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Performances and Films |
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Saturday Nights at the Getty: Micachu and the Shapes
Saturday April 17, 2010
7:30 pm
Harold M. Williams Auditorium, Getty Center
Equally at ease composing for orchestras and mixing multi-layered mash-ups, the enigmatic and classically-trained British musician Mica Levi fronts the experimental pop trio Micachu and the Shapes. Their boundary-blurring sound brilliantly merges hip-hop-tinged beats, rock guitar, found samples, sing-along melodies, and homemade instruments, including her signature adapted guitar, the Chu.
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Family Activities |
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Family Art Stops
Weekends through May 23, 2010
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. Sign-up begins 30 minutes before the program at the Museum Information Desk.
Upcoming summer schedule: Tuesdays–Fridays, June 1–September 3, 2:00 and 2:30 p.m.
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Family Drawing Hour: Learn about Lines
Saturday April 17, 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 begins at 3:00 p.m. at the Museum Information Desk.
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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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Masterpiece of the Week Talk
Daily through May 25, 2010
4 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
Connect with a masterpiece of the Italian Renaissance in this special 15-minute gallery talk inspired by 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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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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Representations of Architecture Tour
Daily through April 25, 2010
1:30 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
Explore architecture in works of art in this one-hour overview centered on selections from the permanent collection and three current exhibitions: A Record of Emotion: The Photographs of Frederick H. Evans; Urban Panoramas: Opie, Liao, Kim; and Building the Medieval World: Architecture in Illuminated Manuscripts. Meet the Museum educator at the Museum Information Desk.
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Focus Tour: Modern and Contemporary Art
Saturdays through April 25, 2010
3 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
Enjoy a one-hour tour focusing on modern and contemporary works at the Getty Museum by exploring the art and culture of the late 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. Meet the educator at the Museum Information Desk.
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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
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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Building the Medieval World: Architecture in Illuminated Manuscripts
Daily through May 16, 2010
North Pavilion, Plaza Level, Getty Center
Among the lasting achievements of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance are the architectural wonders of soaring cathedrals and grand palaces. The daily presence of these towering and monumental architectural forms in both cities and in the countryside fascinated medieval viewers and crept into the fictional world of the painted page. This focused exhibition explores representations of medieval architecture in manuscript illumination. Artists incorporated examples of medieval church and domestic architecture into scenes depicting stories drawn from scripture, literature, and history. They also employed impressive architectural settings to symbolically convey the importance of individuals and events, and they frequently used architectural elements as decorative motifs to frame texts and images.
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A Record of Emotion: The Photographs of Frederick H. Evans
Daily through June 6, 2010
West Pavilion, Terrace Level, Getty Center
Frederick H. Evans (English, 1853–1943) began pursuing photography in the mid-1880s. Focusing on architecture, he paid particular attention to medieval cathedrals in England and France. His images of York Minster and Ely Cathedral are among the most renowned architectural renderings in the history of photography. He attempted to capture what he called "a record of an emotion," by invoking the potent symbolism of these awe-inspiring spaces. These photographs and other cathedral subjects are displayed alongside rarely seen landscapes of the English countryside and intimate portraits of the artist's family and friends, including writer George Bernard Shaw and artist Aubrey Beardsley.
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Urban Panoramas: Opie, Liao, Kim
Daily through June 6, 2010
West Pavilion, Terrace Level, Getty Center
Highlighting images by three contemporary photographers—each of whom implements a panoramic viewpoint to examine a specific urban environment—this exhibition explores the essential rhythms of three cities while showing the range of technologies used by photographic artists today. Catherine Opie (American, born 1961) created inkjet prints from scans of 7x17-inch negatives of the mini-malls that characterize Los Angeles's automobile culture. Jeff Chien-Hsing Liao (Taiwanese, born 1977) digitally combined color film negatives into seamless inkjet prints for his Habitat 7 project, which traces the route of the New York subway from Queens to Manhattan. By layering hand-cut chromogenic prints made in Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland, during the summer solstice, Soo Kim (American, born South Korea, 1969) achieved the three-dimensional effect of a semitransparent city.
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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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Migrations of the Mind: Manuscripts from the Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection
Daily through April 18, 2010
Research Institute Exhibition Gallery, Getty Center
Highlights from this extraordinary collection of illustrated manuscripts on the history of science and ideas—exhibited together publicly for the first time—demonstrate the circulation of knowledge around the world and across cultures during the medieval and early modern periods. Medieval Muslim and Christian medicine, Chinese acupuncture, secret experiments in alchemical laboratories, codebooks for keeping secrets secret, and French and Persian visions of the cosmos that blend science with spirituality are among the treasures on display. These manuscripts were produced for caliphs, popes, merchants, and scientists. Copied and illustrated by hand, their contents—their ideas and visions—illustrate the human urge for knowledge and creative invention.
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Courses and Demonstrations |
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Drawing from Antiquity
Saturdays through April 24, 2010
9:30 am
Meeting Rooms, Getty Villa
Join fellow novice and professional artists in Drawing from Antiquity, 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.
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Gem-Handling Sessions
Saturday April 17, 2010
11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Museum, Floor 2, Getty Villa
Ever wonder what it would be like to take a museum object out of its case for a closer look? Drop by the Reading Room to handle replicas of gems on display as well as the materials and tools used by ancient carvers.
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Artist-at-Work Demonstration: Fresco
Weekends through April 18, 2010
2 pm - 4 pm
Education Studio, Getty Villa
The ancient technique of fresco painting involves meticulously applying quick-drying paint to surfaces. Drop by the Education Studio to see artist Sylvana Barrett perform a demonstration and learn about how the materials and methods of art making in antiquity have evolved through time.
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Family Workshop: Creating a Codex
Saturday April 17, 2010
11 am - 1 pm
Education Studio, Getty Villa
Discover the Florentine Codex, a 450-year-old account of Aztec culture, in this family workshop complementing the exhibition The Aztec Pantheon and the Art of Empire. Explore the history of the book and then design your own version! For families with children ages 8–12. At least one adult must register with each family. Space is limited. Free, reservations required. For reservations, please call (310) 440-7300.
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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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Exhibition Tour en Español: The Aztec Pantheon and the Art of Empire
Saturday April 17, 2010
11 am
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
Scholars from the Renaissance found many parallels between the Aztec and Roman empires. Inspired by the Getty Villa's current exhibition, this one-hour tour en español examines the connections between the two cultures by discussing masterworks of Aztec sculpture and Europe's encounter with the New World. Meet at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Entrance 15 minutes before the Tour. Free, reservations required.
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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 architecture and gardens in this 40-minute tour. Meet at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Entrance.
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Spotlight Talk
Thursdays - Sundays through April 30, 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 Prize Vessel from the Athenian Games from about 340–339 B.C. 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
Saturday April 17, 2010
2 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
Scholars from the Renaissance found many parallels between the Aztec and Roman empires. Inspired by the Getty Villa's current exhibition, this one-hour tour en español examines the connections between the two cultures by discussing masterworks of Aztec sculpture and Europe's encounter with the New World. Meet at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Entrance 15 minutes before the Tour. Free, reservations required.
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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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