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Monthly Archives: July 2010

Posted in Getty Center, J. Paul Getty Museum

Mayer Hawthorne’s Big Love

By Mara Gladstone | Published: July 9, 2010
Mayer Hawthorne, dancers, and The Getty Museum

With heart-shaped LPs and fizzy mint juleps in hand, energetic fans welcomed Mayer Hawthorne and the County’s dazzling retro-crooning act on June 12 at our second outdoor concert of the summer. It was a stylish show. Mayer set the fashion bar… More»

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Posted in Behind the Scenes

World Cup Fever Grips the Getty

By Sabine Schlosser | Published: July 7, 2010
The agony and ecstasy of soccer--over lunch in the Getty Research Institute Lecture Hall

Looking around the room, I see a virtual United Nations in the grip of soccer fever. Her parents are from Mexico and El Salvador, but her team is the Black Stars of Ghana. She was born in Nicaragua, and cheers… More»

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Posted in Behind the Scenes, Getty Conservation Institute

Career Profile: Rand Eppich, Field Projects Manager

By Lorena Patlán | Published: July 7, 2010
rand_eppich

This is the first in a series on the Iris about interesting and unusual arts careers. We begin with Rand Eppich of the Getty Conservation Institute, who has combined his skills in architecture, photography, technology, and teaching into a unique… More»

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Posted in Getty Center, Photographs, Film, and Video

Photographic Magic with the Diana Camera

By Julie Jaskol | Published: July 6, 2010
Diana camera

Photographer April Rocha sent us an excited e-mail a while ago, sharing her enthusiasm for the Diana camera, which she noticed was available at the Museum Store at the Getty Center. We asked her to tell us more, and she… More»

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Posted in Education, Exhibitions and Installations, Getty Villa

Cook Your Own Aztec Feast

By Annelisa Stephan | Published: July 1, 2010
Guacamole with a dash of lime
Guacamole with a dash of lime

Mexican cooking as we know and love it in the U.S.—moles, carne asada, burritos, cafe con leche, loads of melty cheese—would have been unrecognizable to the Aztecs. They didn’t have cows, pigs, sugar, cheese, butter, cinnamon, or wheat. They did,… More»

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