Event Calendar

	August 2007       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31                 Lectures and Conferences Performances and Films/Videos Courses and Demonstrations Family Activities Tours and Gallery Talks Readings and Book Signings Exhibitions		August 3, 2007 Performances and Films The Painter's Voice: The Restoration of Two Master Paintings Friday August 3, 2007 3:45 pm - 7:45 pm Museum Lecture Hall, Getty Center This new documentary by Academy Award-winning filmmaker William Friedkin follows the painstaking efforts of Getty Museum conservators to restore two of Jean-Baptiste Oudry's largest, most resplendent paintings, Rhinoceros and Lion, which are featured in the exhibition Oudry's Painted Menagerie. The 27-minute film screens at 3:45 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 5:15 p.m., 5:45 p.m., 6:30 p.m., and 7:15 p.m. The screenings complement William Friedkin's Point-of-View Talks, held on Friday, August 3 at 4:30 and 6:00 p.m. Courses and Demonstrations Strength, Harmony, and Beauty: Representations of Women at the Getty (Gallery Course) Friday August 3, 2007 3 pm - 5 pm Museum Studios, Getty Center Discover the role of women, as artists and models, over nearly 300 years by exploring the Getty Museum's collection. Join museum educator Anna Sapenuk in an examination of the evolving female presence represented in an eclectic array of art: painting, sculpture, and photography. Course fee $30; $20 students. Open to 30 participants. Part One: August 3, 3:00–5:00 p.m. Part Two: August 10, 3:00–5:00 p.m. Getty Drawing Hour Friday August 3, 2007 6 pm - 8 pm Central Garden, Getty Center Enjoy the tradition of plein-air sketching and botanical drawing in the Central Garden on the first and third Fridays in July and August. Artist Sally Jacobs provides general guidance; all you need to bring are drawing pads and pencils. All experience levels welcome. Open to 35 participants. Sign up at the Museum Information Desk beginning at 5:00 p.m. the day of the program. Family Activities Family Art Lab Thursdays - Sundays through September 2, 2007 11 am - 3:30 pm Family Room Patio, Getty Center Join your children in an outdoor, drop-in workshop designed to exercise the imagination. Visit the galleries to see French treasures from long ago and then make your own "golden" masterpiece inspired by what you see! Offered in English and Spanish. Drop in anytime between 11:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Family Art Stops Tuesdays - Fridays through August 31, 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.  Learn more about this event Tours and Gallery Talks Architecture Tour Fridays and Saturdays through June 28, 2008 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. Collection Highlights Tour Fridays and Saturdays through September 1, 2007 11 am, 4 pm Museum Galleries, Getty Center This one-hour tour provides an overview of major works from the Museum's collection. The 11:00 a.m. tour is offered in English and Spanish on weekends. Meet at the Museum Information Desk. Community Group Site Tours Fridays - Sundays through September 2, 2007 11 am Museum Entrance Hall, Getty Center This is a special 45-minute tour of the architecture and gardens of the Getty Center offered to community groups and families. Meet the docent outside at the top of the stairs near the front entrance of the Museum. Garden Tour Daily through June 29, 2008 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. Focus Tour: Impressionism Fridays through August 31, 2007 1:30 pm Museum Galleries, Getty Center Enjoy a one-hour tour that introduces the social and artistic forces leading up to the first Impressionist exhibition in 1874 and the creation of a new visual language that greatly influenced later art. Meet at the Museum Information Desk. Oudry's Painted Menagerie Exhibition Tour Daily through September 2, 2007 3 pm Exhibitions Pavilion, Getty Center Enjoy an introduction to exotic animals through a guided tour of the life size animal portraits created by Jean Baptiste Oudry, one of Louis XV's favorite court painters. Meet at the Museum Information Desk. Point-of-View: Artist Talk Friday August 3, 2007 4:30 pm, 6 pm Museum Galleries, Getty Center Academy Award-winning director William Friedkin discusses his recent film project documenting the conservation efforts undertaken by the Getty Museum to restore two large-scale paintings presented in the exhibition Oudry's Painted Menagerie. Sign up at the Museum Information Desk beginning at 3:00 p.m. the day of the program. Exhibitions 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.  Learn more about this exhibition 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.  Learn more about this exhibition Oudry's Painted Menagerie Daily through September 2, 2007 Exhibitions Pavilion, Getty Center Jean-Baptiste Oudry (French, 1686–1755) was the principal animal painter during the first half of Louis XV's reign. Commissioned to paint a portrait series of the animals in the king's royal menagerie at Versailles, Oudry employed his prodigious talents and illustrative power to produce life-size paintings of a lion, an antelope, a male and a female leopard, and several other exotic animals and fowl. Oudry's Painted Menagerie features twelve paintings, including a life-size portrait of a famous rhinoceros named Clara (the subject of a multiyear project of the Getty Museum's Paintings Conservation Department), and a group of Oudry's drawings. Meissen porcelain, clocks, paintings, prints, and drawings represent the sociocultural phenomenon of exotic animal celebrity in the 18th century. This exhibition has been organized by the J. Paul Getty Museum in association with the Staatliches Museum Schwerin and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.  Learn more about this exhibition Defining Modernity: European Drawings, 1800–1900 Daily through September 9, 2007 West Pavilion, Plaza Level, Getty Center The development of new materials, the expansion of artistic themes to include subjects from modern life, and the increased demand for images created by new print mediums all invigorated the practice of drawing during the 1800s. This exhibition surveys the depth and variety of 19th-century draftsmanship with works from the Getty Museum's collection and loans from the Courtauld Institute of Art in London. It features works by artists such as Edgar Degas, Vincent van Gogh, and Georges Seurat, who exploited the new subjects and materials of drawing and used traditional subjects and mediums in innovative ways. This exhibition inaugurates the new galleries for drawings on the Plaza Level of the West Pavilion.  Learn more about this exhibition Zoopsia: New Works by Tim Hawkinson Daily through September 9, 2007 West Pavilion, Terrace Level, Getty Center To inaugurate a series of artists' projects at the Getty Museum, internationally recognized Los Angeles-based artist Tim Hawkinson (American, b. 1960) has created four new works for first-time display. Zoopsia offers playful, alternative perspectives on the natural world. Concurrently, Überorgan, described by Hawkinson as a massive, self-playing, walk-in organ of balloons and horns, will be installed in the Museum Entrance Hall for its Los Angeles debut. Previously exhibited in Massachusetts and New York, Überorgan changes with each installation in response to the site. Typically incorporating household and industrial materials, and often mechanized to emit sound, evoke breath, or record the passage of time, Hawkinson's extraordinary art links form, process, and meaning to create unique and provocative viewing experiences.  Learn more about this exhibition Recent History: Photographs by Luc Delahaye Daily through November 25, 2007 West Pavilion, Terrace Level, Getty Center The Getty Museum presents the first West Coast exhibition featuring the work of Luc Delahaye (French, b. 1962), including 10 photographs depicting recent world events. Inspired by a documentary approach to photography, his large-scale color works urge reflection about the relationships among art, information, and history. The direct nature of the photographs, the detachment and the rich details that emerge from them contradict but also enhance their dramatic intensity and narrative power. Manet's Bar at the Folies-Bergère Daily through September 9, 2007 West Pavilion, Plaza Level, Getty Center This focus exhibition highlights one of the great masterpieces of 19th-century French art, A Bar at the Folies-Bergère, the 1882 Salon painting by Édouard Manet (French, 1832–1883) on loan to the Getty from the Courtauld Institute of Art, London. The exhibition runs concurrently with Defining Modernity: European Drawings, 1800-1900, which also features several Courtauld loans, and is accompanied by a detailed illustrated brochure providing the viewer with essential historical, social, and critical context.  Learn more about this exhibition Evidence of Movement Daily through October 7, 2007 Research Institute Exhibition Gallery, Getty Center In the collecting and display of art, performance has posed strong challenges to traditional notions of both the art collection and the archive. Unlike painting or sculpture, performance-based art lacks an original, fully-present and self-contained object. Because of this, archival material such as documentary photography, film and video, and artistsÕ notes and sketches are often studied, collected, and exhibited as works of art. Drawn primarily from the special collections of the Research Library at the Getty Research Institute, this exhibition surveys the variety of creative means by which artists have used traditional media to document performance-based art.  Learn more about this exhibition Edward Weston: Enduring Vision Daily through November 25, 2007 West Pavilion, Terrace Level, Getty Center A seminal figure in the history of photography, Edward Weston (American, 1886–1958) began his long career in Southern California. The Getty Museum's collection of Weston prints is among the most significant of any art museum, spanning four decades of the artist's work. This exhibition traces the breadth of Weston's accomplishments in California, Mexico, and across the United States, employing a selection of prints drawn from the Museum's holdings alongside a smaller number of complementary loans. One gallery of the exhibition is devoted to the work of Weston's colleagues and students.		August 3, 2007 Family Activities Art Odyssey for Families Fridays through August 31, 2007 11:30 am 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 11:15 a.m. Ofrecida igualmente en español. Tours and Gallery Talks Orientation Tour Daily through June 30, 2008 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. Spotlight Talk: Mummy Portrait of a Woman Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays through August 31, 2007 11 am 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 the Romano-Egyptian Mummy Portrait of a Woman from AD 100-110. Space is limited. Sign up at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Main Entrance beginning at 10:45 a.m. Getty Villa Architecture and Gardens Tour Daily through June 30, 2008 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. Collection Highlights Tour Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays through June 30, 2008 2 pm Museum Galleries, Getty Villa 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 Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Main Entrance beginning at 1:45 p.m. Curator's Gallery Talk Friday August 3, 2007 3 pm Museum Galleries, Getty Villa Jens Daehner, assistant curator of antiquities, the J. Paul Getty Museum, leads a gallery talk on the exhibition Greeks on the Black Sea: Ancient Art from the Hermitage. Space is limited. Sign up at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Main Entrance beginning at 2:45 p.m. Curator's Gallery Talk Friday August 3, 2007 3 pm Museum Galleries, Getty Villa Claire Lyons, collections curator, the Getty Research Institute, leads a gallery talk on the exhibition The Herculaneum Women and the Origins of Archaeology. Space is limited. Sign up at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Main Entrance beginning at 2:45 p.m. Exhibitions The Herculaneum Women and the Origins of Archaeology Daily through November 5, 2007 Museum, Floor 2, Getty Villa Discovered around 1710, two life-size Roman marble statues of draped women—the so-called Large and Small Herculaneum Women—became famous as the first finds from the site of Herculaneum, the ancient city that was buried under the ashes of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79. This exhibition explores the circumstances of their discovery, their original display in the Roman theater of Herculaneum, and their prominent role in the development of archaeology. Traveling abroad for the first time from the Dresden State Museums, the statues are complemented by more than a dozen items from the Getty Research Institute collections, including sketchbooks, prints, and rare books. The Herculaneum Women and the Origins of Archaeology has been co-organized by the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Getty Research Institute, and the Skulpturensammlung, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden. Following the exhibition, the two Herculaneum Women are then installed in Women and Children in Antiquity (Gallery 207) through October 13, 2008. Greeks on the Black Sea: Ancient Art from the Hermitage Daily through September 3, 2007 Museum, Floor 2, Getty Villa At the end of the 7th century B.C., Greek city-states created settlements in the northern Black Sea region, which quickly became wealthy through trade with indigenous tribes such as the Scythians. Artisans working there produced objects that linked Greek artistic traditions with those of the cultures of the Eurasian steppes. A collaboration between the State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg and the J. Paul Getty Museum, this exhibition features approximately 175 objects of the Greek and Roman periods that demonstrate the opulence and high aesthetic quality of these unique works of art.