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Current Exhibitions
Future Exhibitions
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Experience vivid images of war, family violence, and Christian suffering that were used to teach moral lessons during the Middle Ages. During these centuries, violence was accepted and even respected.
Learn more about "Images of Violence."
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Death of the Consul (detail)
Boucicaut Master and Workshop, about 1415
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Queen Victoria (detail)
Roger Fenton, 1854
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Crumbling ruins, lush still lifes, Orientalist fantasies—the moody photographs of Roger Fenton are as powerful today as they were 150 years ago. In only a decade, this English lawyer-turned-photographer revolutionized photography.
Learn more about "All the Mighty World."
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Imagining the Orient (through April 3) Jacques-Louis David: Empire to Exile (through April 24)
Drawn to Rome: French Neoclassical Sketchbooks and Prints (through April 24) A Revolutionary Age: Drawing in Europe, 1770–1820 (through May 1)
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Information & Reservations: (310) 440-7300
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Venture into the Middle Ages with filmmaker and author Michael Wood, who will draw on dramatic first-hand accounts to describe violence in England from Alfred the Great to the Black Death. Free; reservations required.
After the talk, visit the related exhibition Images of Violence in the Medieval World.
Learn more and make reservations.
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A Massacre of Family Members (detail)
French, about 1460–1470
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Marlon Brando smolders as Napoleon in Désirée Photograph courtesy of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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Two weekends of great and rarely screened films about Napoleon in conjunction with the special exhibition Jacques-Louis David: Empire to Exile. Free; reservations required.
March 4, 7:00 p.m.: Napoléon
March 5, 7:30 p.m.: Conquest
March 6, 3:00 p.m.: Désirée
March 11, 7:30 p.m.: The Duellists
March 12, 7:30 p.m.: Waterloo
March 13, 3:00 p.m.: The Emperor's New Clothes
Learn more and make reservations.
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The Getty Reserch Institute continues its examination of modern art with music and discussion featuring pioneering 20th-century painter Mark Rothko. Free; reservations required.
Mark Rothko's Crystal Ball (lecture)
March 8, 4:00 p.m.
Mark Rothko's son Christopher, who has just edited and published his father's long-lost text The Artist's Reality: Philosophies of Art, discusses Rothko's work and writings.
Learn more and make reservations.
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Interior of The Rothko Chapel in Houston, Texas Hickey-Robertson photo courtesy of The Rothko Chapel
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Sound and Space in the Rothko Chapel (lecture-concert)
March 23, 7:30 p.m.
Getty Research Institute Director Thomas Crow talks about the collaboration between Rothko and composer Martin Feldman, and the Nimbus Ensemble performs Feldman's "Rothko Chapel" and other works.
Learn more and make reservations.
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Paneled Room at the Getty Museum
Claude-Nicolas Ledoux, 1795
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Paneled "period" rooms are a favorite of museum visitors. But how authentic are they? What do they mean outside their original context? Join Brian Considine, decorative arts conservator at the J. Paul Getty Museum, for this latest presentation in the Getty Conservation Institute's "Conservation Matters" series. Free; reservations required.
Learn more and make reservations.
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More Family Activities:
Family Room
For Families
Programas Para Familias
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Enjoy classical Indian dance, folk music traditions of China, Japanese taiko, and storytelling. Make a collage hat or decorate a folding fan. It's free, and you don't need reservations.
To cap off your day, visit the exhibition Imagining the Orient, which showcases works crafted in Europe and Asia in the 17th and 18th centuries that blend East and West.
Learn more about the Family Festival.
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Zenshuji Zendeko performs Japanese taiko
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Vist our online event calendar for more March highlights, including gallery courses, artist-at-work demonstrations, and talks on Jacques-Louis David.
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CONTACT US
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