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INSIDE GETTY
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A career devoted to preserving great works of art
Antoine ‘Ton’ Wilmering’s passion for conservation took him from the Netherlands to Taiwan to the Getty Foundation. Now the senior program officer works with colleagues and specialists to help preserve modern architecture and other cultural heritage sites around the world. His weekends? Those are for woodworking with antique tools. “I value objects that are already made,” he says.
A day in the life of Antoine Wilmering
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Wilmering holds Dutch woodworking planes used to shape curved surfaces.
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ART & ARCHITECTURE
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The emotion behind van Gogh’s brushstrokes
In the latest Becoming Artsy episode, Jessie explores the painting technique of impasto by looking at some of Vincent van Gogh’s artworks. Impasto allowed the artist to heighten vibrant colors and add emotion and movement to his paintings. “Violent” moods, he wrote to his brother, required lots of impasto.
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ANCIENT LIFE
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New website teaches middle and high schoolers about the ancient world
Getty has launched Explore Ancient Worlds through Art, a website focused on objects from the antiquities collection at the Getty Villa Museum. The site, geared toward students in grades 6–12, includes videos, audio clips, and 12 object learning guides with discussion prompts and activity ideas for the classroom. Educators and students alike can learn more about antiquity and have a lot of fun along the way!
Check out the new website
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The Medusa Mirror video explores the mythical monster that turned people to stone just with side-eye.
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PERFORMANCE
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Off the 405: Alabaster DePlume
Saturday, August 26
DJ set 6:00 pm, performance 7:30 pm
Getty Center Museum Courtyard
British poet and saxophonist Alabaster DePlume encourages his devoted audiences to recognize the simple act of living. His songs are built on sonorous circular melodies and luminous tones that transmit calmness in warm waves. Each concert is unique, shaped by his candid, vulnerable interactions with collaborating musicians and the audience.
Learn more about this free concert
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Photo: Chris Almeida
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BEFORE YOU GO
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Portrait of a Seated Young Woman and Dog (detail), 1845–1847, American. Daguerreotype. Getty Museum
Do you know…
…why people rarely smiled in old photos? Bad day? Bad teeth?
According to photography curator Antares Wells, one reason is technical: the exposure time for early photographs was long, so a natural smile could easily turn to a grimace. But there’s more to it than technology: showing your teeth was associated with mental illness, drunkenness, and lewdness. (Imagine what they’d think of our selfies.)
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