Dancers, a World War II searchlight, and 400 spools of thread combined to turn the Getty Center’s Arrival Plaza into a performative installation last Friday night. Hirokazu Kosaka’s Kalpa was part of the Pacific Standard Time Public Art Festival, an 11-day celebration of performance art in public spaces. Because of the setting, it took hours [...]
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Tags: Hirokazu Kosaka, Kalpa, Pacific Standard Time, performance art, performances, PST, PSTinLA, video
In ancient Rome, togas were no laughing matter. They were the fashion must-have for all male citizens, but men hated them: they were heavy, made your left arm as useful as a T. Rex’s, and required a team of highly trained slaves to put on and take off. Also, they were made of wool, which [...]
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Tags: ancient Rome, College Night, history, Rome, togas, video
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Here’s an artwork from our collection that makes me squeal…with terror! The multicolored demons attacking my pal Saint Anthony are hooves down the scariest creatures around. The blue devil is a total gangster. He bullied his way onto our new audio tour Demons, Angels, & Monsters: The Supernatural in Art. My young friends Benjamin, Bryn, [...]
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Tags: demons, devils, Getty Museum Pig, Halloween, medieval art, video
Did you know that artists used pig bladders to carry paint before tubes were invented, that the gold leaf used to gild paintings and manuscripts was made by pounding a coin into thin sheets, or that 18th-century fashion designers used dolls to transmit the latest styles across national borders? If you’ve ever wondered how the [...]
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Tags: fashion, historic costume designer, Maxwell Barr, paris fashion, rococo dress, runway, style, video
Tonight at 8:00 p.m., the Getty Villa becomes a stage for the premiere of Trojan Women (after Euripides). It’s the culmination of years of work and refinement, both for SITI Company (presenting the play) and for the team at the Getty Villa that has helped shape the production. “Being here is remarkable because of the [...]
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Tags: Anne Bogart, Euripides, Jocelyn Clarke, Outdoor Classical Theater, SITI Company, Trojan Women, Trojan Women (after Euripides), video
This morning we launched a new website dedicated to Los Angeles art from 1945 to 1980. Here you can get acquainted with Pacific Standard Time, the region-wide collaborative project that will tell the story of the L.A. art scene and its impact, and snap up reservations for fall events. The website also features details on [...]
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Tags: Betye Saar, Google Maps, L.A. art, Los Angeles, modern art, Pacific Standard Time, PSTinLA, Robert Irwin, video, Web design
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The two bronze statues at the heart of the current Getty Villa exhibition Apollo from Pompeii: Investigating an Ancient Bronze—set to close September 12—may look rather familiar if you’ve traveled to Pompeii or seen it in pictures. For as you enter the ruins of the Temple of Apollo at Pompeii, you are met by Apollo [...]
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Tags: Apollo from Pompeii, bronze, bronze sculpture, Chiurazzi foundry, Luisa Fucito, Pompeii, Roman art, Roman gardens, video
“People don’t understand why Trojan Women is such a great play, because they say nothing happens,” says director Anne Bogart, explaining why SITI Company chose to adapt the ancient drama for this year’s outdoor theater production at the Getty Villa. “In fact, a great deal happens.” In this video, the discussion of the new adaptation continues [...]
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Tags: Anne Bogart, Euripides, Jocelyn Clarke, Outdoor Classical Theater, SITI Company, Trojan Women (after Euripides), video
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SITI company premieres a newly commissioned adaptation of Euripides’ Trojan Women at the Getty Villa on September 8. “We’ve been working for 20 years to do this play,” says Leon Ingulsrud, who helped found the New York-based ensemble in 1991. In this video, director Anne Bogart, playwright Jocelyn Clarke, and cast members Ellen Lauren and Leon Ingulsrud discuss [...]
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Tags: Anne Bogart, Euripides, Jocelyn Clarke, Outdoor Classical Theater, SITI Company, Trojan Women (after Euripides), video
It’s a lot of pressure, day after day, holding the same pose. I’ve been standing up, staring at the underside of a ringing bell for years now. I love hanging out with my pal Saint Anthony, but how can I be expected to handle work on a weekend like this? With the Museum—actually all of [...]
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Tags: Getty Museum collection, Getty Museum Pig, humor, video
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