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Chandelier (detail), about 1818–19, Gérard Jean Galle. Gilt bronze, glass, painted copper, gilt tin, iron armature. Getty Museum
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ART & ARCHITECTURE
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Two women painters get their due
Sofonisba Anguissola, a Renaissance painter, and Louise Moillon, a still-life artist, navigated complex social hierarchies to achieve a level of acclaim rarely available to their female peers.
Two new Getty publications shed light on their lives and work
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Self-Portrait at the Easel, about 1556, Sofonisba Anguissola. Oil on canvas. Muzeum Zamek, Lancut
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A fishbowl? A chandelier.
How do you design a chandelier fit for King Louis XVIII? Add live goldfish “whose continuous movement will give agreeable recreation to the eye.”
And don’t stop there
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Chandelier (detail), about 1818–19, Gérard Jean Galle. Gilt bronze, glass, painted copper, gilt tin, iron armature. Getty Museum
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INSIDE GETTY
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Evaluating risk
Is it too bright? Too dry? Too cold? Art objects can be sensitive.
150-year-old photographs doubly so
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A computer (right) displaying the data generated by a microfader (left)
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Women in a “house of yes”
During a recent panel discussion at the Getty Center, journalist Jori Finkel asked artist Catherine Opie what advice she’d give her 20-year-old self. “Say yes,” was Opie’s answer. The comment reflected a theme that wound its way through the first talk in the new series Getty Global Talks Presented with Christie’s—that women leaders say yes to responsibility and rewards, and also to sacrifice, discrimination, and constant comparison to their male counterparts.
First Getty Global Talks Presented with Christie’s offered inspiration and resources for women in the arts
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Katherine E. Fleming, Getty President and CEO, and Ann Philbin, Director of the Hammer Museum, in conversation at Getty Global Talks Presented with Christie’s. Photo: Molly O’Keeffe/Capture Imaging
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EVENTS
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10th Annual Bob Baker Day
Sunday, April 21, 10:00 am–5:00 pm
LA State Historic Park
Enjoy a free day of festivities, puppet shows, games, and more at the 10th Annual Bob Baker Day co-sponsored by Getty. Celebrate the Bob Baker Marionette Theater’s 60th anniversary with a host of special guests and support this inclusive nonprofit, whose mission is to preserve, educate, and innovate at the intersection of puppetry and the arts.
Learn more and get free tickets
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Stories on Ceramics: Pictures, Politics, and Primordial Times
Thursday, April 25, 12:00 pm
Online only
The exhibition Picture Worlds: Greek, Maya, and Moche Pottery brings together painted terracotta vessels from three distinct cultures. To explore what we can learn from seeing them side-by-side, three experts each select an example for close looking and address the social and political settings that shape the depiction of mythical tales.
Register for this free online event
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Stirrup-Spout Vessel with a Presentation of Shells, 500–800 CE, Moche. Terracotta. Museo Larco, Lima, Peru, ML013653
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Sounds of LA: An Evening with Rising Stars Fife and Drum & Dom Flemons
Sat., April 27, 6:00 pm; Sun., April 28, 3:00 pm
Getty Center, Harold M. Williams Auditorium
Sharde Thomas reimagines her family’s fife and drum music; Grammy-winner Dom Flemons finds forgotten folk songs and makes them shine again. Presented in collaboration with the Smithsonian Folklife Festival.
Get free tickets
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Dom Flemons; Sharde Thomas
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Archaeology, Museums, and War: Strategies for the 21st Century
Sunday, May 5, 4:00 pm
Getty Villa Museum and online
At this Villa Council Presents lecture, archaeologist C. Brian Rose discusses how heritage destruction during wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, and elsewhere has vastly increased the obligation of scholars to help preserve the art and material culture of antiquity.
Get free tickets
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US soldiers from the 17th Fires Brigade make their way up the reconstructed stairs of the Ziggurat of Ur, Iraq, near Contingency Operating Base Adder, May 18, 2010. Spc. Samantha Ciaramitaro, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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FRAMED
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When a window frames a view just so…
From Get Inspired subscriber Gillian Chessé:
“We’d spent the day hiking 12 miles in southern Patagonia, way up in the Chaltén region. When we arrived at the outpost we were exhausted and exhilarated to be in that glorious place. We went upstairs to our hike-in only hut and looked out our window to see this splendor. A glacier and her turquoise lake.”
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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Near El Chaltén, Argentina. Photo: Gillian Chessé
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