Looking Under Judy Chicago’s Car Hood
Chicago was one of several California artists in the 1960’s who adopted techniques and materials from L.A.’s car culture.
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Photographer Mary Ellen Mark and Filmmaker Martin Bell Go to Prom
What will I wear? Who will be my date? Should we rent a limo? With prom season approaching, these are questions going through American teenagers’ minds. This all-American experience of going to prom marks the end of high school...
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Unmasking Scandal at Villa Theater Lab
Villa Theater Lab invites performers to work in residence at the Getty Villa for two weeks, workshopping new theater pieces and presenting them in four performances over a single weekend. For the past two weeks, Rogue Artists Ensemble has...
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Unlocking the Secrets of an Ancient Fountain
Do you picture archaeological sites as dry, dusty piles of stones? Meet Peirene, an ancient Greek ruin so tantalizing that archaeologists have literally died for it. Dry and dusty this place is not. The story of the alluring ruin...
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Looking at Los Angeles through the Lens
Much of what the world sees of L.A. is in movies or on TV. But a new exhibition opening today at the Getty Center offers an enticing glimpse of the city’s past through the lenses of photographers—some well known,...
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Talking with Artist De Wain Valentine
One of the most influential sculptors active in Los Angeles in the 1960s and ’70s, De Wain Valentine is perhaps best known for his large-scale polyester resin sculptures of simple geometric forms that interact intensely with the surrounding light....
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Getty Center Entrance Getting a Makeover
Fall 2014 opening of a new entrance with easy access to bus and car parking.
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Power Breakfast Inspired by a King: The 18th-Century Toilette
Dressing for success.
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Abstract Films from the 1920s: Making Rhythm Visible
Visual phenomena intersect with concepts applied to music in films.
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Unpixelated: Luther Gerlach Makes Photographs Like It’s 1851
There are digital photographers. And then there’s Luther Gerlach. In the time it took you to read that last paragraph, you could have snapped six digital photos. It would take Luther half a day to make that many images—on...
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Pointing East, Thinking West: Felice Beato’s Photographic View
Whether he planted his tripod in India, China, Japan, Korea, or Burma, the Italian-born photographer Felice Beato always portrayed a country’s culture through a distinctly Western lens. The Museum’s current exhibition of his work, Felice Beato: A Photographer on...
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Question of the Week: What Makes a Painting a Masterpiece?
What do you think?
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