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About: Antonia Boström

I’m senior curator of sculpture and decorative arts at the J. Paul Getty Museum, and curator of the exhibition Messerschmidt and Modernity and author of the accompanying book.

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Curator’s Diary: Installing “Messerschmidt and Modernity”

By Antonia Boström | Published: July 24, 2012
Alabaster busts by Franz Xaver Messerschmidt in Messerschmidt and Modernity at the Getty Center

No amount of preparation over the life of an exhibition–from conception to development through implementation and finally installation–prepares you for the moments of surprise and delight as objects arrive from lenders and are uncrated and placed in the galleries. The… More»

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      Medieval methods of entertainment included sad dances and alienation parties.

      Tights are not pants, circa 1400something.


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