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Current Exhibitions
Future Exhibitions
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Birds and beasts take over the Getty Center this summer! See life-size animal portraits by Jean-Baptiste Oudry, from the ferocious hyena to the elegant antelope, and meet Clara the celebrity rhino, 13 feet long from snout to tail. Plus, enjoy storytelling, Family Festivals, artists' demonstrations, and more to celebrate the summer of the beast.
Exhibition sponsored by Wachovia.
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NEW Join the discussion on our exhibition blog!
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See Clara the rhino, immortalized by Jean-Baptiste Oudry in his 1749 painting Rhinoceros
Top: Demoiselle Crane, Toucan, and Tufted Crane (detail), 1745
Staatliches Museum Schwerin
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Embark on a Summer Safari!
Journey through the wilds of L.A. with our free Family Passport, your guide to family adventure at the Getty Center, Skirball Cultural Center, Natural History Museum, and L.A. Zoo.
Learn more and download your Family Passport.
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Multi-headed monsters, enormous elephants, and genteel greyhounds jump off the pages of medieval manuscripts in this exhibition, which explores the role of animals in medieval art and life. Learn about the mystique of the warhorse and the power of the animal constellations, then tame the beasts with our family cards full of riddles for adults and kids to solve together.
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A colorful and exotic Dragon from a bestiary, Franco-Flemish, about 1270
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Photographs of the L.A. urban landscape, postwar Japanese art, a giant octopus, and more—see current exhibitions to explore what's on now, and future exhibitions to see what's opening in June, including Greeks on the Black Sea: Ancient Art from the Hermitage at the Getty Villa.
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Sketching Gallery
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Discover your artistic side in the light-filled Sketching Gallery
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Draw from the great art of the past in the Sketching Gallery, a drop-in studio filled with paintings and casts of sculptures from the J. Paul Getty Museum's collection. Take inspiration from a Renaissance portrait, a flower-filled landscape, or expressive busts of two sisters, then take your sketch home or mount it to the gallery board for all to admire.
Free; no reservations required. Drop by any time the Museum is open.
Learn more about the Sketching Gallery.
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Reservations, tickets, and information:
(310) 440-7300
Event calendar
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Fiber revolution, Bauhaus teapots, totemic sculptures—craft has been associated with all of these things. Hear artists Sheila Hicks, John Mason, and Peter Shire discuss their pioneering work and the shifting boundaries between art and craft in this finale to the Getty Research Institute's three-day conference Craft at the Limits.
Learn more, make reservations, and see all related events.
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Both art and craft: Sheila Hicks' fiber work St. Gobain (detail), 1978
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Get out of the heat with Camea's cool, smoldering sound
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The heat is on! Chill out with this free evening of music, gallery browsing, and garden sauntering featuring the funky techno blend of Camea and the energetic acid house of SoCal native Drumcell.
Free; no reservations required.
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Immerse yourself in the colors and textures of Paris through the music of Claude Debussy and César Franck, two of the 19th century's boldest musical innovators. The Parisii Quartet, one of France's most accomplished and vibrant classical ensembles, performs in an evening complementing the exhibition Manet's Bar at the Folies-Bergère, opening June 5 at the Getty Center.
Tickets $20; $15 students/seniors. Call (310) 440-7300 for tickets.
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The Parisii Quartet combine elegance and artistry
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Beautiful illusions: Jennifer Jones in Vicente Minelli's Madame Bovary
Film still courtesy of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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See a quartet of cinematic masterpieces inspired by the gritty visions of Gustave Flaubert, Guy de Maupassant, and Émile Zola. These films vividly evoke the dance floors, brothels, and washhouses of mid-19th-century Paris. Before the screenings, see France on paper and canvas in the exhibitions Manet's Bar at the Folies-Bergère and Defining Modernity: European Drawings, 1800–1900, both opening June 5 at the Getty Center.
Free; reservations required.
Learn more and make reservations.
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Two days, two radically different takes on Greek myth. Friday: get revenge with Medea in Lars von Trier's haunting Medea. Saturday: team up with the kids to root for Jason as he leads a band of heroes against the harpies, hydra, bronze giant, and army of skeletons to capture the Golden Fleece in Jason and the Argonauts, the '60s stop-motion classic. The series complements Greeks on the Black Sea: Ancient Art from the Hermitage, opening June 14 at the Getty Villa.
Free; a ticket is required. Tickets available beginning Tuesday, May 22, at 9:00 a.m.
Learn more and get tickets.
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Jason takes on a skeleton army in Jason and the Argonauts
Film still courtesy of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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Tips for Families
See All Family Events
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Here, kitty kitty...A fierce red lion dances with the taiko drummers of Japanese Festival Sounds
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Unleash your animal side at this daylong festival starring fantastic stilted creatures, Aesop's animals, and Japanese and West African drummers. Join hands-on art workshops to make your own fabulous beasties inspired by the exhibitions Medieval Beasts and Oudry's Painted Menagerie.
Free; no reservations required.
Learn more and see the day's full schedule.
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