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Experience Art Off the Beaten Path with New Summer Tours

By Clare Kunny | Published: August 9, 2011
Ann Erwin and Laura Lewis present a musical exploration of modern sculpture in the Museum Entrance Hall

See the Museum’s collection from an insider’s point of view with three new tours at the Getty Center offered just for summer. Why special tours for summer? We have more visitors in July and August—and we find that you’re often… More»

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Posted in Exhibitions and Installations

¡Sí Cuba! SoCal

By Desiree Zenowich | Published: May 25, 2011
title, Alex Harris

What is “¡Sí Cuba! SoCal,” you ask? Well, it all started in New York this spring with a multi-venue festival celebrating Cuban culture, called ¡Sí Cuba!. Then, coincidentally, several cultural institutions across Southern California, including we here at the Getty,… More»

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

Mixing Afghan Rhythms at Sounds of L.A.

By Jessica Portner | Published: February 18, 2011
Sounds and Rhythms of Afghanistan. From left:

Just 48 hours before he was pounding percussion onstage at the Getty Center this past weekend, one of the creators of Sounds and Rhythms of Afghanistan (S.A.R.A.) was teaching tabla drumming at a music school in Kabul. But the Afghan-American… More»

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Did You Dance? Saturdays Off the 405 Season Finale Plus Bonus Playlist!

By Mara Gladstone | Published: October 21, 2010
Tina (foreground) on bass in gold and pigtails, with vocalists, and Chris on drums in the background

We really turned it up this year at Saturdays Off the 405 with an eclectic mix of the best and brightest new music—including a season finale on October 9 with New Wave favorite the Tom Tom Club, doing totally live… More»

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Posted in Behind the Scenes, Getty Villa, J. Paul Getty Museum

Video: Bonfire Madigan Shive on the Music for “Elektra” at the Getty Villa

By Desiree Zenowich | Published: September 23, 2010
Bonfire Madigan Shive

“A living, pulsing world” is what composer, cellist, and vocalist Bonfire Madigan Shive set out to create with her music for the Villa’s outdoor production of Elektra. Though it’s been described as haunting and subtle, the sound is also a… More»

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Video: Aloe Blacc, Next Up at Saturdays Off the 405

By Sarah McCarthy | Published: September 10, 2010
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Here’s your new favorite music: “brand-new old soul” from Aloe Blacc, an O.C. native who’s performing this weekend at our free outdoor concert series Saturdays Off the 405. In this video, Blacc talks about how he creates music that makes… More»

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Posted in Behind the Scenes, J. Paul Getty Trust

The Museum of Hidden Talents

By Annelisa Stephan | Published: August 10, 2010
Stilwalking at the Getty Underground opening

One of the coolest parts about working at the Getty is discovering the many artistic talents of your coworkers—the curator who bakes professional-quality wedding cakes, the project manager who hulas, the software engineer who writes environmental poetry. Everyone is just… More»

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Mayer Hawthorne’s Big Love

By Mara Gladstone | Published: July 9, 2010
Mayer Hawthorne, dancers, and The Getty Museum

With heart-shaped LPs and fizzy mint juleps in hand, energetic fans welcomed Mayer Hawthorne and the County’s dazzling retro-crooning act on June 12 at our second outdoor concert of the summer. It was a stylish show. Mayer set the fashion bar… More»

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Saturdays Off the 405 Blasts Open with Les Savy Fav

By Mara Gladstone | Published: June 1, 2010
Les Savy Fav's opening song, complete with Getty umbrella

Saturday early evening in the museum courtyard. An audience surrounded the outdoor stage. The bright L.A. sunshine was softening, and a peculiar figure wove through the crowd, dressed in white linen, a neon fur cape, and a white and silver… More»

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Natalie Merchant on Art, Poetry, and Music

By Emily Ho | Published: May 5, 2010
Natalie Merchant. Photo: Mark Seliger
Natalie Merchant. Photo: Mark Seliger

On a rainy afternoon at the Getty Center, two dozen students and teachers anxiously awaited the arrival of Natalie Merchant. Stopping at the Getty on her national tour, the singer-songwriter had invited them to attend a workshop on the theme… More»

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      Conservators found out a lot about Pollock’s painting process by examining Mural. This painting was made at an important turning point in his painting career.

      "You can certainly glimpse in the application of the splattered paint in Mural how Pollock’s style is evolving. It’s a hint of things to come.” —Yvonne Szafran

      More on the conservation discoveries here.

      Mural will be on view at the Getty Center from March 11—June 1.


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