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Mark Bradford (bottom left) and members of the Arts for Healing and Justice Network
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NEWS & STORIES
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Interest in pottery is up
The surge in popularity of pottery making has been especially notable in the past four years. After COVID-19 forced life online, people young and old began to hunger for the tactile and meditative satisfaction of hands on clay.
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UCLA student Olive Gonzalez.
Photo: Lucza Brewer / UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture
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Teen takeover
The photographs of the 25 teen winners of Unshuttered Open Call are on display in the Getty Center’s entrance all.
Read more about this year’s theme, and see their work here
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Daydreaming at Fairmont…, 2023, Revin Yamashiro. Image courtesy of the artist
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The Getty Research Journal is now free
The Getty Research Journal, an annual collection of peer-reviewed articles on the visual arts of all cultures, regions, and time periods, is now available as a free, open-access publication.
Read the latest edition here
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AROUND TOWN
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Summer exhibitions opening party at the Hammer Museum
Join the Hammer Museum on Saturday, June 8, at 8 pm to celebrate the opening of four unique exhibitions featuring innovative fashion, an erotic thriller, a seven-foot bubble machine sculpture, and artist EJ Hill’s selections from the Grunwald Center Collection. Enjoy music, late gallery hours, cash bars, and free admission.
RSVP
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NEXT WEEK
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Poetry in the Garden
Wednesday, May 29, 2 pm
Getty Center
Looking for a good day to visit the Getty Center next week?
On Wednesday, you can take a break from viewing exhibitions to enjoy a live reading in Robert Irwin’s Central Garden featuring poet Yesika Salgado.
Learn more and plan your visit
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Yesika Salgado
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IN JUNE
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On disappearing photographs
Thursday, June 6, 12 pm
Online only
Artist Phil Chang and Getty curator Carolyn Peter discuss the unique working process behind the disappearing photographs on display in the current exhibition Nineteenth-Century Photography Now.
Sign up for free reservations here
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Phil Chang installing the exhibition Pictures, Unfixed at The Fulcrum Press, Los Angeles, November 19, 2022–January 8, 2023. Photograph by Joshua Schaedel, The Fulcrum
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Summer concert series
Saturday, June 1, 6 pm
Getty Center
Getty’s free summer concert series, Off the 405, kicks off with Ethiopian jazz and funk artist Hailu Mergia.
Next up: Slauson Malone 1 on June 15, Helado Negro on July 20, Julia Holter on July 27, and Woods on August 24.
Learn more and get free tickets
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Hailu Mergia. Photo courtesy of the artist
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Bacchus Uncorked: Wine in Roman Life—and Death
Saturday and Sunday, June 15 and 16, 5 pm
Getty Villa
Historian Jeremy Hartnett tells a tale of Roman wine and social values, exploring contexts of daily life—from lowbrow taverns to private dining rooms.
Then head to the outer peristyle garden and enjoy wines made from historic varietals known in Roman times and selected by wine educator Diego Meraviglia.
Learn more and purchase tickets
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Sarcophagus with a Wine-Making Scene (detail), 290–300 CE, Roman. Marble. Getty Museum
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The Art of Visual Storytelling
Sunday, June 9, 1 pm
Getty Villa and online
Throughout human history, images have provided a dynamic means of sharing and preserving a culture’s stories. But how do viewers comprehend pictorial narratives, and how do artists convey meaning?
Beginning with the painted ceramic vessels displayed in the exhibition Picture Worlds: Greek, Maya, and Moche Pottery, speakers consider what it means to be visually literate, how the mind processes imagery, and the ways in which, even today, narrative art shapes—and is shaped by—society.
Learn more and get free tickets
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Stirrup-Spout Vessel with Wrinkle Face Fighting Opponents, 500-800 CE, Moche. Terracotta. Fowler Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert L. Lucas Jr. Photo: Donald Cordy. Background illustration: Adapted from a drawing by Donna McClelland. Moche Archive, Dumbarton Oaks, Trustees for Harvard University, Washington, D.C.
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FRAMED
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When a window frames a view just so…
From Get Inspired subscriber Karen Portner: “This image was taken from a window in Banff, Alberta, Canada at the Fairmount Hotel. Lucky for us that we were upgraded to a suite with this beautiful view.”
Have a window-framed scene “hanging” on your wall? Did you snap one somewhere else? Send us the photo! Include your name, camera used, location, and anything else you’d like to share. stories@getty.edu
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Photo: Karen Portner. Canon 7D
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