|
|
 |
 |
|
|
April 13, 2009 |
|
Getty Center closed.
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
April 13, 2009 |
|
|
Tours and Gallery Talks |
|
|
Spotlight Talk
Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays through April 30, 2009
11 am
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
This 20-minute gallery talk introduces ways of looking at ancient art through an in-depth exploration of one object in the collection. This month the featured object is a mosaic floor featuring a boxing scene from 175 A.D. Space is limited. Sign up at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Entrance 15 minutes before the talk.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Orientation Tour
Daily through December 31, 2009
10:30 am, 12:30 pm, 2:30 pm
Getty Villa
This 40-minute tour offers an overview of the Getty Villa, focusing on its architecture and educational mission. Meet at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Entrance.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Getty Villa Architecture and Gardens Tour
Daily through December 31, 2009
11:30 am, 1:30 pm, 3:30 pm
Museum, Getty Villa
This 40-minute tour explores the architecture and gardens of the Getty Villa as well as their historical prototypes. Meet at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Entrance.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Collection Highlights Tour
Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays through December 31, 2009
2 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
This one-hour tour provides an overview of major works from the Museum's collection. Space is limited. Sign up at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Entrance 15 minutes before the tour.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Drinking and Feasting in Ancient Greece and Rome Focus Tour
Monday April 13, 2009
3 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
Explore objects in the Villa's galleries that offer insight into common practices of drinking and feasting in the ancient world. Space is limited. Tour topic subject to change. Sign up at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Entrance 15 minutes before the tour.
|
|
|
|
Exhibitions |
|
|
Reconstructing Identity: A Statue of a God from Dresden
Daily through June 1, 2009
Museum, Floor 2, Getty Villa
This exhibition examines the restoration history of a Roman statue from the Dresden State Art Collections. Since its discovery in the 1600s, the figure has been successively restored as Alexander the Great, Bacchus, and Antinous in the guise of the wine god. Damaged in World War II, the sculpture was recently reassembled by Getty and Dresden conservators.
 Learn more about this exhibition
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Getty Commodus: Roman Portraits and Modern Copies
Daily through June 1, 2009
Getty Villa
The Getty's marble bust of the Roman emperor Commodus was acquired in 1992 as an Italian work of the 1500s, but specialists later proposed that it may be from the second century A.D. Putting the object in context with Roman portraits and modern copies from the Mannerist and Neoclassical periods, this exhibition shows how curators and conservators have determined the sculpture's date.
Learn more about this exhibition
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Carvers and Collectors: The Lasting Allure of Ancient Gems
Daily through September 7, 2009
Museum, Floor 2, Getty Villa
Carved gemstones have captivated connoisseurs of every age, from antiquity to the modern period. The exhibition Carvers and Collectors: The Lasting Allure of Ancient Gems brings together remarkable intaglios and cameos carved by ancient master engravers along with some of the outstanding works by modern carvers that they have inspired. The gems are displayed together with material from later periods that evinces their importance through the ages—illuminated manuscripts, rare engravings from early catalogues, cabinets designed to house collections of gems, and other works of art in diverse media to illustrate the lasting allure of these masterpieces in miniature.
Learn more about this exhibition
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fragment to Vase: Approaches to Ceramic Restoration
Daily through June 1, 2009
Museum, Floor 2, Getty Villa
Exploring contemporary issues in vase restoration, this exhibition provides a behind-the-scenes look at how Getty conservators assemble ancient pottery fragments into understandable forms. It illustrates how technical innovations, scholarly contributions, and aesthetic choices combine to reveal the original design and iconography of ceramic masterpieces.
Learn more about this exhibition
|
|
|
|
|
|
