Mosaic Icon with the Virgin and Child (detail), probably made in Constantinople; from Trigleia, Bithynia, Asia Minor (present-day Turkey), late 13th century. Glass paste, gold, and silver. Image courtesy of the Byzantine and Christian Museum, Athens, inv. no 990
Opening This Month AT THE LOS ANGELES PUBLIC LIBRARy's
CENTRAL LIBRARY
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Alameda Street Elevation, Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal (detail), July 16, 1936. The Getty Research Institute
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No Further West: The Story of Los Angeles Union Station
May 2–August 10, 2014
Los Angeles Union Station is a celebrated architectural icon and a symbol of the city's early-twentieth-century aspirations. Built in 1939, Union Station centralized passenger travel in Los Angeles and ushered in the city's transformation into a world-class destination. Presented in another iconic downtown landmark, the
Los Angeles Public Library's Central Library, and organized by the Getty Research Institute, the exhibition features beautifully rendered architectural drawings, photographs, and other archival material that illuminate the contentious 30-year process of creating the station's eclectic, distinctly Southern Californian architecture.
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Yvonne Rainer: Dances and Films
May 27–October 12, 2014 |
The Getty Center
Dancer, choreographer, filmmaker, and writer Yvonne Rainer is one of the most influential artists of the last 50 years. Drawn from Rainer's archive at the Getty Research Institute, this exhibition surveys her major dance, film, and performance works.
Continuing This Month
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I.K. Brunel and Others Observing the "Great Eastern" Launch Attempt, November 1857, Robert Howlett. Albumen silver print. The J. Paul Getty Museum
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A Royal Passion: Queen Victoria and Photography
Through June 8, 2014 | The Getty Center
Explore the relationship between the new art form of photography and Queen Victoria, whose passion for collecting photographs began in the 1840s. On display are rare daguerreotypes, private portraits of the Royal Family, and a selection of prints by early masters of photography. The first British monarch to have her life fully recorded by the camera, her portraits became emblematic of an entire age.
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Show us your
#VictorianPose and enter to win a Victorian-themed prize pack!
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Mosaic Icon with the Virgin and Child (detail), probably made in Constantinople; from Trigleia, Bithynia, Asia Minor (present-day Turkey), late 13th century. Glass paste, gold, and silver. Image courtesy of the Byzantine and Christian Museum, Athens, inv. no 990
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Heaven and Earth: Art of Byzantium from Greek Collections
Through August 25, 2014
| The Getty Villa
Byzantine artists drew from pagan and early Christian foundations to fashion the opulent and deeply spiritual world of Byzantium. This exhibition presents luminous icons, architectural sculptures, frescoes, and mosaics—inspired by the establishment of Christianity as the state religion—along with sacred illuminated manuscripts created in monasteries, and luxury items enjoyed by the wealthy citizens of the empire. This exhibition is presented in conjunction with
Heaven and Earth: Byzantine Illumination at the Cultural Crossroads at the Getty Center.
Learn more about the exhibition »Both of the exhibitions were organized by the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports, Athens, with the collaboration of the Benaki Museum, Athens, in association with the J. Paul Getty Museum and the National Gallery of Art, Washington. The exhibitions are supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.
The U.S. tour was made possible by major funding from OPAP S.A. Financial support was also provided by the A. G. Leventis Foundation.
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Music
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Photo: Stanford University/CCRMA
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Capella Romana
Saturday, May 17, 7:00 p.m. and Sunday, May 18, 3:00 p.m.
| The Getty Villa
Capella Romana is the world's leading early vocal music ensemble, performing early and contemporary sacred classical music in the Christian traditions of East and West. Their performance at the Getty Villa will feature the haunting melodies of Medieval Byzantine chant, lead by founder and director Dr. Alexander Lingas of the City University London, and performed by an international ensemble of Byzantine cantors.
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Photo: Magdalena Wosinska
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Saturdays Off the 405: Jonathan Wilson
Saturday, May 17, 6:00–9:00 p.m. | The Getty Center
Saturdays off the 405 is back for another great season of new music! Kicking off the series is
North Carolina native and Echo Park mainstay Jonathan Wilson, whose highly crafted songs investigate the vibrant 1970s rock landscape and revitalize the nostalgic sounds of the Laurel Canyon
folk-rock tradition and the psychedelic prog-rock genre with contemporary relevance.
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Also in May
Friday FlightsFriday, May 30, 6:00–9:00 p.m.
FILM SCREENING AND PANEL DISCUSSION
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Still from Pollock (2000). Courtesy, Sony Pictures Classics
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Exploring Pollock
Saturday, May 3, Film screening: 4:00 p.m.; Panel discussion: 6:30 p.m. | The Getty Center
Ed Harris directs and stars in the film
Pollock, which portrays the life and career of American painter Jackson Pollock, with Marcia Gay Harden as his wife, artist Lee Krasner (2000, 122 minutes). Following the screening, Tom Learner, head of science at the Getty Conservation Institute, leads a conversation with Harris, who spent close to a decade working on the film. Jeff Beal, composer of the film's musical score, and art historian and Pollock expert Pepe Karmel join them.
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LECTURES & CONVERSATIONS
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Icon with St. George, Byzantine, from Arta, Greece, 13th century. Tempera on wood, gold leaf. Image courtesy of the Byzantine and Christian Museum, Athens, no. 1108
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Collecting and Displaying Byzantine Art in the Medieval, Renaissance, and Modern Periods
Thursday, May 1, 7:30 p.m
| The Getty Villa
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Mural (detail), 1943, Jackson Pollock. Oil and casein on canvas. Unoversity of Iowa Museum of Art, Gift of Peggy Guggenheim, 1959.6. Reproduced with permission from The University of Iowa
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Symposium: Jackson Pollock's Mural: Transition, Context, Afterlife
Tuesday, May 6, 9:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. | The Getty Center
Stories about the creation and installation of Jackson Pollock's seminal painting,
Mural, have dominated interpretations for decades. Recent study and conservation at the Getty debunks many of these myths, recasting this iconic work in a new light. Take part in a day of lively conversation among art historians, scientists, and conservators about the context and legacies of
Mural.
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View of the Outer Peristyle garden, Getty Villa
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Flora, Nurseries, and the Economics of the Roman Plant Trade
Saturday, May 10, 2:00 p.m.
| The Getty Villa
Elizabeth Macaulay-Lewis of the City University of New York discusses her research on the first archaeologically known plant nursery and the ways in which Romans and their Hellenistic predecessors in Egypt cultivated plants on an industrial scale for an extensive, empire-wide trade.
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Portrait of Queen Victoria Seated, Gazing at a Photograph of Prince Albert, about 1862, Ghémar Frères. Albumen silver print.
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A Royal Passion: Queen Victoria and Photography
Sunday, May 18, 4:00 p.m. | The Getty Center
Family
Family Day
Saturday, May 3, 10 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
| The Getty Villa
Immerse yourself in the soul and splendor of the mysterious Byzantine Empire through this interactive Family Day. Be enveloped in the sounds of another world, explore rich iconography through hands-on workshops, and see the treasures of a cultural millennium that continue to inspire people around the world.
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