The Iris

GRI

Posted in Art, Getty Research Institute

Meet Us at the 6th Annual Archives Bazaar

By Sarah Sherman | Published: October 14, 2011
6th annual Los Angeles Archives Bazaar - October 22, 2011

Do you love L.A.? Yes? You’re in for a treat! We’re gearing up to help celebrate the diverse history of Los Angeles at L.A. as Subject’s 6th Annual Archives Bazaar next Saturday, October 22. It runs from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00… More»

Also tagged , , , , Leave a comment
Posted in Architecture and Design, Getty Research Institute, Photographs, Film, and Video, Publications

“The Photographer with the Soul of an Architect”: Lucien Hervé

By Lyra Kilston | Published: September 16, 2011
Cover of Le Corbusier & Lucien Herve / Getty Publications

In 1949, self-taught photographer Lucien Hervé (1910–2007) traveled from Paris to Marseille to see Unité d’habitation, a housing complex by architect Le Corbusier. Awed by the groundbreaking modern design, Hervé took 650 photographs of it in a single day. When… More»

Also tagged , , , , , , , , , Leave a comment
Posted in Art, Exhibitions and Installations, Getty Research Institute, Photographs, Film, and Video

Faces of the Mexican Revolution

By Beth Guynn | Published: September 9, 2011
General Francisco (Pancho) Villa / D. W. Hoffman

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»

Also tagged , , , , , , 9 Responses
Posted in Art, Exhibitions and Installations, Getty Research Institute

The First Modern Catalogue of an Art Collection: Q&A with Curator Louis Marchesano

By Jessica Portner | Published: August 17, 2011
View of a Room at Pommersfelden Palace / Johann Georg Pintz

In the 1700s, the seeds of a new style of presenting works of art—both on the wall and on the page—were planted by a German prince. I talked with Louis Marchesano, curator of prints and drawings at the Getty Research… More»

Also tagged , , , , , 4 Responses
Posted in Art, Getty Research Institute, Photographs, Film, and Video

Treasures from the Vault: Anticipating Mapplethorpe

By Laura Schroffel | Published: July 25, 2011
Self-portraits by Sam Wagstaff, 1960s or 1970s. The Getty Research Institute, Samuel Wagstaff papers, 1860-1987, 2005.M.46. Gift of The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, Inc.
Self-portraits by Sam Wagstaff, 1960s or 1970s. The Getty Research Institute, Samuel Wagstaff papers, 1860-1987, 2005.M.46. Gift of The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, Inc.

Many researchers are looking forward to delving in to the Robert Mapplethorpe archive we acquired in February. However, there is an important complementary collection of equal interest available right now: the Samuel Wagstaff papers. Wagstaff was a formidable curator and… More»

Also tagged , , , , , , , , Leave a comment
Posted in Architecture and Design, Art, Getty Research Institute

Happy 100th Birthday, John Lautner!

By Sarah Sherman | Published: July 13, 2011
John Lautner, 1970. © J. Paul Getty Trust. Used with permission. Julius Shulman Photography Archive, Research Library at the Getty Research Institute, 2004.R.10

The Los Angeles City Council will vote Friday to declare July 16th “John Lautner Day.” This Saturday would have been the 100th birthday of John Lautner (1911–1994), who is considered one of the most visionary architects of the 20th century,… More»

Also tagged , , , , , , , 2 Responses
Posted in Art, Exhibitions and Installations, Getty Research Institute

A Gallery Fit for a Prince and Now the Public? The Düsseldorf Gallery and the Modern Museum

By Jessica Portner | Published: July 8, 2011
View of a Room at Pommersfelden Palace. Johann Georg Pintz, printmaker; Salomon Kleiner, draftsman; in Representation au naturel des chateaux... (Augsburg, 1728), pl. 18. The Getty Research Institute,84-B21917

Most museum galleries have certain things in common. For one, the works are spaced a restful distance apart from one another on the wall. For another, they’re typically organized by school or theme. The focus might be, say, on fashion… More»

Also tagged , , , , 5 Responses
Posted in Art, Getty Research Institute

Treasures from the Vault: Welcome to Alfred Schmela’s Art Gallery!

By Isabella Zuralski | Published: June 29, 2011
Me with documents from the Galerie Schmela archive in the Special Collections Reading Room at the Research Library, Getty Research Institute

An important archive on postwar art is now available for research at the Getty Research Institute. After several months of writing and archival processing, I’ve just finished my work on the archive of Galerie Schmela. The archive’s 172 boxes and 25 flat file… More»

Also tagged , , , , , , , , , 2 Responses
Posted in Getty Research Institute, Photographs, Film, and Video, Publications, Research

Abstract Films from the 1920s: Making Rhythm Visible

By Jannon Stein | Published: June 13, 2011
G: An Avant-Garde Journal of Art, Architecture, Design, and Film, 1923-1926

Berlin, circa 1921: The painter Hans Richter turns his talents to film and produces one of the earliest abstract films, Rhythmus 21. Clocking in at just over three minutes, it’s a significant departure from the newsreels, romances, cliff-hangers, and penny-dreadfuls… More»

Also tagged , , , , , , 5 Responses
Posted in Art, Behind the Scenes, Getty Research Institute

Preserving the Legacy of Harald Szeemann

By Glenn Phillips and Marcia Reed | Published: June 8, 2011
Artists' files in the Szeemann archive

The Harald Szeemann Archive and Library, one of the most important private research collections for modern and contemporary art in the world, is coming to the Getty Research Institute—and we couldn’t be more excited. Szeemann was the most influential curator… More»

Also tagged , , , , , 4 Responses

  • Facebook

  • Twitter

  • Tumblr

  • Flickr