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A Walk through “Pacific Standard Time: Crosscurrents,” Opening This Weekend

By Amy Hood on September 30, 2011 under Exhibitions, Getty Center, Getty Research Institute, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Paintings, Sculpture

In the ocean, a crosscurrent runs across the main flow, stirring things up. Similarly, you can see different artistic movements, crossing each other from a variety of directions, in the exhibition Pacific Standard Time: Crosscurrents in L.A. Painting and Sculpture, 1950–1970, which opens Saturday at the Getty Center. The exhibition features more than 70 objects [...]

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“Art Together” Program Ignites Students’ Enthusiasm for Museums

By Kelly Williams on September 27, 2011 under Behind the Scenes, Education, Getty Center, J. Paul Getty Museum

As a new school year begins, we’re excited to launch the third season of Art Together, which invites local students and teachers to visit the Getty Center three times over the course of the year. Following last year’s program, when we welcomed twice as many students as in our first year, we’re preparing for an [...]

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Countdown to Pacific Standard Time

By Susan Edwards on August 31, 2011 under Events, Exhibitions, Getty Center, Getty Conservation Institute, Getty Research Institute, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, New Media

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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Have You Seen an Illuminated Manuscript Lately?

By Bryan Keene on August 23, 2011 under Collections, Getty Center, J. Paul Getty Museum, Manuscripts

The Getty Center is one of few places in the United States where you can see medieval and Renaissance illuminated manuscripts year-round. With three or four exhibitions per year drawn almost exclusively from the permanent collection, in addition to major international loan exhibitions like Imagining the Past in France, 1250–1500 and Illuminating the Renaissance: The Triumph [...]

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Experience Art Off the Beaten Path with New Summer Tours

By Clare Kunny on August 9, 2011 under Education, Events, Getty Center, J. Paul Getty Museum

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 feeling more adventurous during the warmer months. In response, we in the education department decided to [...]

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The Making of Charles Ray’s “Boy with Frog”

By Jessica Portner on July 26, 2011 under Behind the Scenes, Getty Center, J. Paul Getty Museum, Sculpture

Peering up at a giant sculpture, I often wonder: How do artists construct such massive creations? Here’s a peek at the journey, from artist’s conception to the Getty Center’s doorstep, of the larger-than-life Boy with Frog, which was installed yesterday on the museum stairs. On view through January 2012, Boy with Frog continues a series [...]

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Can’t Get Enough of Carmageddon

By Steve Saldivar on July 15, 2011 under Behind the Scenes, Events, Getty Center, J. Paul Getty Museum

For Angelenos, seeing an empty 405 freeway is a rare event. For those who can't get enough of Carmageddon or who never thought they'd live to see any portion of the 405 sans vehicles, now you can watch it all weekend—all 53 hours' worth (actually, more like 35 now)—thanks to the Getty's 405 webcam. Enjoy! [...] Read more...

Tags: carmageddon, carmageddon webcam video, Getty 405 webcam

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Museum Store Reopens with a New Design

By Chloë Simon on June 23, 2011 under Behind the Scenes, Getty Center, Publications

It’s back! The Museum Store at the Getty Center has just reopened after a month-long renovation. The space hasn’t grown, but it feels bigger thanks to an airy layout, nicely integrated display cases, and a fresh arrangement of books and merchandise. As before, books line the perimeter of the store—arranged in categories that reflect our [...] Read more...

Tags: books, Design, Getty Museum Stores, gift shop, gifts, interior design

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Change: Collecting Coins at the Getty Museum

By Steve Saldivar on June 21, 2011 under Behind the Scenes, Gardens, Getty Center

You close your eyes, make a wish, and throw a coin in a fountain. This scene isn't uncommon here at the Getty. Last year, some $1,649.03 worth of coins were collected from the Azalea Pool in the Central Garden, contributed by wishful Museum visitors. But what happens after the coins settle to the bottom? How [...] Read more...

Tags: Central Garden, change, coins, coins in fountain, throwing coins in the pond

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Four for Fashion: Free Events, Expensive Outfits

By Annelisa Stephan on June 3, 2011 under Events, Exhibitions, Getty Center

It's the summer of decadent outfits here at the Getty. Just opened is Fashion in the Middle Ages, which gives you a peek at clothing, real and fantastic, in the pages of manuscripts; continuing is the all-things-Rococo blockbuster Paris: Life & Luxury, an introduction to the fine art of 18th-century French living, and dressing. A [...] Read more...

Tags: Deborah Nadoolman Landis, Design, fashion, film series, free events, illuminated manuscripts, James Acheson, Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell, Maxwell Barr, movies, Paris: Life & Luxury, Roger Wieck, textiles

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Posts Categorized "Getty Center"

A Walk through “Pacific Standard Time: Crosscurrents,” Opening This Weekend

“Art Together” Program Ignites Students’ Enthusiasm for Museums

Countdown to Pacific Standard Time

Have You Seen an Illuminated Manuscript Lately?

Experience Art Off the Beaten Path with New Summer Tours

The Making of Charles Ray’s “Boy with Frog”

Can’t Get Enough of Carmageddon

Museum Store Reopens with a New Design

Change: Collecting Coins at the Getty Museum

Four for Fashion: Free Events, Expensive Outfits

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