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Back to the Future with Chicano Batman

By Steve Saldivar | Published: July 10, 2014
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They’re not just a Latin band. Five questions for Chicano Batman. More»

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Your Music Guide to Saturdays Off the 405

By Liz Garo | Published: May 12, 2014
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Liner notes for this season’s outdoor music. More»

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Musicians and Artists Take Over the Getty for This Summer’s Friday Flights

By Sarah Cooper | Published: May 7, 2014
Friday Flights at the Getty Center - summer 2014

Music nights that make you think: Friday Flights launches May 30. More»

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Which Artist Would You Recommend to a Space Alien?

By Becca MacLaren | Published: February 9, 2014
Malin House ("Chemosphere") / John Lautner
Malin House ("Chemosphere"), 1960, designed by John Lautner. Photo by Julius Shulman, 1961. Julius Shulman Photography Archive. The Getty Research Institute, 2004.R.10

A beginner’s guide to the human mind and heart. More»

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Four Minds on Herzog: A Conversation with Nancy Perloff

By Arpad Kovacs and Anne Martens | Published: February 5, 2014
Nancy Perloff in Werner Herzog's Hearsay of the Soul
Curator Nancy Perloff, photographed inside Werner Herzog's installation Hearsay of the Soul

“The end is a kind of apotheosis. Maybe that sounds too romantic or spiritual. But the single most remarkable thing is that you lose all sense of time.” More»

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Travertine Improv

By Sarah Waldorf | Published: August 8, 2013

Four hands transform the Getty Center into a massive musical instrument. More»

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The Adventures of Cricket and Flatfoot (aka The Okee Dokee Brothers)

By Rosie Narasaki | Published: August 2, 2013
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How’s this for a job: float down a river, then sing about it. The Okee Dokee Brothers reveal how they make it work. More»

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My First Concert Ever: Saturdays Off the 405 with Pickwick

By Rosie Narasaki | Published: July 18, 2013
Rosie Narasaki at Saturdays Off the 405 at the Getty Center
NOT photoshopped. Courtesy of ace-photographer (and Getty public programs coordinator) Jaclyn Kalkhurst

Really? Yes. 20-something intern Rosie Narasaki attends her first concert ever. And likes it. More»

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Harry Smith’s Archives and Collections Now at the Getty Research Institute

By Nancy Perloff | Published: March 27, 2013
Harry Smith at Allen Ginsberg's Kitchen Table, New York City, 16 June 1988 / Allen Ginsberg
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Best known for his experimental films and his anthology of American folk music, Harry Smith was a fascinating multidisciplinary artist and avid collector. More»

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How Do You Sing The Renaissance? Lionheart Does a Roaring Good Job

By Alexandria Sivak | Published: November 30, 2012
Pentecost in the Laudario of Sant'Agnese / Master of the Dominican Effigies

We’re welcoming Lionheart, one of America’s leading ensembles in vocal chamber music, for a concert this Saturday. Their performance of music from the early Renaissance complements the exhibition Florence at the Dawn of the Renaissance: Painting and Illumination, 1300-1350. The… More»

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      What unexpected thing have you learned by working at a museum?

      The more time you take with the art, the better. 

      The first time I saw a work by James Turrell, my eyes totally deceived me. I walked into the room (Acton, at the Indianapolis Museum of Art) and saw a gray rectangle “painting,” but I was baffled and could not figure it out—I got closer and closer until my face was pressed against the wall next to it, trying to figure out what it was. When my friend stuck her arm into the painting and revealed the illusion (a square cut into the wall and lit to look flat), my mind was blown! You got me so good, James.

      Also, always offer to take a family photo for the tourists!

      What do you wish you could tell all people about yourself, museums, or life? 

      Everyone is creative.

      Emily, Education Technologist at the Getty, July 24, 2014

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