm, 2 pm, 3 pm, 4 pm
Museum Entrance Hall, Getty Center
This is a 45-minute tour of the architecture and Richard Meier's design of the Getty Center. Meet the docent outside at the bench under the sycamore trees near the front entrance of the Museum.
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Collection Highlights Tour
Daily through March 25, 2007
11 am
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
This one-hour tour provides an overview of major works from the Museum's collection. Offered in English and Spanish on weekends. Meet at the Museum Information Desk.
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Garden Tour
Daily through June 30, 2007
11:30 am, 12:30 pm, 2:30 pm, 3:30 pm
Central Garden, 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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Focus Tour: Looking Toward Modern Art
Saturdays through March 3, 2007
1:30 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
Enjoy a one-hour tour that focuses on the origins of modern art in the late 1800s and explores how artists rejected traditional rules of representation to develop new forms of art. Meet at the Museum Information Desk.
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Icons from Sinai Exhibition Tour
Daily through March 4, 2007
3 pm
Exhibitions Pavilion, Getty Center
A special one-hour exhibition overview of Holy Image, Hallowed Ground: Icons from Sinai. Space is limited. Line forms at the Museum Information Desk beginning at 2:30 p.m.
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Masterpiece of the Week Talk
Daily through February 25, 2007
4 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
This 15-minute gallery talk offers an in-depth look at one object. This week the featured work of art is Getty Epistles by the Master of the Getty Epistles. Meet at the Museum Information Desk.
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Exhibitions |
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Where We Live: Photographs of America from the Berman Collection
Daily through February 25, 2007
West Pavilion, Terrace Level, Getty Center
Since 1998 Los Angeles collectors Bruce and Nancy Berman have donated 467 recent American photographs to the Getty Museum. Featuring 168 prints drawn from their gifts, as well as a selection of loans, this exhibition highlights the diverse work of 24 important contemporary photographers from across many regions of the country. The result is a wide-ranging survey of time and place in the United States since the 1960s, as seen through the eyes of John Divola, Jim Dow, Doug Dubois, William Eggleston, Mitch Epstein, Karen Halverson, Alex Harris, Sheron Rupp, Stephen Shore, Joel Sternfeld, George Tice, and the team of Virginia Beahan and Laura McPhee, among others. Primarily using large formats and color, the photographers—with backgrounds in art, anthropology, psychology, and sociology—work in diverse styles yet share an interest in preserving late 20th-century America. This exhibition inaugurates the new Center for Photographs on the Terrace level (L2) of the West Pavilion.
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A Renaissance Cabinet Rediscovered
Daily through August 5, 2007
South Pavilion, Plaza Level, Getty Center
This exhibition traces the study of one Getty object to determine its date and place of manufacture. The cabinet, acquired in 1971, had since the 1980s been believed to be a pastiche if not an outright fake. However, documentary research and technical analysis undertaken by experts at the Getty revealed that the cabinet, rather than being a compromised object, is one of the most important pieces of French Renaissance furniture in the United States. This case study of the research into the authenticity of the cabinet presents the results of scientific and visual analyses of the object, studies of related materials, archival research, and other evidence. It is a story of how new information, careful research, and evolving analytic processes can alter our understanding of the art of the past.
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Classical Connections: The Enduring Influence of Greek and Roman Art
Daily through December 31, 2008
North Pavilion, Plaza Level, Getty Center
This installation of antiquities demonstrates the relationship of ancient art to later work, showing some of the themes, techniques, and motifs borrowed by later artists—from mythology to decorative design—and the approach to the human figure known today as the classical ideal. This permanent collection installation is on view in the North Pavilion.
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Casting Nature: François-Thomas Germain's Machine d'Argent
Daily through March 25, 2007
North Pavilion, Plaza Level, Getty Center
This exhibition highlights the recent acquisition of a unique silver sculpture, La Machine d'Argent (1754), made by the French royal silversmith François-Thomas Germain (1726–1791). In the tradition of trophies of the hunt, the piece represents an assemblage of two game birds, a rabbit, and vegetables. The exhibition places the significance, beauty, and naturalistic virtuosity of La Machine d'Argent within the context of French mid-18th-century art, as illustrated through select loans of paintings and prints along with other works in silver and gilt bronze in the Getty Museum's collection.
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Holy Image, Hallowed Ground: Icons from Sinai
Daily through March 4, 2007
Exhibitions Pavilion, Getty Center
The Holy Monastery of Saint Catherine at Mount Sinai, Egypt, is the oldest continuously operating Christian monastery in existence. The basilica and fortified walls were commissioned by the Byzantine emperor Justinian in the 6th century. This exhibition features a selection of artistic treasures from Saint Catherine's, which possesses one of the world's finest collections of Byzantine icons and manuscripts. Forty-three icons, five manuscripts, and several precious objects used in the celebration of the liturgy are on view. Icons from Sinai reveals the central role of icons in Byzantine spiritual practices and conveys their vital function in religious celebrations. It also shows how the monastery's geographic and historical position as a major pilgrimage destination engendered its astonishing collection of icons and books. The exhibition, accompanied by a major scholarly catalogue, features a film about the monastery and the site, including footage of Greek Orthodox Easter services.
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French Manuscript Illumination of the Middle Ages
Daily through April 15, 2007
North Pavilion, Plaza Level, Getty Center
Throughout the Middle Ages manuscript illumination was a major art form in France, a favorite of French kings and high-ranking nobles. This exhibition of 25 manuscripts and leaves from the Getty Museum's collection highlights the achievement of French painting in books from the 800s to the 1500s. The exhibition traces manuscript production from its origins in early monastic centers, through its expansion into cities (with the advent of universities), and finally explores the relationship between painting on panel and manuscript painting in the later Middle Ages and Renaissance. Book illumination is considered in the context of stained-glass paintings and panel paintings, also drawn from the Museum's collection.
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Made for Manufacture: Drawings for Sculpture and the Decorative Arts
Daily through May 20, 2007
East Pavilion, Plaza Level, Getty Center
Many of the greatest draftsmen of the Renaissance and Baroque eras made drawings for sculpture and the decorative arts. This exhibition comprises drawings for objects to be executed in a range of media, including metal, wood, glass, ceramics, and stone. It explores how artists translated two-dimensional designs into three-dimensional objects. Spanning the 1400s to the 1700s, the exhibition includes drawings from the Italian, German, French, Spanish, Netherlandish, and Flemish schools, all from the collection of the Getty Museum and an anonymous lender. It also presents new acquisitions, such as Design for a Quatrefoil (about 1475–90) by an artist in the circle of the Housebook Master and the Design for an Ewer (1629) by Stefano della Bella.
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From Caspar David Friedrich to Gerhard Richter: German Paintings from Dresden
Daily through April 29, 2007
West Pavilion, Plaza Level, Getty Center
Emerging from a partnership between the Getty Museum and the Dresden State Museums, this exhibition presents a select group of paintings from the Galerie Neue Meister, one of the foremost collections of German art from 1800 to the present. Not a traditional survey, this exhibition instead presents 18 works by the two best-known painters from Dresden: Caspar David Friedrich (German, 1774-1840), the key voice of German Romanticism, and Gerhard Richter (German, b. 1932), the most significant German artist working today. The works by Friedrich include his 1809 masterwork, Cross in the Mountains (The Tetschen Altarpiece), while Richter is represented by 12 Abstractions from 2005. Twelve other paintings by such artists as Carl Gustav Carus, Johann Christian Dahl, Otto Dix, and Karl Schmidt-Rotluff are interspersed throughout the Museum's permanent collection of paintings. These juxtapositions address diverse aspects of German art between 1800 and World War I, including Romanticism and the sublime and the interrelationships between Germany's artistic heritage and European culture at large. An illustrated catalogue, featuring an interview with Gerhard Richter, accompanies the exhibition.
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Sigmar Polke: Photographs, 1968–1972
Daily through May 20, 2007
West Pavilion, Plaza Level, Getty Center
This presentation of 35 photographs by Sigmar Polke (German, b. 1941) includes still life compositions of objects that the artist has found in his studio or excerpted from popular culture, as well as multiple exposures and prints developed in a manner that emulates his predilection to layer unrelated subjects and techniques in his painting. Identified only by the name of the city in which they were made, these photographs demonstrate the range of Polke's early fascination with the photographic medium and his desire to explore its expressive potential. Acquired in 1984, this group of photographs constitutes an important component of the Getty Museum's holdings of work by painters who have turned to the camera.
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February 24, 2007 |
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Performances and Films |
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Villa Theater Lab: The Bacchae
Saturday February 24, 2007
3 pm
Auditorium, Getty Villa
The Ipanema Theater Troupe, L.A.'s award-winning theater ensemble, and The Electric Lodge present an exciting new adaptation of Euripides' The Bacchae. Directed by Brazilian director Gulu Monteiro, this staging incorporates the sensuality of Brazilian dance and an energizing percusive score that celebrates the play's homage to the cult of Dionysus, the god of wine, and his Bacchantes.
NOTE: Due to illness, this performance has been rescheduled for the weekend of May 4–6, 2007.
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Villa Theater Lab: The Bacchae
Saturday February 24, 2007
8 pm
Auditorium, Getty Villa
The Ipanema Theater Troupe, L.A.'s award-winning theater ensemble, and The Electric Lodge present an exciting new adaptation of Euripides' The Bacchae. Directed by Brazilian director Gulu Monteiro, this staging incorporates the sensuality of Brazilian dance and an energizing percusive score that celebrates the play's homage to the cult of Dionysus, the god of wine, and his Bachantes.
NOTE: Due to illness, this performance has been rescheduled for the weekend of May 4–6, 2007.
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Courses and Demonstrations |
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The Ancient Art of Mosaics
Saturday February 24, 2007
10 am - 4 pm
Education Studio, Getty Villa
Learn ancient mosaic-making techniques in this day-long workshop led by award-winning mosaicist Lillian Sizemore. The class begins in the galleries with an overview of the exhibition Stories in Stone: Conserving Mosaics of Roman Africa; Masterpieces from the National Museums of Tunisia, then moves into the studios where participants will create a take-away mosaic project. Course fee $65. Open to 15 participants.
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Family Activities |
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Art Odyssey for Families
Weekends through June 30, 2008
2 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
This 45-minute journey through the galleries features a fun, activity-filled visit for children (ages 5 and up) and adults to enjoy together. Space is limited. Sign up at the Tour Meeting Place beginning at 1:45 p.m. Ofrecida igualmente en español.
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Tours and Gallery Talks |
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Orientation Tour
Daily through June 30, 2007
10:30 am, 12:30 pm, 2:30 pm
Getty Villa
This 40-minute site tour offers an overview of the Getty Villa, its history, renovation, and new educational mission. Meet at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Main Entrance.
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Collection Highlights Tour
Weekends through June 30, 2007
11 am
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
This one-hour tour provides an overview of major works from the Museum's collection. Offered in English and Spanish. Space is limited. Sign up at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Main Entrance beginning at 10:45 a.m.
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Getty Villa Architecture and Gardens Tour
Daily through June 30, 2007
11:30 am, 1:30 pm, 3:30 pm
Museum, Getty Villa
This 40-minute tour explores the architecture and gardens of the Getty Villa and their historical prototypes. Meet at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Main Entrance.
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Spotlight Talk: Statue of a Kouros
Weekends through February 25, 2007
1:30 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
This 20-minute gallery talk introduces ways of looking at ancient art through an in-depth exploration of one object in the collection. This month the featured object is Statue of a Kouros, which is either from Greece, circa. 530 B.C. or is a modern forgery. Space is limited. Sign up at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Main Entrance beginning at 1:15 p.m.
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Special Exhibition Talk: Stories in Stone
Saturday February 24, 2007
3 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
In this one-hour tour, explore the exhibition Stories in Stone: Conserving Mosaics of Roman Africa; Masterpieces from the National Museums of Tunisia featuring floor mosaics from buildings of Roman North Africa. Discuss the exhibition's themes of nature, theater and spectacle, myths and gods, and techniques along with mosaic conservation practices. Space is limited. Sign up at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Main Entrance beginning at 2:45 p.m.
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Exhibitions |
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Stories in Stone: Conserving Mosaics of Roman Africa; Masterpieces from the National Museums of Tunisia
Daily through April 30, 2007
Museum, Floor 2, Getty Villa
Between the second and sixth centuries, thousands of elaborate mosaics were fashioned to decorate the floors of both public buildings and private houses in Roman North Africa. A selection of mosaics from Tunisia are on view in this exhibition, which is structured around four principal themes: nature, theater and spectacle, myths and gods, and technique. Also included is extensive material on the conservation of mosaics. The exhibition is co-organized by the Getty Museum, the Getty Conservation Institute, and the Institut National du Patrimoine, Tunisia, and is accompanied by a catalogue.
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Molten Color: Glassmaking in Antiquity
Daily through April 23, 2007
Museum, Floor 2, Getty Villa
The Getty's recent acquisition from the Oppenländer collection of over 350 pieces of ancient glass is the focus of this exhibition. Remarkable for their high quality and chronological breadth, the roughly 180 works on view are accompanied by videos illustrating ancient glassmaking techniques.
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