L.A.’s Cinematic Experiment, Then and Now
Los Angeles is known as a Hollywood town, but our film scene has always been about more than stars and blockbusters. Throughout the Pacific... Read More
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Cocteau Dreams, In Nitrate
“One of the characteristics of the dream is that nothing surprises us in it. With no regret, we agree to live in it with... Read More
Ruscha Sees L.A.
The Getty has just acquired photographs by Ed Ruscha. Seventy-four prints, including depictions of gas stations from Los Angeles to Oklahoma City along Route... Read More
A Visit to Thomas Demand’s Studio
During my work as a Multicultural Undergraduate Intern at the Getty this summer, I was invited to join colleagues from the Getty Research Institute... Read More
Sam Francis and Mako Idemitsu
Inside the Sam Francis Papers at the Getty Research Institute.
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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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Seven Documentaries Inspired by Photojournalism
“Witnesses in Action,” the documentary film series I curated earlier this month, followed the lenses of brave and talented photographers who took their cameras... 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
Silent Cinema’s Slant on the Ancient World
Old media artifacts like silent films are traditionally thought of as being windows into their individual moments in time. But when they portray another... Read More
Listening to Edward Hopper’s Silence
How do you make a movie about Edward Hopper? The artist—famous for his haunting and enigmatic paintings such as Nighthawks and New York Movie—was... Read More
Enchantresses on Film
The films we screen at the Getty go hand in hand with the art on view. Curating film series related to exhibitions is exciting,... Read More
Sincerity Is the New Radical: Bravo’s Work of Art
I sat down last Wednesday night with some trepidation to watch the premiere of Bravo’s new reality show Work of Art: The Next Great... Read More