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June 27, 2010 |
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Performances and Films |
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The Ornament and the Enchantress Film Series
Sunday June 27, 2010
12 pm
Harold M. Williams Auditorium, Getty Center
These iconic "femme fatales" and their biblical, mythical, even modern settings, captured the imagination of early filmmakers. The popular actresses featured in this series, such as Alla Nazimova, Claudette Colbert, Hedy Lamarr, and the incomparable Greta Garbo, built their careers in roles as temptresses of the Orient.
Saturday, June 26, 3:00 p.m.: Salome (1923)
Saturday, June 26, 7:00 p.m.: Cleopatra (1934)
Sunday, June 27, 12:00 p.m.: Samson and Delilah (1949)
Sunday, June 27, 3:00 p.m.: Mata Hari (1932)
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The Ornament and the Enchantress Film Series
Sunday June 27, 2010
3 pm
Harold M. Williams Auditorium, Getty Center
These iconic "femme fatales" and their biblical, mythical, even modern settings, captured the imagination of early filmmakers. The popular actresses featured in this series, such as Alla Nazimova, Claudette Colbert, Hedy Lamarr, and the incomparable Greta Garbo, built their careers in roles as temptresses of the Orient.
Saturday, June 26, 3:00 p.m.: Salome (1923)
Saturday, June 26, 7:00 p.m.: Cleopatra (1934)
Sunday, June 27, 12:00 p.m.: Samson and Delilah (1949)
Sunday, June 27, 3:00 p.m.: Mata Hari (1932)
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Courses and Demonstrations |
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Artist-at-Work Demonstration: Printmaking
Sundays through June 27, 2010
11 am, 1 pm
Museum Studios, Getty Center
Drop by as artists Jennifer Anderson and Jaime Ursic demonstrate printmaking materials and techniques, with a focus on etching and engraving. Complements the exhibition Printing the Grand Manner: Charles Le Brun and Monumental Prints in the Age of Louis XIV.
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Family Activities |
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Art Adventures for Families
Weekends through September 5, 2010
2 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
These one-hour tours for children (ages 5 and up) and adults to enjoy together feature a fun, activity-filled visit to the galleries. Space is limited. Sign-up begins at 1:30 p.m. at the Museum Information Desk.
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Family Art Lab: In the Garden!
Weekends through July 25, 2010
11 am - 3:30 pm
Garden Terrace Cafe, Getty Center
Join your children in an outdoor, drop-in workshop designed to exercise the imagination. Visit the galleries and then make your own work of art inspired by what you see! Ofrecida en español.
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Tours and Gallery Talks |
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Garden Tour
Daily
11:30 am, 12:30 pm, 2:30 pm, 3:30 pm
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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Food in Art Tour
Daily through June 27, 2010
1:30 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
Delve into the relationship between food and art! This special, hour-long tour takes you through delectable works in the permanent collection and the exhibition In Focus: Tasteful Pictures. Meet the educator at the Museum Information Desk.
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¡Bienvenidos al Getty!
Weekends
11 am
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
Disfruten de una breve y divertida introducción al Museo y sus colecciones. Las familias son bienvenidas. Los esperamos en la sala de entrada del Museo bajo la escalera.
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Focus Tour: Sculpture Discovery Walk
Sundays
3 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
Enjoy a one-hour tour focusing on the Getty's collection of sculpture by exploring works from European history and the recent past. Meet the educator at the Museum Information Desk.
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Architecture Tour
Daily
10:15 am, 11 am, 1 pm, 2 pm, 3 pm, 4 pm
Museum Entrance Hall, Getty Center
Discover more about Richard Meier's architecture and the design of the Getty Center site in this 45-minute tour. Meet the docent outside at the bench under the sycamore trees near the front entrance to the Museum.
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Collection Highlights Tour
Daily
11 am
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
This one-hour tour provides an overview of major works from the Museum's collection. Meet the educator at the Museum Information Desk.
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Exhibitions |
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La Roldana's Saint Ginés: The Making of a Polychrome Sculpture
Daily
South Pavilion, Plaza Level, Getty Center
Luisa Roldán (Spanish, 1650–1704), affectionately known as La Roldana, was one of the most celebrated and prolific sculptors of the Baroque period. This intimate exhibition introduces visitors to La Roldana, whose artistic superiority catapulted her to fame at the royal court in an otherwise male-dominated profession. She ran a workshop, worked for the king, raised a family, and was a celebrity in her own day. With her polychrome sculpture of Saint Ginés de la Jara from the Getty Museum's collection as a focal point, this exhibition explores the artist's life, artistic achievement, and the multifaceted process used to create masterfully lifelike polychrome sculpture.
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Foundry to Finish: The Making of a Bronze Sculpture
Daily through January 2, 2011
North Pavilion, Plaza Level, Getty Center
Get a rare look at how bronze sculpture is born in Foundry to Finish. Visitors explore a process called direct lost-wax casting—a method that yields a single, unique bronze cast of an artist's original clay-and-wax model. Thirteen step-by-step models illustrate the sculpting and casting process. Through X-radiographs, visitors can even get a glimpse inside an original sculpture to see firsthand evidence of how the bronze was cast. The installation complements Cast in Bronze: French Sculpture from Renaissance to Revolution, an international touring exhibition also on view.
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The Old Testament in Medieval Manuscript Illumination
Daily through August 8, 2010
North Pavilion, Plaza Level, Getty Center
The Old Testament, as the Hebrew Bible is known to Christians, served as one of the richest sources for narrative art in the Middle Ages. It provided familiar stories—such as those of the Creation of the World and Noah's Ark—and held up heroes such as David and Solomon for emulation. Medieval readers turned to the Old Testament not only for inspiration and moral guidance, but also as a source of entertaining tales and historical information. This exhibition features the Old Testament in a wide variety of books, including Bibles, private devotional manuscripts, books for the mass, and world histories.
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In Focus: Tasteful Pictures
Daily through August 22, 2010
West Pavilion, Terrace Level, Getty Center
Photographers have been enticed by the subject of food since the earliest years of the medium. Drawn exclusively from the Museum's collection, this selection of more than 20 works highlights important technological and aesthetic developments, including bountiful still life compositions, innovative close-ups and photograms, and documentary studies. Among the photographers featured are Roger Fenton, Adolphe Braun, Edward Weston, Bill Owens, Martin Parr, and Taryn Simon.
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Printing the Grand Manner: Charles Le Brun and Monumental Prints in the Age of Louis XIV
Daily through October 17, 2010
Research Institute Exhibition Gallery, Getty Center
Printing the Grand Manner explores the form, content, and function of late 17th-century reproductive engravings that, given their quality and impressive size, were meant to evoke the grandeur of Charles Le Brun's large-scale paintings and tapestry designs. Despite the fact that no other moment in the history of art witnessed such a concerted production of unusually grand reproductive prints, this visually compelling group of images has not drawn the attention of specialists or the public (in part, because the prints are difficult to handle and display). The exhibition examines the prints' rich vocabulary and illuminates the context of their production between the mid-1660s and 1690. It also calls out the relationship between Le Brun and his printmakers, while interpreting the prints and their inscriptions in light of debates regarding allegories, narratives, and the representation of Louis XIV.
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The Spectacular Art of Jean-Léon Gérôme
Daily through September 12, 2010
Exhibitions Pavilion, Getty Center
Jean-Léon Gérôme (French, 1824–1904) ranks among the most successful artists of the nineteenth century. Ranging from the ancient Roman arenas of gladiatorial combat to the streets of modern Egypt, his spectacular, meticulously rendered pictures captured the public's imagination and made him one of France's most honored painters. Restless and experimental, he also helped pioneer the artistic use of photography and made bold forays into polychrome and mixed-media sculpture. Critically controversial in his day, Gérôme was neglected for much of the twentieth century due to the triumph of Impressionism and Modernism. Organized by the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Musée d'Orsay, Paris, and the Réunion des musées nationaux, Paris, in association with the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, this is the first comprehensive show devoted to the artist in decades.
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New Galleries for Medieval and Renaissance Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Daily
North Pavilion, Plaza Level, Getty Center
A newly designed installation of medieval and Renaissance European sculpture and decorative arts is now on view in the J. Paul Getty Museum's North Pavilion at the Getty Center. Displayed with paintings, drawings, and illuminated manuscripts that enrich their context, the works of art are arranged by period and theme. The installation features innovative technologies, including interactive touch screens, that enhance the visitor's experience.
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The Beffi Triptych
Daily through September 5, 2010
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
An important work from the National Museum of Abruzzo in the city of L'Aquila, The Beffi Triptych is on loan to the Getty Museum from the Italian government and on view in the Museum's North Pavilion gallery (N 201) at the Getty Center, and hangs amongst the Getty's paintings from the early to late-15th century.
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June 27, 2010 |
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Courses and Demonstrations |
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Gem-Handling Sessions
Sunday June 27, 2010
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Museum, Floor 2, Getty Villa
Ever wonder what it would be like to take a museum object out of its case for a closer look? Drop by the Reading Room to handle replicas of gems on display as well as the materials and tools used by ancient carvers.
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Gem-Handling Sessions
Sunday June 27, 2010
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Museum, Floor 2, Getty Villa
Ever wonder what it would be like to take a museum object out of its case for a closer look? Drop by the Reading Room to handle replicas of gems on display as well as the materials and tools used by ancient carvers.
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Family Activities |
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ArtQuest!
Weekends through July 18, 2010
11 am - 4 pm
Outer Peristyle, Getty Villa
Drop by with your family between 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. to become an ancient artist. Create your own mosaics and win points to unlock the secrets behind works of art by playing the Mysteries of Ancient Art game in the galleries!
Learn more about ArtQuest!
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Art Odyssey for Families
Weekends
2 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
This 45-minute journey through the galleries is a fun, activity-filled experience for children (ages 5 and up) and adults to enjoy together. Space is limited. Ofrecida en español. Sign up at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Entrance 15 minutes before the program.
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Tours and Gallery Talks |
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Orientation Tour
Daily
10:30 am, 12:30 pm, 2:30 pm
Getty Villa
Learn about the Getty Villa's architecture and educational mission in this 40-minute introduction to the site. Meet at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Entrance.
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Exhibition Spotlight Tour: The Aztec Pantheon and the Art of Empire
Weekends through June 27, 2010
10:30 am
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
Join an educator for this 20-minute in-depth discussion of one masterwork featured in The Aztec Pantheon and the Art of Empire. Sign up at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Entrance 15 minutes before the talk.
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Collection Highlights Tour
Weekends
11 am
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.
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Architecture and Gardens Tour
Daily
11:30 am, 1:30 pm, 3:30 pm
Museum, Getty Villa
Explore the ancient Roman world through the Museum's archtecture and gardens in this 40-minute tour. Meet at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Entrance.
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Spotlight Talk: Fresco Fragments with Bacchus and Ariadne
Thursdays - Sundays through June 27, 2010
1 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
Learn how to look at ancient art in this 20-minute gallery talk examining in-depth one work in the collection. The featured object this month is a group of Fresco Fragments with Bacchus and Ariadne from about A.D. 1–79. Sign up at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Entrance 15 minutes before the talk.
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Focus Tour: Animals in Ancient Art
Sunday June 27, 2010
3 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
From the snakes used to ward off evil to the ferocious felines fought by gladiators, animals abound in ancient art. This one-hour tour illuminates their mythology, symbolism, and role in daily life. Tour topic subject to change. Sign up at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Entrance 15 minutes before the tour.
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Exhibitions |
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The Aztec Pantheon and the Art of Empire
Daily through July 5, 2010
Museum, Floor 2, Getty Villa
Celebrating the bicentennial of Mexican independence, this exhibition reveals a defining moment of cultural encounter. In the sixteenth century, European exploration and colonization in the Americas coincided with the Renaissance rediscovery of classical antiquity, and parallels were routinely drawn between two great empires—the Aztec and the Roman. Masterworks of Aztec sculpture, largely from the collections of the National Museum of Anthropology and the Museo del Templo Mayor in Mexico City, are the point of departure for a comparative approach to the monumental art of empire. This exhibition has been organized by the J. Paul Getty Museum in collaboration with CONACULTA–INAH. Exhibition sponsored by J.P. Morgan.
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Molten Color: Glassmaking in Antiquity
Daily
Museum, Floor 2, Getty Villa
In 2003, the J. Paul Getty Museum acquired a collection of over 350 pieces of ancient glass, formerly owned by Erwin Oppenländer. The works on view in Molten Color are remarkable for their high quality, their chronological breadth, and the glassmaking techniques illustrated by their manufacture. The vessels are accompanied by text and videos illustrating ancient glassmaking techniques.
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Roman Ephebe from Naples
Daily
Getty Villa
Youth as a Lamp Bearer, a long-term loan from the Museo Archeologico Nazionale in Naples, is on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa.
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The Gela Krater
Daily through October 11, 2010
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
The Gela Krater, one of the most important works from the Museo Archeologico Regionale di Agrigento, is on loan to the Getty Museum and on view in gallery 110 (Stories of the Trojan War) at the Getty Villa, where it joins other works of art that illustrate two epics by Homer, the Iliad and the Odyssey.
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