Hans Hoffmann

Posted in Behind the Scenes, Getty Center, J. Paul Getty Museum, Paintings

A Curator Undercover at the Museum Info Desk

Hans Hoffmann's A Hare in the Forest is curved because its wooden support has warped with time.

As the Getty Museum’s senior curator of paintings, I feel it is incumbent on me to walk through the galleries almost every day, speaking with the security officers and other staff and watching how the public looks at the collections…. More»

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      differenceetrepetition:

      Medieval methods of entertainment included sad dances and alienation parties.

      Tights are not pants, circa 1400something.


      05/19/13

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