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January 24, 2006 |
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Lectures and Conferences |
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Preservation Strategies in a World of Access
Tuesday January 24, 2006
7 pm
Museum Lecture Hall, Getty Center
Anne Cartier-Bresson, director, Atelier for the Restoration and Conservation of Photographs of the City of Paris, describes the challenge of enhancing and preserving the prestigious photographic collections held in the city's museums, libraries, and archives, while making them accessible to the public. Presented by the Getty Conservation Institute as part of its Conservation Matters lecture series.
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Modern Art in Los Angeles: Lee Mullican
Tuesday January 24, 2006
7:30 pm
Harold M. Williams Auditorium, Getty Center
On the occasion of Lee Mullican's first, long overdue career retrospective, currently on display at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Getty Research Institute hosts a discussion on Mullican's art and his influence as a teacher and thinker. Moderated by Henry Hopkins, the panel also includes Jack Stauffacher, founder of the legendary Greenwood Press, and artists Tony Berlant and Lari Pittman.
Mullican lived and worked in Los Angeles from 1952 until his death nearly 50 years later. As a faculty member at the University of California, Los Angeles, he acted as mentor and teacher to some of the region's most important young artists. Mullican constantly sought to identify the spiritual aspects of art, and he drew on a wide range of religious and artistic sources for his imagery. In keeping with this interest, the panel will be followed by a musical performance of Indian ragas featuring the North Indian Music Ensemble.
This program is part of the Getty's ongoing Modern Art in Los Angeles series.
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Courses and Demonstrations |
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Figuring Sculpture (Studio Course)
Tuesday January 24, 2006
1 pm
Museum Studios, Getty Center
Join instructors Elliott Kai-Kee and Zhenya Gershman for this two-part studio course focusing on sculpting the figure in oil-based clay. Participants will explore the historic context of the sculpted image through gallery visits as well as study basic anatomy, proportion, and gesture to create figure studies from a male life model. Materials provided. Course fee $75; $60 students. Open to 25 participants.
Part One: January 24, 1:00-5:00 p.m.
Part Two: January 31, 1:00-5:00 p.m.
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Tours and Gallery Talks |
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Architecture Tour
Daily through March 26, 2006
10:15 am, 11 am, 1 pm, 2 pm, 3 pm
Museum Entrance Hall, Getty Center
This is a 45-minute tour of the architecture and Richard Meier's design of the Getty Center. Meet the docent outside at the bench under the sycamore trees near the front entrance of the Museum.
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Collection Highlights Tour
Daily through March 26, 2006
11 am
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
This one-hour tour provides an overview of major works from the Museum's collection. Offered in English and Spanish on weekends. Meet at the Information Desk in the Museum Entrance Hall.
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Garden Tour
Daily through June 30, 2007
11:30 am, 12:30 pm, 2:30 pm, 3:30 pm
Central Garden, Getty Center
This is a 45-minute tour of the Getty gardens, including Robert Irwin's Central Garden. Meet the docent outside at the bench under the sycamore trees near the front entrance of the Museum.
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Exhibition Tour
Daily through February 5, 2006
1:30 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
A special one-hour exhibition overview of Titian and the Commander: A Renaissance Artist and His Patron. Meet at the Information Desk in the Museum Entrance Hall.
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Focus Tour: Baroque Art
Tuesdays through August 29, 2006
3 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
Join a one-hour tour exploring the drama and splendor of Baroque art, made in the 17th and 18th centuries. Meet at the Information Desk in the Museum Entrance Hall.
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Masterpiece of the Week Talk
Daily through January 29, 2006
4 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
This 15-minute gallery talk offers an in-depth look at one object. This week the featured work of art is Maria Frederike van Reede-Athlone at Seven by Jean-Étienne Liotard. Meet at the Information Desk in the Museum Entrance Hall.
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Current Exhibitions |
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Titian and the Commander: A Renaissance Artist and His Patron
Daily through February 5, 2006
North Pavilion, Plaza Level, Getty Center
This focus exhibition features the Getty's recently acquired painting by Titian (Italian, about 1487–1576), Portrait of Alfonso d'Avalos, Marquis of Vasto, in Armor with a Page. Titian dominated Venetian painting during the years of its greatest achievement and, along with Raphael, set the standard for European court portraiture. The Getty's Portrait of Alfonso d'Avalos, painted in 1533, is one of Titian's most influential portraits. The exhibition presents a close look at this exceptional work and includes Titian's Penitent Magdalene, also from the Getty's collection, as well as an historical portrait by Titian of the same sitter, The Allocution of Alfonso d'Avalos, on loan for the first time in the United States from the Museo del Prado in Madrid. In addition, the exhibition includes several contemporary illustrated books drawn from the Getty Research Institute's vast collections.
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The Medieval Bookshelf: From Romance to Astronomy
Daily through April 9, 2006
North Pavilion, Plaza Level, Getty Center
A wide variety of secular books were illuminated throughout the Middle Ages, including law texts, philosophical works, historical chronicles, scientific treatises, and even romances. This exhibition of approximately 21 manuscripts and leaves offers a look at some of the most beautiful medieval secular manuscripts from the Museum's collection.
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A Renaissance Cabinet Rediscovered
Daily through December 28, 2008
South Pavilion, Plaza Level, Getty Center
This exhibition traces the study of one Getty object to determine its date and place of manufacture. The cabinet, acquired in 1971, had since the 1980s been believed to be a pastiche if not an outright fake. However, documentary research and technical analysis undertaken by experts at the Getty revealed that the cabinet, rather than being a compromised object, is one of the most important pieces of French Renaissance furniture in the United States. This case study of the research into the authenticity of the cabinet presents the results of scientific and visual analyses of the object, studies of related materials, archival research, and other evidence. It is a story of how new information, careful research, and evolving analytic processes can alter our understanding of the art of the past.
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Drawings from Leonardo to Titian: A North Italian Itinerary
Daily through February 26, 2006
East Pavilion, Plaza Level, Getty Center
This exhibition introduces the extraordinary stylistic range and draftsmanship of artists across northern Italy in the sixteenth century, from Leonardo da Vinci in Milan to Titian in Venice. It examines different approaches to drawing and how artists influenced each other. The exhibition presents works from the Getty Museum's collection as an itinerary across northern Italy, focusing on the artistic centers of Lombardy (Milan, Cremona, and Mantua), Emilia-Romagna (Parma and Bologna), and the Veneto (Verona and Venice).
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Classical Connections: The Enduring Influence of Greek and Roman Art
Daily through December 31, 2006
North Pavilion, Plaza Level, Getty Center
This installation of antiquities demonstrates the relationship of ancient art to later work, showing some of the themes, techniques, and motifs borrowed by later artists—from mythology to decorative design—and the approach to the human figure known today as the classical ideal. This permanent collection installation is on view in the North Pavilion.
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January 24, 2006 |
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The Getty Villa will open on January 28, 2006.
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