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November 16, 2007 |
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Fridays Off the 405
Friday November 16, 2007
6 pm
Museum Courtyard, Getty Center
A once-a-month, after-work event mixing art and entertainment where you can socialize, tour the galleries, and revel in the end of the workweek in a casual, spontaneous atmosphere. All Fridays Off the 405 feature live music and a cash bar.
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Courses and Demonstrations |
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Getty Drawing Hour
Friday November 16, 2007
7 pm - 9 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
Enjoy the tradition of sketching from original works of art. Artist Stas Orlovski provides general guidance; all you need to bring are drawing pads and pencils. All experience levels welcome. Sign up at the Museum Information Desk beginning at 6:00 p.m. the day of the program.
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Tours and Gallery Talks |
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Exhibition Tour: Medieval Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art
Daily through January 20, 2008
1:30 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
A special one-hour exhibition overview of Medieval Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Meet at the Museum Information Desk.
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Architecture Tour
Fridays and Saturdays through June 28, 2008
10:15 am, 11 am, 1 pm, 2 pm, 3 pm, 4 pm
Museum Entrance Hall, Getty Center
Getty Center architecture tours are offered daily by docents. Tours last 30–45 minutes. Meet outside in front of the Museum Entrance Hall.
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Collection Highlights Tour
Daily through June 29, 2008
11 am
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
This one-hour tour provides an overview of major works from the Museum's collection. Offered in English and Spanish on weekends. Meet at the Museum Information Desk.
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Garden Tour
Daily through June 29, 2008
11:30 am, 12:30 pm, 2:30 pm, 3:30 pm
Central Garden, Getty Center
Garden Tours are offered daily by docents. They focus on the Central Garden and landscaping of the Getty Center site. Tours last 45–60 minutes. Meet in front of the Museum Entrance Hall.
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Medieval Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art Exhibition Tour
Daily through January 20, 2008
1:30 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
A special one-hour exhibition overview of Medieval Treaures from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Meet at the Museum Information Desk.
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Focus Tour: Impressionism
Fridays through December 31, 2007
3 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
Enjoy a one-hour tour that introduces the social and artistic forces leading up to the first Impressionist exhibition in 1874 and the creation of a new visual language that greatly influenced later art. Meet at the Museum Information Desk.
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Masterpiece of the Week Talk
Daily through November 18, 2007
4 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
This 15-minute gallery talk offers an in-depth look at one object. This week the featured work of art is Chair by Georges Jacob (ébéniste). Meet at the Museum Information Desk.
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Exhibitions |
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Classical Connections: The Enduring Influence of Greek and Roman Art
Daily through December 31, 2009
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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Recent History: Photographs by Luc Delahaye
Daily through November 25, 2007
West Pavilion, Terrace Level, Getty Center
The Getty Museum presents the first West Coast exhibition featuring the work of Luc Delahaye (French, b. 1962), including 10 photographs depicting recent world events. Inspired by a documentary approach to photography, his large-scale color works urge reflection about the relationships among art, information, and history. The direct nature of the photographs, the detachment and the rich details that emerge from them contradict but also enhance their dramatic intensity and narrative power.
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Taddeo and Federico Zuccaro: Artist-Brothers in Renaissance Rome
Daily through January 6, 2008
West Pavilion, Plaza Level, Getty Center
One of the first illustrated "starving artist" tales, a series of 20 drawings by the late-Renaissance painter and theorist Federico Zuccaro (Italian, c.1541-1609) shows the early life of his famous brother Taddeo Zuccaro (Italian, 1529-1566). The series documents in a charming fashion Taddeo's troubled search for an apprenticeship and his dedication to learning to draw. This major exhibition comprises around 85 objects—principally drawings—and includes loans from a number of European and U.S. collections. It celebrates the Early Life of Taddeo series and also illuminates Taddeo's later career through some of his greatest drawings, as well as studying his working relationship with his younger brother. Further, taking up a consistent theme from the Early Life of Taddeo series, insight is gained into how young artists learned to draw in Renaissance Rome by making copies of works by Michelangelo, Raphael, Polidoro, and the antique. A fully illustrated catalogue accompanies the exhibition.
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Please Be Seated: A Video Installation by Nicole Cohen
Daily through January 11, 2009
South Pavilion, Plaza Level, Getty Center
Internationally recognized video artist Nicole Cohen (American, b. 1970) explores the intersection of historical interiors, the social behaviors they conditioned, contemporary popular culture, and fantasy. Her project for the Getty Museum focuses on the Museum's collection of French seating furniture and its original and museological contexts. Viewers are invited to engage in a participatory experience, forming personal, imaginative narratives through video projections that render the chairs virtually accessible.
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Medieval Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art
Daily through January 20, 2008
Exhibitions Pavilion, Getty Center
The Cleveland Museum of Art houses one of the finest and most comprehensive collections of early Christian, Byzantine, and European medieval art. This is the first traveling exhibition to showcase a significant number of the museum's masterpieces from this collection including objects dating from the 3rd to the 16th centuries. The exhibition includes more than 120 works of art executed in a variety of media. Paintings, sculpture, metalwork, decorative arts, textiles, and illuminated manuscripts offer a rich survey of the arts and culture of medieval Europe. Prior to the Getty, the exhibition was installed at the Bavarian National Museum in Munich, and is organized by the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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China on Paper: European and Chinese Works from the Late Sixteenth to the Early Nineteenth Century
Daily through February 10, 2008
Research Institute Exhibition Gallery, Getty Center
Illustrated books, prints, and maps from the special collections of the Research Library at the Getty Research Institute tell the story of mutual interest and collaborative works produced by Chinese and Europeans from the late 16th to the early 19th century. Highlights include a rare series of prints of the European Pavilions of the Yuanmingyuan, called the Garden of Perfect Clarity, designed in the mid-18th century by the Milanese architect Giuseppe Castiglione for the Qianlong emperor.
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Edward Weston: Enduring Vision
Daily through November 25, 2007
West Pavilion, Terrace Level, Getty Center
A seminal figure in the history of photography, Edward Weston (American, 1886–1958) began his long career in Southern California. The Getty Museum's collection of Weston prints is among the most significant of any art museum, spanning four decades of the artist's work. This exhibition traces the breadth of Weston's accomplishments in California, Mexico, and across the United States, employing a selection of prints drawn from the Museum's holdings alongside a smaller number of complementary loans. One gallery of the exhibition is devoted to the work of Weston's colleagues and students.
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In Focus: The Nude
Daily through February 24, 2008
West Pavilion, Terrace Level, Getty Center
The unclothed human figure became a camera subject shortly after the discovery of photography was announced in 1839. From that point forward, artists have been challenged to use a variety of photographic materials and processes to find new ways of picturing the nude. This exhibition, which is drawn exclusively from the Getty Museum's collection of photographs, brings together the work of over 25 innovative photographers who have left their mark on the history of the genre.
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The Decorated Letter
Daily through January 27, 2008
North Pavilion, Plaza Level, Getty Center
The pages of medieval manuscripts feature richly illuminated letters. Vines and luxuriant leaves twist together to create initials; humans, animals, and mythological beasts create words; and entire stories unfold within the forms of individual letters. This exhibition explores the categories of illuminated letters found in manuscripts dating from the 800s to the 1500s, shedding light on the trends that shaped medieval artistic production.
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November 16, 2007 |
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Special Presentation: The Trojan War
Friday November 16, 2007
8 pm
Auditorium, Getty Villa
Two of Britain's most acclaimed storytellers, David Morden and Hugh Lupton, weave an engaging retelling of Homer's Iliad and other ancient accounts of the siege and fall of Troy. From the Apple of Discord to the Trojan Horse, these modern bards bring this epic tale to life combining whimsy, savagery, and humor. Tickets $10.
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Tours and Gallery Talks |
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Orientation Tour
Daily through June 30, 2008
10:30 am, 12:30 pm, 2:30 pm
Getty Villa
This 40-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: Cycladic Statuette of a Harpist
Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays through November 30, 2007
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 object is the Cycladic Statuette of a Harpist, circa 2500 B.C. Space is limited. Sign up at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Auditorium 15 minutes before the talk.
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Getty Villa Architecture and Gardens Tour
Daily through June 30, 2008
11:30 am, 1:30 pm, 3:30 pm
Museum, Getty Villa
This 40-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 30, 2008
2 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
This one-hour tour provides an overview of major works from the Museum's collection. Offered in English and Spanish on weekends. Meet at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Main Entrance beginning at 1:45 p.m.
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Reflecting Antiquity Exhibition Tour
Friday November 16, 2007
3 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
In this one-hour tour, explore the Villa's current exhibition, organized by the Getty and the Corning Museum of Glass, featuring ancient Roman glass objects and the 18th- and 19th-century works of art they inspired. Learn about modern reproductions of ancient glass pieces along with trends in glassmaking, derived from source material discovered through archaeological excavations. Space is limited. Sign up at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Auditorium 15 minutes before the talk.
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Exhibitions |
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Reflecting Antiquity: Modern Glass Inspired by Ancient Rome
Daily through January 14, 2008
Museum, Floor 2, Getty Villa
In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, archaeological excavations at sites such as Pompeii and Herculaneum resulted in the rediscovery of Roman glass. The designs and production techniques of ancient glass vessels were a revelation to modern artisans, who sought to emulate them in their own work. This exhibition includes some of the original Roman objects that inspired modern glassmakers as well as their reproductions of these ancient pieces. Reflecting Antiquity is organized by the J. Paul Getty Museum and The Corning Museum of Glass.
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