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About: Amy Hood

I'm a senior communications specialist at the Getty, working with the Getty Research Institute and the Getty Museum. I'm hopelessly addicted to internet news sites, especially anything to do with art, architecture, and Southern California's cultural scene. I studied art history & critical theory at UCLA and am pretty much only interested football when we're playing the Trojans.

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Posted in Art, Photographs, Film, and Video

Getty Curators Pick the Best Art Movies Ever Made (And a Few of the Worst)

By Amy Hood | Published: February 11, 2014
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Art on the silver screen, from beautifully rendered dramas to eyebrow-raising campfests. More»

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Posted in Art, J. Paul Getty Museum, Paintings

Laughing Out Loud! Rembrandt Self-Portrait Now on View at the Getty

By Amy Hood | Published: October 29, 2013
Close-up of face in Rembrandt Laughing / Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
Rembrandt Laughing (detail), about 1628, Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn. Oil on copper, 8 3/4 x 6 3/4 in. The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2013.60

A youthful, confident Rembrandt shakes things up in the paintings galleries. More»

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Posted in Art, J. Paul Getty Museum, Prints and Drawings

Father-and-Daughter Pastels by William Hoare Now on View

By Amy Hood | Published: October 8, 2013
Henry Hoare, "The Magnificent," of Stourhead; Susannah Hoare, Viscountess Dungarvan, later Countess of Ailesbury
L: Henry Hoare, “The Magnificent,” of Stourhead, about 1750–1760, William Hoare. R: Susannah Hoare, Viscountess Dungarvan, later Countess of Ailesbury, about 1750–1760, William Hoare

Newly acquired portraits tell the unusual story of British banking heir Henry Hoare and the artist who depicted him. More»

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Seven Works of Art that Make Me Think About Being an American

By Amy Hood | Published: July 4, 2013
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Pearblossom Hwy., 11-18th April 1986, 1986, David Hockney. © 1986 David Hockney

What work of art screams ‘America’ to you? This is a reflection on works of art that make you think about national identity. More»

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Rare Chinese Battle Prints Come to the Getty Research Institute

By Amy Hood | Published: January 17, 2013
Detail of Chinese emperor Qianlong in Pictures of the Campaigns against the Gurkhas / Chinese
Detail of Chinese emperor Qianlong being carried in triumph from the plate above

These amazingly detailed prints depict the successful military campaign of the Qianlong Emperor against Nepalese warriors. More»

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Poe-Inspired Prints by Ensor Join Research Institute’s Collection

By Amy Hood | Published: October 12, 2012
Hop-Frog’s Revenge / James Ensor

Three prints by James Ensor have just joined the collection of the Getty Research Institute. All three were made in the 1890s, when Ensor was at the peak of his creative powers, and all contain the eerie imagery for which… More»

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Posted in Getty Research Institute, Publications, Research

Walking through the Getty Research Portal

By Amy Hood | Published: May 31, 2012
Screen capture of the Getty Research Portal, showing how to enter a query

Today the Getty Research Institute launches the Getty Research PortalTM, an unprecedented resource that will provide broad, free access to digitized texts in the field of art and architectural history. The Getty Research Portal is a free online search gateway… More»

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The Italian Comedians Go on View in Elegant Company

By Amy Hood | Published: April 4, 2012
The Italian Comedians / Antoine Watteau

The Getty Museum’s most recent painting acquisition, Jean-Antoine Watteau’s The Italian Comedians, is now on view at the Getty Center. It’s installed in Gallery S202 with an array of other 18th-century paintings in the collection, including one by Nicolas Lancret…. More»

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I Was There: Lita Albuquerque’s “Spine of the Earth 2012”

By Amy Hood | Published: January 27, 2012
Rani Singh, Lucy Bradnock, and Amy Hood participating in Spine of the Earth 2012 by Lita Albuquerque

At 8:15 Sunday morning I found myself scurrying through a parking lot in Culver City to get on an old-fashioned-looking red and white bus. I took one of the last empty seats alongside dozens of other chipper volunteers as we… More»

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Posted in Art, J. Paul Getty Museum, Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Cellini Gets a Rival

By Amy Hood | Published: October 27, 2011
Double Head / Francesco Primaticcio

A beautiful bronze Double Head, attributed to the Italian sculptor Francesco Primaticcio, has just joined the Museum’s collection. Though made by an Italian, it was commissioned by a Frenchman: Francis I, the king of France, for his palace at Fontainebleau… More»

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      The Union Oil Center was completed in 1958 and became the highest building in downtown Los Angeles (mostly thanks to the convenient hill it is situated upon). 

      This neighborhood became known for the 19th century oil boom. However, come the ’90s, the building was up for demolition. Saved by Hollywood, this building became the Los Angeles Center Studios complete with a “vertical backlot.” What other SoCal oil buildings have transformed in time? The Huntington has one.  

      We’re teaming up The Huntington’s tumblr to bring you historic Los Angeles images on Wednesdays through August 6 as part of No Further West.

      Union Oil Center, 1957, Julius Shulman. Getty Research Institute. Julius Shulman Photography Archive.

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