Diamond Sutra (detail), 868 CE, ink on paper. British Library, London, Or.8210/P.2. © The British Library Board
CONTINUING THIS MONTH
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Diamond Sutra (detail), 868 CE, ink on paper. British Library, London, Or.8210/P.2. © The British Library Board
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Cave Temples of Dunhuang: Buddhist Art on China's Silk Road
敦煌莫高窟: 中國絲綢之路上的佛教藝術
Through September 4, 2016 | The Getty Center
One of the most influential Chinese Buddhist scriptures, the copy of the Diamond Sutra (868 CE) on display in
Cave Temples of Dunhuang is also the earliest complete printed book that bears a date. The exhibition includes nearly 50 exquisite manuscripts, drawings, and sculptures from the Mogao cave temples, as well as three spectacular full-size cave replicas and a virtual immersive experience of Cave 45.
Public tours of the gallery portion of this exhibition will be offered Tuesdays and Thursdays at 2:00 p.m.
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ANNOUNCEMENT
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Photographer Charles Brittin in 2007.
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Oral Histories Collection
Documenting and preserving the stories of artists, architects, curators, critics, and tastemakers, the more than 1,000 oral histories at the GRI offer a firsthand account of the making and meaning of visual art. Browse a selection of video interviews that include photographer Charles Brittin, artist Judy Chicago, and architect Frank Gehry. Also included is a selected list of audio interviews and a link to all of the digitized oral histories at the GRI.
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EVENTS
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Still image from O Século/The Century (detail), Cinthia Marcelle and Tiago Mata Machado, 2011. © Cinthia Marcelle and Tiago Mata Machado
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Dissonance
Video Art Screening | June 8, 2016 | 7:00 p.m. | The Getty Center
This 90-minute screening features video artworks that highlight opposing and often discordant realities as they are lived in different contexts within Latin America. The videos range from the 1970s until today, and include artists from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, and Uruguay.
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Cornelia Funke at the Getty Center in June 2015.
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Cornelia Funke's Voyage into the Caves of the Thousand Buddhas
Storytelling and Book Signing | June 19, 2016 | 11:00 a.m. | The Getty Center
NEW FOR RESEARCHERS
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Pure Food performed in Costa Mesa, California, Barbara T. Smith, 1973. The Getty Research Institute, 2014.M.14. Photo: Tom Horowitz
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Barbara T. Smith Archive
Finding Aid
VIDEO
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Detail of page from David Tudor's second realization of John Cage's Concert for Piano and Orchestra: Solo for Piano, from 1959. The Getty Research Institute, 980039
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Cage, Tudor, and the Visual Language of Indeterminacy
Video of April 19, 2016, Lecture
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