Event Series Cocktails with a Curator

A series of evenings filled with wonderment as Getty Research Institute curators unveil rare materials from special collections, paired with themed cocktails to surprise and delight

A large outdoor trellis covered in vines disappears into the horizon line. Small figures of people walk beneath the leaves, emphasizing the largeness of the trellis
View of the Vine Corridor in Governor's Gardens, Pondicherry India (detail), about 1770–1800​, Remondini family. Etching. Getty Research Institute, 96.R.19

Past

  1. Cocktails with a Curator: Creative Complaining

    Food & Drink

    Yellow exhibition poster for "Guerrilla Girls Review The Whitney" featuring an image of a person wearing stockings, a jacket, and gorilla mask pointing at a banana.

    Curators unveil rare material by the Guerrilla Girls from the Getty Research Institute archives

    Saturday, Jan 10, 2026

  2. Cocktails with a Curator: Painting Waves

    Food & Drink

    Painting of a giant wave, with blue and green colors and white foam, and a tiny surfer at the crest of the wave

    Curator Glenn Phillips unveils rare material by Raymond Pettibon from Getty Research Institute special collections

    Sunday, Sep 7, 2025

  3. Cocktails with a Curator: Sensing Futures

    Food & Drink, Talk

    Getty Research Institute curator Nancy Perloff unveils rare material from special collections by experimental artists and engineers

    Feb 8, 2025