New This Month
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The Meeting of Pope Pius VI and Doge Paolo Renier at San Giorgio in Alga, 1782, Franceso Guardi. Oil on canvas. Courtesy of Guido Bartolozzi AntichitÃ
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Eyewitness Views: Making History in Eighteenth-Century Europe
May 9–July 30, 2017 | The Getty Center
From Paris to Madrid and Vienna to London, from the Doge's Palace to St. Peter's Square, Europe's most iconic cities and monuments have played host to magnificent ceremonies. During the golden age of view painting in the eighteenth century, princes, popes, and ambassadors commissioned artists such as Canaletto and Panini to record memorable moments ranging from the Venetian carnival to an eruption of Vesuvius. This first-ever exhibition focusing on views of historic events includes over fifty works, many never seen before in America. Turning the beholder into an eyewitness on the scene, these paintings bring the spectacle and drama of the past to life.
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Riva degli Schiavoni, from near San Biagio, Venice, 1826, Richard Parkes Bonington. Watercolor over graphite, heightened with opaque watercolor. The J. Paul Getty Museum
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The Lure of Italy: Artists' Views
May 9–July 30, 2017 | The Getty Center
From the crumbling ruins of ancient Rome to the crystal clear light of Venice, Italy has fascinated travelers and artists for centuries. Painters and draftsmen have found inspiration not only in the cities, but also in the countryside and in the deep history and culture. Visiting from France, England, the Netherlands, and Germany, artists drew sketches to preserve vivid memories, creating works of extraordinary atmosphere and beauty. Their Italian counterparts responded to the tourist demand for souvenirs by crafting their own masterpieces. Featuring works from the Getty Museum’s collection by R. P. Bonington, Claude Lorrain, Giovanni Battista Lusieri, and Canaletto, this exhibition captures the essence and spirit of Italy.
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Angelic Upstarts at a Miners' Benefit Dance at the Barbary Coast Club, Sunderland, Wearside, 1984. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Purchased in part with funds provided by Alison Bryan Crowell, Trish and Jan de Bont, Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser, Manfred Heiting, Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck, and Lyle and Lisi Poncher. © Chris Killip
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Now Then: Chris Killip and the Making of In Flagrante
May 23–August 13, 2017 | The Getty Center
Poetic, penetrating, and often heartbreaking, Chris Killip's In Flagrante remains the most important photobook to document the devastating impact of deindustrialization on working-class communities in northern England in the 1970s and 1980s. Comprising fifty photographs—all drawn from the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum—In Flagrante serves as the foundation of this exhibition, which includes maquettes, contact sheets, and work prints that reveal the artist's process. Now Then also showcases material from two related projects—Seacoal and Skinningrove—that Killip developed in the 1980s, featured selectively in In Flagrante, and revisited decades later.
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Photographs of Glasgow College, about 1866, Thomas Annan. Albumen silver print. Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
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Thomas Annan: Photographer of Glasgow
May 23–August 13, 2017 | The Getty Center
During the rise of industry in nineteenth–century Scotland, Thomas Annan ranked as the preeminent photographer in Glasgow. Best known for his haunting images of tenements on the verge of demolition—often considered precursors of the documentary tradition in photography—he prodigiously recorded the people, the social landscape, and the built environment of Glasgow and its outskirts for more than twenty–five years. This exhibition is the first to survey his industrious career and legacy as photographer and printer.
Continuing This Month
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Sea-Poppy 2 (fishing boat names), Ian Hamilton Finlay, 1968. The Getty Research Institute. By courtesy of the Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay
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Concrete Poetry: Words and Sounds in Graphic Space
Through July 30, 2017 | The Getty Center
Drawn principally from the Getty Research Institute's collection of prints, artists' books, journals, and manuscripts documenting the international concrete poetry movement, this exhibition focuses on the visual, verbal, and sonic experiments of the 1950s, '60s, and '70s. Featuring works by foundational figures Augusto de Campos and Ian Hamilton Finlay,
Concrete Poetry explores how these artists invented new forms such as cube poems and standing poems and continuously re–created their projects across media. Poetry by contemporaries including Henri Chopin, Ernst Jandl, Mary Ellen Solt, and Emmett Williams also plays a prominent role.
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Top: Berlin Philharmonic by architect Hans Scharoun. Bottom: Walt Disney Concert Hall by architect Frank Gehry. Photo courtesy of Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2011
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Berlin/Los Angeles: Space for Music
Through July 30, 2017 | The Getty Center
This exhibition celebrates the 50th anniversary of the sister-city partnership between Berlin and Los Angeles by exploring two iconic buildings: Hans Scharoun's Berlin Philharmonic (Berliner Philharmonie, built 1960–1963) and Frank Gehry's Walt Disney Concert Hall (built 1999–2003). Both buildings have captured the public's imagination and become signature features of the landscape of each city. Focusing on the buildings' extraordinary interiors and exteriors,
Berlin/Los Angeles: Space for Music brings together original drawings, sketches, prints, photographs, and models to convey the architects' design processes. The parallels demonstrate how the Berlin Philharmonic and the Walt Disney Concert Hall were pivotal in fostering a strong resonance between architecture and the city.
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PERFORMANCES
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Nite Jewel. Photo: Leo García
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Off the 405: Nite Jewel
Saturday, May 20, 6:00 p.m. | The Getty Center
Los Angeles electronic pop artist Nite Jewel brings her mesmerizing, gauzy dance-floor hits to the outdoor courtyard stage. Celebrating the release of her new album
Real High, Nite Jewel channels her unique delicate voice for expansive, moody love songs that cycle through a nostalgia for the 80s and 90s, encompassing everything from disco, R&B, shoegaze, and lo-fi art rock.
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FILM
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Photochemical lab at the Filmoteca of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Photo: Francisco Ramírez
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Film Preservation in Latin America: Pasado, Presente, Futuro
Wednesday, May 3, 7:00 p.m. | The Getty Center
Film preservation is critical for the world's cultural heritage, and the medium is in danger of becoming obsolete. As film labs are closing worldwide, funding remains an ongoing challenge, and restoration efforts often need to be done collaboratively with support from multiple outside organizations. This event will bring together representatives from Latin American archives to showcase restored films and new archival "discoveries" from their collections, as well as to discuss challenges in maintaining their countries' cinematic legacy.
In conjunction with
Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA , this program is organized by the Getty Research Institute on the occasion of the 2017 FIAF (International Federation of Film Archives) Congress.
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Talks
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Ruth Carter. Photo: Larry Steele
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From Rosewood to Selma: Visual Sources of Ruth Carter's Costume Design
Wednesday, May 17, 7:00 p.m. | The Getty Center
Costume designer Ruth E. Carter, who has worked with directors Spike Lee, Ava DuVernay, and Steven Spielberg on such films as
Malcolm X, Selma, and
Amistad, discusses her use of photographs and other visual source material to inform and inspire her celebrated designs.
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Colm Tóibín. Photo: Brigitte Lacombe
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Colm Tóibín: House of Names
Saturday, May 20, 2:00 p.m.
| The Getty Villa
Best-selling author Tóibín reads from his new book
House of Names, a powerful retelling of the myth of Clytemnestra, and explores the influence of Greek culture and literature on Irish writers Oscar Wilde, W.B. Yeats, and James Joyce, as well as on his own work. His talk is followed by questions from the audience and book signing.
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Durham Miners' Gala, Durham, 1984, Chris Killip. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Purchased in part with funds provided by Alison Bryan Crowell, Trish and Jan de Bont, Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser, Manfred Heiting, Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck, and Lyle and Lisi Poncher. © Chris Killip
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A Subjective History
Wednesday, May 24, 7:00 p.m. | The Getty Center
TALK + FOOD
Bacchus Uncorked: Bar Culture, the Roman Way: Archeological Excavations into the Wine Shops of Pompeii
Sunday, May 7, 4:00 p.m.
| The Getty Villa
Hear about recent excavations of an otherwise forgotten neighborhood of Pompeii peppered with bars and wine shops from archaeologist Steven Ellis of the University of Cincinnati. His behind-the-scenes look reveals widespread access to wine and provides insights into the sale of food and drink in the first century A.D. Then, sip wines made from ancient grape varietals of southern Italy with sommelier Diego Meraviglia while enjoying the outdoor setting of the Getty Villa. Tickets $65 (includes appetizers). Complimentary parking.
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The Getty Around the World
Explore multimedia stories about people working with the Getty in unique and beautiful places in the new web feature "The Getty Around the World." Get a close-up view of the hands-on work of studying and preserving art and cultural heritage—from documenting Latin American video art to protecting earthen buildings from earthquakes.
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