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May 1, 2013 |
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The Many Identities of Rubens's Man in Korean Costume: New Perspectives on Old Interpretations
Wednesday May 1, 2013
7 pm
Museum Lecture Hall, Getty Center
Stephanie Schrader, associate curator of Drawings at the J. Paul Getty Museum, and organizer of the exhibition Looking East: Rubens's Encounter with Asia, surveys and critiques various identities ascribed to the drawing of a man in Korean costume by Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens. While looking at the reception of this compelling image, Schrader also examines how the Getty drawing functions in the contexts of art, religion, trade, and politics.
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May 9, 2013 |
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Ed Ruscha in Conversation
Thursday May 9, 2013
7 pm
Harold M. Williams Auditorium, Getty Center
Artist Ed Ruscha is featured in a conversation with Madeleine Brand of KCET (and formerly KPCC) and Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez. Complements the exhibition In Focus: Ed Ruscha.
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May 10, 2013 |
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Objects in Motion in the Early Modern World
Friday May 10, 2013
9:30 am - 5:30 pm
Museum Lecture Hall, Getty Center
This two-day conference examines the circulation of objects across regions and cultures in the early modern period (1500–1800). Scholarly presentations address how this mobility led to new meanings, uses, and interpretations. Breakout sessions invite the audience to examine works of art in the Getty's collections. This event is cosponsored by the Getty Research Institute and the USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute.
Separate reservations are required for each day of the conference.
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May 11, 2013 |
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Objects in Motion in the Early Modern World
Saturday May 11, 2013
9:30 am - 5:30 pm
Museum Lecture Hall, Getty Center
This two-day conference examines the circulation of objects across regions and cultures in the early modern period (1500–1800). Scholarly presentations address how this mobility led to new meanings, uses, and interpretations. Breakout sessions invite the audience to examine works of art in the Getty's collections. This event is cosponsored by the Getty Research Institute and the USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute.
Separate reservations are required for each day of the conference.
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May 21, 2013 |
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Minding the Gap: Contemporary Architecture in the Historic Environment
Tuesday May 21, 2013
9 am - 8:30 pm
Harold M. Williams Auditorium, Getty Center
This symposium, organized by the Getty Conservation Institute, will explore the role of contemporary architecture in historic urban areas. A group of international architects and urban planners will present their own projects, illustrating a range of design approaches to working in this environment. The symposium will conclude with an evening panel discussion moderated by architectural critic Paul Goldberger.
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May 28, 2013 |
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Getty Perspectives: James Cuno and Pico Iyer
Tuesday May 28, 2013
7 pm
Harold M. Williams Auditorium, Getty Center
James Cuno, president and CEO of the J. Paul Getty Trust, and author Pico Iyer discuss museums, cosmopolitan culture, flights into the foreign, and other timely topics.
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May 30, 2013 |
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Urban Ambition: Assessing the Evolution of L.A.
Thursday May 30, 2013
10 am - 5:30 pm
Museum Lecture Hall, Getty Center
This two-day symposium addresses four broad themes—architectural discourse, professional practice, L.A.'s layered built environment, and artistic interpretations of the city—through formal lectures, conversations, short films, and unique performances. Complements the exhibition Overdrive: L.A. Constructs the Future, 1940–1990. Continues Friday, May 31. Free; a reservation is required for each day.
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Why L.A.? An Evening with Hitoshi Abe, Neil Denari, Craig Hodgetts, and Peter Noever
Thursday May 30, 2013
7 pm - 9 pm
Harold M. Williams Auditorium, Getty Center
Architects reflect on why they chose to work in Los Angeles, why they continue to work here, and how the city's built environment and spirit of experimentation has influenced their projects. Complements the symposium "Urban Ambition: Assessing the Evolution of L.A."
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May 31, 2013 |
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Urban Ambition: Assessing the Evolution of L.A.
Friday May 31, 2013
10 am - 5 pm
Museum Lecture Hall, Getty Center
This two-day symposium addresses four broad themes—architectural discourse, professional practice, L.A.'s layered built environment, and artistic interpretations of the city—through formal lectures, conversations, short films, and unique performances. Complements the exhibition Overdrive: L.A. Constructs the Future, 1940–1990. Begins Thursday, May 30. Free; a reservation is required for each day.
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June 2, 2013 |
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Saving Italy: The Monuments Men, Nazis, and War
Sunday June 2, 2013
3 pm
Harold M. Williams Auditorium, Getty Center
Robert M. Edsel, author of several books about the Monuments Men (a group who helped save art and culturally important items during World War II), tells how some of the world's greatest masterpieces were rescued. His new book, Saving Italy: The Race to Rescue a Nation's Treasures from the Nazis, follows Monuments officers Deane Keller and Fred Hartt as they race to find the location of billions of dollars of missing art.
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June 5, 2013 |
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A Conversation about Surrealism in Japan
Wednesday June 5, 2013
7 pm
Museum Lecture Hall, Getty Center
Miryam Sas, professor of comparative literature and film studies at the University of California, Berkeley, and author of Fault Lines: Cultural Memory and Japanese Surrealism and Experimental Arts in Postwar Japan, discusses Japanese surrealism with John Solt, author of Shredding the Tapestry of Meaning: The Poetry and Poetics of Kitasono Katue (1902Ж978). John Tain, assistant curator at the Getty Research Institute, moderates. Complements the exhibition Japan's Modern Divide: The Photographs of Hiroshi Hamaya and Kansuke Yamamoto.
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June 6, 2013 |
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The Art of Wealth: The Huntingtons in the Gilded Age
Thursday June 6, 2013
12 pm
GRI Lecture Hall, Getty Center
Shelley M. Bennett, former curator of European art and senior research associate at the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, speaks about her new book, The Art of Wealth: The Huntingtons in the Gilded Age, which focuses on the art collecting of four Huntingtons around the turn of the century. Signed copies will be available at the bookstore following the lecture.
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June 7, 2013 |
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Charles Phoenix: Architecture in L.A.
Friday June 7, 2013
7 pm - 9 pm
Harold M. Williams Auditorium, Getty Center
Author and pop-culture humorist Charles Phoenix takes us on a fun-filled Kodachrome tour of town, exploring a wide variety of undiscovered architectural gems and legendary landmarks. Phoenix presents a live slideshow performance celebrating Southern California in the 1950s by looking at Googie architecture, mid-century modernism and design, and more. Prepare to experience Los Angeles as you never have before!
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June 9, 2013 |
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Charles Phoenix: Architecture in L.A.
Sunday June 9, 2013
3 pm - 5 pm
Harold M. Williams Auditorium, Getty Center
Author and pop-culture humorist Charles Phoenix takes us on a fun-filled Kodachrome tour of town, exploring a wide variety of undiscovered architectural gems and legendary landmarks. Phoenix presents a live slideshow performance celebrating Southern California in the 1950s by looking at Googie architecture, mid-century modernism and design, and more. Prepare to experience Los Angeles as you never have before!
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June 12, 2013 |
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Found in Translation: An Architectural Dialogue Between Glasgow, Berlin, and Japan
Wednesday June 12, 2013
3 pm
Museum Lecture Hall, Getty Center
Join former GCI Conservation Guest Scholar Neil Jackson as he explores the inspiration for Charles Rennie Macintosh's idiosyncratic yet recognizably Japanese-inspired Glasgow School or Art.
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Cultivating Inspiration: Gardens in a Museum Setting
Wednesday June 12, 2013
7 pm
Harold M. Williams Auditorium, Getty Center
The J. Paul Getty Museum, the Huntington Library, and the Cloisters house gardens that contribute to their respective renown. In this panel, Michael Dehart (Getty), James Folsom (Huntington), and Deirdre Larkin (Cloisters) discuss the role that their respective institutions' art collections play in conceiving and caring for the gardens, as well as how historical landscape design influenced the creation and development of these spaces. Complements the exhibition Gardens of the Renaissance.
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July 11, 2013 |
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From the Streets of Tokyo to Snow Country: Hamaya Hiroshi and the Documentation of Japanese Life
Thursday July 11, 2013
7 pm
Harold M. Williams Auditorium, Getty Center
A 1939 photo shoot in the snow country of northeastern Japan introduced photographer Hiroshi Hamaya to a different way of life, which profoundly moved the Tokyo native. Jonathan Reynolds, professor at Barnard College, discusses Hamaya's efforts to document both Tokyo's urban environment and the slower-paced ritual and community life of rural Japan. Complements the exhibition Japan's Modern Divide: The Photographs of Hiroshi Hamaya and Kansuke Yamamoto.
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July 14, 2013 |
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Marie-Antoinette in America: Her Royal Treasures in the New World
Sunday July 14, 2013
3 pm
Harold M. Williams Auditorium, Getty Center
In this richly illustrated presentation, author Ronald Freyberger describes numerous extraordinary works of furniture and decorative art, now in 14 different museums in the United States, which originally adorned Marie-Antoinette's apartments at Versailles, Fontainebleau, the Tuileries, and elsewhere.
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August 25, 2013 |
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Bringing the Loom to Life: An Introduction to Van Gogh's Weavers
Sunday August 25, 2013
3 pm
Harold M. Williams Auditorium, Getty Center
Vincent van Gogh's early interest in the peasant genre can be found in his works depicting weavers. Devi Ormond, associate paintings conservator at the J. Paul Getty Museum, discusses Van Gogh's somber weaver paintings that reveal his fascination with and understanding of color theory, something which the artist later mastered in paintings such as Irises.
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May 2, 2013 |
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Attic Pots and Atomic Particles: Modern Science Looks at Ancient Vases
Thursday May 2, 2013
7:30 pm
Auditorium, Getty Villa
Hear how scientists, art historians, and conservators are working together to better understand the materials and techniques used by artisans to create the black- and red-figure pottery of ancient Athens. Project members discuss the application of high tech research methods to study ceramic technology, artistic expression, and workshop practice. Free; a ticket is required.
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May 9, 2013 |
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The Archimedes Palimpsest: Beyond the Surface
Thursday May 9, 2013
7:30 pm
Auditorium, Getty Villa
Reviel Netz and William Noel, authors of The Archimedes Codex, discuss how they used modern technology to uncover the secrets behind one of the world's most treasured books: a 13th-century prayer book that contains erased treatises by the great ancient scientist, Archimedes. Free; a ticket is required.
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June 8, 2013 |
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Color, Light, and Shadow: Painting the Human Figure in Ancient Greece
Saturday June 8, 2013
2 pm
Auditorium, Getty Villa
This event has been canceled. We apologize for any inconvenience.
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June 13, 2013 |
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The Art of Coinage: Sicily in the Fifth Century B.C.
Thursday June 13, 2013
7:30 pm
Auditorium, Getty Villa
The coinage of Sicily was abundant and of a quality unparalleled in the ancient Greek world. Classical archaeologist and numismatist Carmen Arnold-Biucchi of Harvard University presents coins as works of art, rather than simply monetary instruments. Free; a ticket is required
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