Artist Sam Durant
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Medieval methods of entertainment included sad dances and alienation parties.
Tights are not pants, circa 1400something.
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What #isamuseum? Artist Sam Durant Has 5 Questions for You
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Digital Display: Student Scavenger Hunt on View
The Getty Museum is full of fabulous furniture, splendid sculpture, and of course, powerful paintings. What if you were asked to hunt for some of the most interesting details and objects in these works of art? Would you be able… More»
Posted in Art, Behind the Scenes, Getty Research Institute, Paintings
Treasures from the Vault: Sylvia Sleigh and Lawrence Alloway, Mutual Muses
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Intimate relationships visualized: the work and love of Sylvia Sleigh and Lawrence Alloway. More»
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In Studio: Larry Bell
Artist Larry Bell creates sculptures that play with optical effects, light, and perception. He opened his studio and shared creative insights into his creative process last January 22 as part of “In Studio,” a program we in the Museum’s Education… More»
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I Was There: Lita Albuquerque’s “Spine of the Earth 2012”
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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Join Suzanne Lacy to Demand that #RapeEndsHere
January 19 is the official launch of the Pacific Standard Time Performance and Public Art Festival. But it’s already unofficially begun, not only with pre-festival events last night at LAXART and tonight at the Getty Center, but also with what… More»
Also tagged Bruno Louchouarn, events, festival, Los Angeles, Pacific Standard Time, performance art, PST, PSTinLA, rape, Suzanne Lacy, women
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Treasures from the Vault: Artwork by Richard Tuttle Discovered in the Archive of Galerie Schmela
As I was recently working on the archive of the German art dealer Alfred Schmela, I discovered an unusual mailing sent by American postminimalist artist Richard Tuttle. Addressed to Alfred Schmela and his wife Monika in Düsseldorf, Germany, it was… More»
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James Ensor 2.0: “Christ’s Entry into Brussels” Becomes Performance Art
Vive L.A Social (details), Mathis Collins, 2011. Images courtesy of Mathis Collins
Just in time for New Year’s Eve, the unruly figures in James Ensor’s massive painting Christ’s Entry into Brussels in 1889 have sneaked off the canvas and into bottles across Los Angeles. They’re the cast of characters in a new… More»
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The Oakes Brothers’ Final Week at the Getty
Ryan and Trevor Oakes are close to completing their three-week drawing project, in which they’ve been rendering the Getty Center and Central Garden exactly as the human eye views it. Their last day here is this Saturday, December 24. Their… More»
Posted in Architecture and Design, Behind the Scenes, Gardens and Architecture, Getty Center, Prints and Drawings
Double Draw: The Oakes Brothers at the Getty
Twin brothers and artists Ryan and Trevor Oakes have similar interests, which isn’t really unusual for twins. However, the brothers have taken their mutual fascination with vision, light, space, and depth to a whole new level, and have built their… More»
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