director's message
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Earflare, Winged Messenger, 200s–600s CE, made in Peru (Moche culture). Gold, turquoise, sodalite, and shell, 3 3/16 in. diam. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift and Bequest of Alice K. Bache, 1966. 66.196.40-.41
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The Upcoming Year at the Getty Museum
Museum director Timothy Potts discusses the major reinstallation of the Getty Villa's collection along chronological, rather than thematic, lines; the recent acquisition of an opulent 17th-century Italian cabinet; and looks forward to the opening of
Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA in September, the Getty's ambitious region-wide exploration of Latin American and Latino art in dialogue with Los Angeles.
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CURATOR'S REPORT
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A Muse (detail), mid-1720s, Rosalba Carriera. Pastel on laid blue paper. The J. Paul Getty Museum
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Hovering Between Painting and Drawing
The Museum's drawings department welcomes a new associate curator, Emily Beeny. She discusses the scope of her first upcoming installation,
The Birth of Pastels, which focuses on the evolution of how sumptuous pastel "painting" emerged from colored chalk drawing, during the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries. Including works by Degas, Rosalba Carriera, and Odlin Redon, the installation opens in June at the
Getty Center.
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A GETTY STORY
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Balthazar Getty and his daughter, June, at the new J. Paul Getty: Life and Legacy exhibition at the Getty Center. Photo: Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging
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J. Paul Getty's Grandson Reflects on his Family Legacy
We met with film and television actor Balthazar Getty to ask what it's like to bear a name not only associated with great wealth, but also with a renowned dedication to art and philanthropy. The Museum's new interactive exhibition about
the life of J. Paul Getty is on view at the
Getty Center.
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GETTY TV
What Is a Bestiary?
Manuscripts curator Elizabeth Morrison recently explored the fascinating world of medieval bestiaries with an international audience on Facebook Live. Bestiaries were a beloved type of encyclopedic manuscript in which animals (real and imaginary) were cleverly used to illustrate Christian themes. Make sure to follow the
Getty Museum on Facebook to tune in to our next broadcast!
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from the stage
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Photo credit: © Marco Anelli
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Marina Abramovic
Celebrated performance artist Marina Abramovic visited the Getty to give a talk on the arc of her provocative avant-garde career, from endurance-based works in the 1970s to her incredibly popular work
The Artist is Present at MoMA. She discussed her art, and her recent memoir,
Walk Through Walls, with author and comedian Sandra Tsing Loh.
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PUBLICATION
North of Dixie
The story of the Civil Rights Movement has been documented with indelible photography from the American South. But the struggle for racial equality occurred all over the nation. This new book brings together over 100 powerful photographs of resistance and activism outside of the South, many never before published, including works from the Getty Museum's collection.
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