Cocktails with a Curator: Marketing Antiquities

Food & Drink in Cocktails with a Curator series
A sepia photograph of a woman in a black blouse, pearl necklace, and hat with a lace brim sits facing right while behind her is a carved stone statue.

Actress Teresa Wright with a Chacmool statue (detail), about 1944, Man Ray. Black-and-white photographic documentation from Mexico: Object and Sites, Photograph 14 (recto), Stendahl Art Galleries Records. Getty Research Institute, 2017.M.38 (bx.32,f.4-7)

Saturday, Sep 19, 2026

4pm

Getty Center

Ada Louise Huxtable Lecture Hall

$10

Tickets must be purchased for event entrance and are non-refundable. Your event ticket will also serve as your Center entrance reservation. Ticket price includes appetizers and beverages.

Tickets will go on sale August 17, 2026 at 10am.

About

Join us for an exciting evening as Getty curators share insights into the exhibition Stendahl’s World: Marketing Ancient Mexico and Modern Art in Los Angeles. This talk and in-gallery tour will highlight the Stendahl Art Galleries archive and introduce how Earl Stendahl’s collecting of Mexican antiquities transformed the market for pre-Hispanic art in Los Angeles and beyond. The evening will be paired with themed cocktails and appetizers to surprise and delight.

Stendahl’s World is on view at the Getty Center until October 18, 2026.

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    Duration

    Approximately 2 hours

    Planning your arrival

    Please bring your tickets with you and have them open on your mobile device or printed. Your event ticket is also your entry to the Getty Center and will be checked upon arrival as you go through security before taking the shuttle or walking up the hill.

    Your ticket will also be checked at the event entrance.

    Note that we recommend planning your visit to allow for at least 30 minutes to park, go through security, and make your way up to the event.

    Catering Options

    Ticket price includes appetizers and beverages. Gluten free and vegetarian options will be available.

    Accessibility

    Wheelchairs are available for free rental on a first-come, first-served basis at the Lower Tram Station above the parking structure and at the Coat Check Room in the Museum Entrance Hall.

    Assisted listening devices are available for this event. Please request one from our Visitor Services associates when you check in.

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