Join exhibition co-curator Julian Brooks for fascinating look into the exhibition Learning to Draw, which explores how European artists honed their craft over three centuries.
Curator's Tour: Learning to Draw
Tour
A Draftsman in the Capitoline Gallery (detail), about 1765, Hubert Robert. Red chalk. Getty Museum
About
Times
Tuesday, Oct 28, 2pm
Wednesday, Nov 12, 3pm
Tuesday, Dec 9, 2pm
Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 2pm
Speaker Bios
Julian Brooks
Senior Curator, Department Head
A specialist in Italian and British drawings and watercolors, Julian joined the Getty Museum's Department of Drawings in 2004. Beyond numerous rotating exhibitions from the collection, he has curated and written catalogues for the international loan exhibitions Guercino: Mind to Paper (2006-2007); Taddeo and Federico Zuccaro: Artist-Brothers in Renaissance Rome (2007-2008); and Andrea del Sarto: The Renaissance Workshop in Action (2015). He was co-curator of Leonardo da Vinci and the Art of Sculpture (2010), JMW Turner: Painting Set Free (Tate and Getty Museum, 2015), and London Calling: Bacon, Freud, Kossoff, Andrews, Auerbach, and Kitaj (Tate and Getty Museum, 2016). His book Master Drawings Close-Up (2010) was co-published by Getty Publications and the British Museum. Julian’s doctorate is from the University of Oxford, and he was print room supervisor at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford from 2000 to 2004.
Know Before You Go
Capacity
20
First-come, first-served
Duration
45 minutes
How to join
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What to expect
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This tour is predominantly indoors, with brief moments outside. There are a few specific stops for active engagement with individual artworks. Although benches are available in many galleries, seating may or may not be available depending on the route chosen by your guide.
Accessibility
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