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A conservation team carries out maintenance treatment on América Tropical.
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ART & ARCHITECTURE
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The unwhitewashing of América Tropical
Summer Ibarra’s project as a Getty Marrow intern introduced her to a censored mural she now works to preserve—David Alfaro Siqueiros’s 80-foot América Tropical, which overlooks the historic enclave of Olvera Street in downtown LA. The mural, its content shocking to some, was painted over shortly after its completion in 1932; and had it not been for the work of activists and scholars, as well as Getty and the City of LA’s conservation efforts, Ibarra might never have heard of it, let alone seen it.
Uncovering the truth
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Summer Ibarra grew up just a couple miles east of the América Tropical site.
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ANCIENT LIFE
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What is a Venus Genetrix?
How do you identify a statue with so many missing bits? Sometimes by its clothing. In this episode of Becoming Artsy, Jessie looks at the distinctive tunic of Venus Genetrix, explains why the goddess of love is sometimes a “Genetrix,” and shows us how the ancient tunic has inspired today’s designers and celebrities.
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Venus Genetrix, 2nd century CE, Roman. Marble. Getty Museum. Gift of Barbara and Lawrence Fleischman
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INSIDE GETTY
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This show will lift you up
You’ve likely heard the tale of Oedipus, the cursed king who killed his father, married his mother, and blinded himself. Not exactly uplifting. But that same story told through powerful gospel music and performed under the stars at the Getty Villa, well that might be just what you need right now.
A sneak peek at The Gospel at Colonus
Tickets still available
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Left to right: Aeriel Williams as Antigone, Kelvin Roston Jr. as Oedipus, and Mark Spates Smith as Theseus during a dress rehearsal.
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FAMILY WORKSHOP
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Artist-at-Work: Modern Calligraphy | Artista en acción: caligrafía moderna
Sunday, September 10, 11:00 am and 1:30 pm
Getty Center, Museum Courtyard
Explore the art of calligraphy in this live demonstration with multidisciplinary creative Melissa Govea. Discover how expressive lettering styles are still used by artists. Produced in partnership with Self Help Graphics & Art.
Learn more about this free, bilingual, drop-in family program
Check out a companion workshop, Making Manuscripts, on the same day
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Initial D: The Fool, with a Dog Face and Wearing Winged Headgear, Menacing Christ (detail), text and illumination about 1285, Bute Master. Tempera colors, gold, and iron gall ink on parchment. Getty Museum
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TALK
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From Drunken Wagers to Artificial Intelligence: Deciphering the Earliest Scripts of Western Asia
Tuesday, September 12, 3:00 pm
Getty Center, Museum Lecture Hall
Assyriologist Jacob L. Dahl discusses the lively history of how the earliest scripts from Western Asia were deciphered.
Get tickets to this free talk
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Copy of a clay tablet from ancient Susa (about 3000 BCE), first published by Vincent Scheil in 1923 (as MDP 17, 36), copy by J.L. Dahl, original in the Louvre Museum, Paris. Photo copyright: J.L. Dahl
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FILM
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Araya: Film Screening and Conversation
Saturday, September 16, 4:00–6:00 pm
Getty Center, Museum Lecture Hall
The award-winning Venezuelan documentary Araya (dir. Margot Benacerraf, 1959, 90 minutes) chronicles the harsh living conditions faced by people working in the salt mines on a small coastal region of Venezuela. After the screening, sit in on a conversation between curators J. Raúl Guzmán (Academy Museum) and Idurre Alonso (Getty). Complements Alfredo Boulton: Looking at Venezuela (1928–1978).
Get tickets to this free screening
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Still from the film Araya, 1959, dir. Margot Benacerraf. Courtesy of Milestone Films
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PERFORMANCE
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Ever Present: JJJJJerome Ellis, Kerry Tribe, Maral
Sunday, September 17, 4:30 pm
Getty Center
Three artists navigate the natural world, their shifting phases of life, and a collision of cultures in this afternoon of poetry and music. This event is part of Ever Present, an ongoing experimental series that brings contemporary performance into the Getty’s architecture and gardens.
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BEFORE YOU GO
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Man with a Hoe (detail), 1860–62, Jean-François Millet. Oil on canvas. Getty Museum
Did you know…
…That this revered painting by Millet, Man with a Hoe, was seen as a provocative act of political protest when it debuted at the 1863 Paris Salon? And that the bourgeousie of the time considered it brutish and frightening, and even compared the figure to a serial killer? Learn more about the painting and the newest scandal surrounding it—one that involves Millet’s grandson and the pedaling of Millet fakes—in a new exhibition opening September 12.
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