C L O S I N G T H I S M O N T H
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Case Study House No. 21, Pierre Koenig, architect, 1958. Julius Shulman Photography Archive. The Getty Research Institute, 2004.R.10
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Overdrive: L.A. Constructs the Future, 1940–1990
N E W & N O T A B L E O N T H E W E B
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Harald Szeemann with hammer during the installation of Monte Verità, 1979. The Getty Research Institute, 2011.M.30
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Harald Szeemann Papers, Series I
Harald Szeemann (1933–2005) was a visionary curator of more than 150 exhibitions from 1957 to 2005. Processed with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Series I of the massive Harald Szeemann archive documents his curatorial process from conception to installation. Included are project files from the exhibitions
When Attitudes Become Form (1969),
documenta 5 (1972), and the 1980, 1999, and 2001 Venice Biennials.
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Learn more about this archive from one of its catalogers.
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Artists Joseph Beuys and Abraham David Christian box with referee Anatol, hosted in Ben Vautier's installation, 1972. Balthasar Burkhard, photographer, 1972. The Getty Research Institute, 2011.M.30
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Harald Szeemann's documenta 5 Exhibition
Swiss photographer Balthasar Burkhard chronicled curator Harald Szeemann's landmark 1972 exhibition
documenta 5: Questioning reality–Image worlds today. A vast and dynamic survey of young artists from across the world,
documenta 5 included advertising, science fiction, outsider art, urban planning, and other visual realms.
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Read about the Harald Szeemann Archive and Library.
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Chatting with Matisse: The Lost 1941 Interview
In 1941, the Swiss art critic Pierre Courthion travelled through Nazi-controlled France to interview the artist Henri Matisse, who discussed everything from his student days to his experiences with collectors, only to cancel the publication at the last minute. Available for first time in this volume,
Chatting with Matisse contains the full manuscript of their conversations.
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N E W V I D E O S
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USC Associate Professor of Art History and History Daniela Bleichmar presents "The Itinerant Lives of Mexican Codices" as part of Objects in Motion, 2013.
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Objects in Motion in the Early Modern World
Researchers looked at how objects circulated across regions and cultures in the early modern period (1500–1800). Topics included Rococo decorative prints in 18th-century South America, trading trends in coastal East Africa, and European reception of Mexican codices.
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Banner image: USC Associate Professor of Art History and History Daniela Bleichmar presents "The Itinerant Lives of Mexican Codices" as part of Objects in Motion, 2013.
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