During a tour of the new exhibition The Spectacular Art of Jean-Léon Gérôme, curator Mary Morton stopped in front of Gérôme’s Snake Charmer and asked the audience, “What do you see?” Murmurs spread through the crowd. One brave little girl raised her hand and said, “There’s a boy, and he’s naked.” This statement might not [...]
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Tags: 19th century painting, gallery tours, Jean-Léon Gérôme, Paintings, polychrome sculpture
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Three o’clock is a good time to be at the Getty Villa. Depending on the time of year, the afternoon light might be streaming through the haze over the Inner Peristyle, a cool fog might be blowing in over the Herb Garden, or the sun might be high in the sky, reflecting off the ocean. [...]
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Tags: Antiquities, careers, Focus Tours, gallery programs, gallery teachers, gallery tours
This spring the Museum is offering a feast of tours and courses about food in art. Nancy Real and Lilit Sadoyan, two gallery teachers, agreed to give me a taste. We went straight to the magnificent Machine d’argent by François-Thomas Germain, an 18th-century silver centerpiece. This would have been just part of an elaborate centerpiece [...]
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Tags: cuisine, Decorative Arts, food, French art, gallery teachers, gallery tours, Getty Museum collection, Lilit Sadoyan, Nancy Real, silver
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