Gallery Talks

Conservators and curators lead one-hour gallery talks about the exhibition. Space is limited. Sign up at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Main Entrance at the Getty Villa a half hour before the talk.

Mary Louise Hart, assistant curator of antiquities, the J. Paul Getty Museum
Friday, June 9, 3:00 p.m.

Marie Svoboda, associate conservator of antiquities, the J. Paul Getty Museum
Friday, July 7, 3:00 p.m.

Kenneth Lapatin, assistant curator of antiquities, the J. Paul Getty Museum
Friday, July 21, 3:00 p.m.

Jeff Maish, associate conservator of antiquities, the J. Paul Getty Museum
Friday, August 18, 3:00 p.m.

GettyGuide^TM

To hear curators and conservators discuss specific vases on display, pick up a GettyGuide Audio Player at the Museum Entrance Also, view the making of an elaborately shaped cup in a video within the exhibition.

Wine Cup with a Youth, Attributed to Skythes, vase-painter, about 510 B.C.

Lectures

The Colors of Clay: Special Techniques in Athenian Vases
Beth Cohen, independent scholar and guest curator of the exhibition, discusses the variety of processes used by ancient Athenian potters and vase-painters to produce the spectacular vases on display.

Date: Thursday June 15, 2006 , at 8 pm
Location: Auditorium, Getty Villa

Beyond Red and Black: Athenian Vases in Special Techniques
Kenneth Lapatin, assistant curator of antiquities, the J. Paul Getty Museum, explores how and why Athenian potters and vase-painters developed new methods of decorating ceramic vessels that were exported throughout the ancient world.
Reservations available beginning June 22.

Thursday, August 3, 8:00 p.m.
Auditorium, Getty Villa