Chiurazzi Bronzes, from Pompeii to Malibu
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... Read More
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Nothing Happens, Everything Happens: Perspectives on “Trojan Women (after Euripides)”
“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... Read More
SITI Company on “Trojan Women (after Euripides)” at the Getty Villa
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... Read More
Behind the Scenes with J.M.W. Turner’s “Modern Rome”
How long does it take to install a painting in the Museum, from loading dock to gallery wall? For J.M.W. Turner’s Modern Rome—Campo Vaccino,... Read More
Symposium on Latin American Art: Live Online This Weekend
Update—videos of this event have been archived here. The three-day symposium Between Theory and Practice: Rethinking Latin American Art in the 21st Century is... Read More
Andrei Codrescu: The Art Lesson
Andrei Codrescu has some bad news for you. You, Web user, are running out of time. You may already suspect that you work for... Read More
Mixing Afghan Rhythms at Sounds of L.A.
Just 48 hours before he was pounding percussion onstage at the Getty Center this past weekend, one of the creators of Sounds and Rhythms... Read More
Chasing Clouds at the Getty Center
They say the Getty Center never looks as beautiful as it does after the rain. I decided to find out! The day after a... Read More
Question of the Week: Fake vs. Real—Does It Matter?
Question of the Week is a series inspired by our Masterpiece of the Week tours, offered daily at 4:00 p.m. Featuring an open and... Read More
Video: Manoel Felciano on Playing Orestes in “Elektra”
Sophocles’ Elektra—which concludes its run at the Getty Villa this Saturday—is the story of a woman’s thirst for revenge: Elektra rages and plots against... Read More
Video: Pamela Reed on Working with Carey Perloff and Olympia Dukakis
Pamela Reed rips into the role of murderous queen Clytemnestra in Sophocles’ Elektra with gusto. She creates a character that reviewers have described as... Read More
Jean-Léon Gérôme, from “Gladiator” to “The Matrix”
“Gérôme forged narrative practices that would take the cinema decades to invent,” art historian Marc Gotlieb told a packed auditorium recently in a discussion... Read More