One of the most exciting aspects of curatorial work is the privilege of bringing you great works of art that were rarely seen before their acquisition by the museum. Case in point: the Stammheim Missal, one of the greatest manuscripts… More»
Monthly Archives: September 2011
Posted in Art, Exhibitions and Installations, J. Paul Getty Museum, Manuscripts and Books
See the Book That Was Kept in Storage for 800 Years
Posted in Conservation, Exhibitions and Installations, Getty Conservation Institute, Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Gray Column Rises
One of the most influential sculptors active in Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s, De Wain Valentine is perhaps best known for his striking, semitransparent, and delicately colored large-scale polyester resin sculptures of simple geometric forms that interact intensely… More»
Posted in Architecture and Design, Education, J. Paul Getty Museum, Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Exploring 18th-Century Fashion, Garment by Garment
Did you know that artists used pig bladders to carry paint before tubes were invented, that the gold leaf used to gild paintings and manuscripts was made by pounding a coin into thin sheets, or that 18th-century fashion designers used… More»
Posted in Art, Exhibitions and Installations, Getty Research Institute, Photographs, Film, and Video
Faces of the Mexican Revolution
When we think of the Mexican Revolution, many of us probably conjure up images of Pancho Villa or Emiliano Zapata, two of the most well-known figures from the ten-year civil war (1910-1920) that raged across Mexico during the early years… More»
Posted in Behind the Scenes, Getty Villa, J. Paul Getty Museum
A Living Artifact: “Trojan Women (after Euripides)” Premieres Tonight
Tonight at 8:00 p.m., the Getty Villa becomes a stage for the premiere of Trojan Women (after Euripides). It’s the culmination of years of work and refinement, both for SITI Company (presenting the play) and for the team at the… More»
Posted in Art, J. Paul Getty Museum, Manuscripts and Books
Far from Marginal: Images in the Margins of the Abbey Bible
We use the word “marginal” to dismiss something as unimportant or trivial. But images in the margins of medieval books are so important they get their own name, marginalia, a Latin term that simply means “things in the margins.” Sometimes… More»
Posted in Architecture and Design, Behind the Scenes, Conservation, Getty Conservation Institute
A Project of Seismic Proportions
As Californians, we are well aware of the damage that results from earthquakes, even in new buildings constructed with modern materials. But what happens to historic buildings made of earthen materials such as adobe? These structures can be particularly vulnerable… More»
Posted in Behind the Scenes, Education, Getty Villa, J. Paul Getty Museum
Discovering Latin at the Getty Villa
If you visited the Getty Villa during the week of July 25 and thought you overheard people speaking Latin, you weren’t imagining things. That week, we at the Getty Villa were proud to invite a group of 14 high school students… More»
