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June 29, 2006 |
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Lectures and Conferences |
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James Ensor: Burlesque Wizard of Modern Printmaking
Thursday June 29, 2006
7 pm
Museum Lecture Hall, Getty Center
Louis Marchesano, collections curator of prints and drawings, Getty Research Institute, explores Ensor's reliance on traditional printmaking techniques and rules of representation, as well as his radical transformation of them. Complements the exhibition Ensor's Graphic Modernism.
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Courses and Demonstrations |
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Artist-at-Work Demonstration
Thursdays and Sundays through July 30, 2006
1 pm
Museum Courtyard, Getty Center
Drop by as artist Jennifer Anderson demonstrates printmaking materials and techniques, with a focus on etching and engraving. Complements the exhibitions Ensor's Graphic Modernism and Rubens and His Printmakers.
1:00–2:00 p.m.—Plate Preparation
2:00–3:00 p.m.—Printing
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Family Activities |
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Family Creation Station
Thursdays - Sundays through September 3, 2006
11 am
Family Room Patio, Getty Center
Join your children in an outdoor, drop-in workshop designed to exercise the imagination. Create your own masterpiece, and don't miss seeing others in the galleries. Offered in English and Spanish.
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Family Art Stops
Tuesdays - Fridays through September 1, 2006
2 pm, 2:30 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
Get up close and personal with a single work of art at this half-hour, hands-on gallery experience geared for families with children ages 5 and up. The 2:30 p.m. session is also offered in Spanish. Sign up at the Museum Information Desk beginning 30-minutes prior to the start of the program.
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Tours and Gallery Talks |
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Architecture Tour
Tuesdays - Thursdays through August 31, 2006
10:15 am, 11 am, 1 pm, 2 pm, 3 pm
Museum Entrance Hall, Getty Center
This is a 45-minute tour of the architecture and Richard Meier's design of the Getty Center. Meet the docent outside at the bench under the sycamore trees near the front entrance of the Museum.
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Collection Highlights Tour
Tuesdays - Thursdays through July 6, 2006
11 am, 1:30 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
This one-hour tour provides an overview of major works from the Museum's collection. Also offered in Spanish at 11:00 a.m. on the weekends. Meet at the Information Desk in the Museum Entrance Hall.
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Garden Tour
Daily through June 30, 2007
11:30 am, 12:30 pm, 2:30 pm, 3:30 pm
Central Garden, Getty Center
This is a 45-minute tour of the Getty gardens, including Robert Irwin's Central Garden. Meet the docent outside at the bench under the sycamore trees near the front entrance of the Museum.
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Focus Tour: Romanticism to Realism
Thursdays through June 28, 2007
3 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
Enjoy a one-hour tour exploring two contradictory movements in art that developed in the 19th century, when new ideas about the psychological nature of visual art and a social awareness stirred the imaginations of artists working in Europe. Meet at the Museum Information Desk.
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Exhibitions |
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Eliot Porter: In the Realm of Nature
Daily through September 17, 2006
West Pavilion, Plaza Level, Getty Center
Eliot Porter (American, 1901–1990) is known for his detailed and exquisite photographs of birds and landscapes. Porter promoted the use of color materials at a time when most serious photographers worked in black-and-white. An artist of uncommon perception, his artistic and technical contributions to bird and landscape photography transformed these genres. This exhibition includes a selection of Porter's early black-and-white landscape photographs, later color landscapes, and bird photographs made over the course of his career.
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A Renaissance Cabinet Rediscovered
Daily through December 28, 2008
South Pavilion, Plaza Level, Getty Center
This exhibition traces the study of one Getty object to determine its date and place of manufacture. The cabinet, acquired in 1971, had since the 1980s been believed to be a pastiche if not an outright fake. However, documentary research and technical analysis undertaken by experts at the Getty revealed that the cabinet, rather than being a compromised object, is one of the most important pieces of French Renaissance furniture in the United States. This case study of the research into the authenticity of the cabinet presents the results of scientific and visual analyses of the object, studies of related materials, archival research, and other evidence. It is a story of how new information, careful research, and evolving analytic processes can alter our understanding of the art of the past.
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Classical Connections: The Enduring Influence of Greek and Roman Art
Daily through December 31, 2006
North Pavilion, Plaza Level, Getty Center
This installation of antiquities demonstrates the relationship of ancient art to later work, showing some of the themes, techniques, and motifs borrowed by later artists—from mythology to decorative design—and the approach to the human figure known today as the classical ideal. This permanent collection installation is on view in the North Pavilion.
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The Cult of Saints
Daily through July 16, 2006
North Pavilion, Plaza Level, Getty Center
Devotion to saints was a central component of the spiritual and cultural life of the Middle Ages and Renaissance and a central element in Roman Catholic spiritual practice. That devotion continued into the modern period and still has an impact today. This exhibition offers an overview of the pervasive role of the Cult of the Saints in medieval and Renaissance society through images created in its service.
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Ensor's Graphic Modernism
Daily through July 30, 2006
West Pavilion, Upper Level, Getty Center
James Ensor's (Belgian, 1860Ð1949) greatest painting, Christ's Entry into Brussels in 1889 (1888) in the Getty Museum's permanent collection, is united for the first time with a significant body of his related prints. Since the monumental painting cannot travel, the opportunity to situate it in the context of Ensor's achievements and ambitions as a print maker will give the public a deeper understanding of Ensor's multifaceted modernity and his mastery of painting and printmaking with very distinct technical demands.
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June 29, 2006 |
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Tickets on the Web for this day are not yet available. Try calling (310) 440-7300.
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Lectures and Conferences |
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Fragrance of Rose and Flavor of Mint: Flowers and Herbs in Ancient Roman Gardens
Thursday June 29, 2006
8 pm
Auditorium, Getty Villa
Marina Heilmeyer, author and noted expert on plant and garden history and frequent collaborator with the Botanischer Garten and Botanisches Museum, Berlin-Dahlem, Germany, will address the flowers, herbs, and vegetables grown in Roman gardens. She will examine their use for nutritional, medicinal, aromatic, cosmetic, and religious purposes, and will illustrate her talk with evidence from Roman mythology, literary and medical texts, cookbooks, and actual remains recovered in excavations.
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Tours and Gallery Talks |
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Orientation Tour
Daily through June 30, 2007
10:30 am, 12:30 pm, 2:30 pm
Getty Villa
This 45-minute site tour offers an overview of the Getty Villa, its history, renovation, and new educational mission. Meet at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Main Entrance.
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Spotlight Talk: Harp Player
Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays through June 30, 2006
11 am
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
This 20-minute gallery talk introduces ways of looking at ancient art through an in-depth exploration of one object in the collection. This month the featured work of art is the Harp Player, a Cycladic marble sculpture dating from 2700 B.C. Space is limited. Sign up at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Main Entrance beginning at 10:30 a.m.
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Getty Villa Architecture and Gardens Tour
Daily through June 30, 2007
11:30 am, 1:30 pm, 3:30 pm
Museum, Getty Villa
This 45-minute tour explores the architecture and gardens of the Getty Villa and their historical prototypes. Meet at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Main Entrance.
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Collection Highlights Tour
Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays through June 29, 2007
2 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
This one-hour tour provides an overview of major works from the Museum's collection. Meet at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Main Entrance.
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Focus Tour: Fresco Treatment and Mounting
Thursday June 29, 2006
3 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
In this one-hour gallery talk, discover the ways in which the antiquities conservation department approaches the treatment of Roman frescoes. Learn about the process for mounting and preparing such works of art for display. Space is limited. Sign up at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Main Entrance beginning at 2:30 p.m.
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Exhibitions |
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Molten Color: Glassmaking in Antiquity
Daily through July 24, 2006
Museum, Floor 2, Getty Villa
This exhibition celebrates the acquisition of the Oppenländer collection of ancient glass, and will be among the first exhibitions to mark the opening of the Getty Villa. The Oppenländer collection is remarkable for its high quality and its chronological breadth, covering all periods of ancient glass production. The objects are arranged by their method of manufacture, from casting and core-forming to inflation, and in-gallery videos will illustrate ancient glassmaking techniques.
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The Colors of Clay: Special Techniques in Athenian Vases
Daily through September 4, 2006
Museum, Floor 2, Getty Villa
This major loan exhibition at the Getty Villa brings together approximately 100 vases produced in Athens during the Archaic and Classical periods, exemplifying the use of special decorative techniques, a subject never before examined as a whole. It includes extraordinary painted pottery produced with familiar red-figure and black-figure decorations, as well as ceramics made with an array of other, often experimental techniques. These include outline drawing; the use of a lustrous coral-red gloss; polychromy; gilding; and vases made from molds or with molded elements. Displaying a combination of techniques and representing objects of the highest level of skill, inventiveness, and artistry, the exhibition provides visitors with an understanding of the range and variety of Greek vases. The exhibition includes analytical and technical information on the processes used by ancient potters and vase-painters, and is accompanied by a catalogue.
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