Admission to the Getty Center is FREE. For visitor information, see information on planning a visit or call (310) 440-7300. All events are free, unless otherwise noted. Reservations are required for performances, lectures, seminars, and courses.

Lecture

Curator Spotlight Series:
In Focus: Portraiture and Photography
Following the invention of photography in 1839, portraiture became accessible to a larger public. Technical improvements in photography enabled the instantaneous capture of likeness and expanded the dialogue between photographer and sitter. Anne Lacoste, assistant curator of Photographs, the J. Paul Getty Museum, surveys the development of and variety in the portrait genre.

Wednesday, May 13, 2009, 3:00 p.m.
Getty Center, Museum Lecture Hall

Talks

Curator's Gallery Talks
Anne Lacoste, assistant curator of Photographs, the J. Paul Getty Museum, leads a gallery talk on the exhibition. Meet under the stairs in the Museum Entrance Hall.

Thursday, February 19, 2009, 2:30 p.m.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009, 2:30 p.m.
Getty Center, Museum galleries