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The Destruction of Pharaoh’s Host, 1836, John Martin. Watercolor and oil paint, with pen and brown ink and scraping out over black chalk. Getty Museum
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NEW EXHIBITION
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Finding an Audience: Nineteenth-Century Drawings
A new exhibition at the Getty Center features nearly 40 drawings by Edgar Degas, Gustav Klimt, JMW Turner, and other celebrated artists. Some works were intended to impress at an exhibition or to be cherished by collectors, while others were treasures given to friends or family members. “Today’s audiences will no doubt be dazzled by them and intrigued by their stories,” says Julian Brooks, senior curator of drawings at the Getty Museum.
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At the Circus: Entering the Ring, 1899, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Black and colored chalks. Getty Museum
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NEW PODCAST
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Recording Artists Season 2: Intimate Addresses
Join host Tess Taylor as she dives into the lives of six artists—Marcel Duchamp, Frida Kahlo, M. C. Richards, Ben Patterson, Nam June Paik, and Meret Oppenheim—sharing personal letters pulled from Getty’s archives. Actor Anna Deavere Smith reads the letters, and contemporary artists and art historians weigh in.
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Rrose Sélavy (Marcel Duchamp), 1923, Man Ray. Gelatin silver print. Getty Museum. © Man Ray Trust ARS-ADAGP
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ANCIENT LIFE
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He’s not mad, he’s just important
Visit the Getty Villa Museum and you’ll see many fine examples of “portrait busts”—what esteemed or wealthy ancient Roman emperors, politicians, and other members of the elite often commissioned so they’d be remembered after death. But why do these privileged people look so grumpy? Jessie finds out in this latest episode of Becoming Artsy.
What are portrait busts, and why do they look like that?
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Bust of a Man (detail), 25 BCE–10 CE, Roman. Marble. Getty Museum. Image: Bruce White Photography
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ART & ARCHITECTURE
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Walking the streets of turn-of-the-century Paris
The entrance to a bar. A door knocker held in a lion’s mouth. Mannequins in shop windows. These are just some of the everyday details captured by French photographer Eugène Atget in his obsessive documentation of Paris and its environs. Here are 10 photographs by Atget that caught the eye of curator Antares Wells as she readied them for our Atget exhibition.
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Hôtel Gabriel d’Estrées, rue des Francs-Bourgeois (detail), 1898, Eugène Atget. Albumen silver print. Getty Museum, Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon in honor of Jim Cuno
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EVENTS
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Calligraphy and manuscript-making family workshops
Sun., Oct. 1, beginning at 11:00 am
Museum Courtyard, Getty Center
Explore the art of calligraphy in a live demonstration with Melissa Govea and join a modern-day scriptorium to design your own illuminated manuscript page.
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Celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Sat., Oct. 7, 12:00–4:00 pm
Getty Center
Getty hosts its second annual celebration of Southern California’s vibrant Native American cultures. Taste traditional Mesoamerican flavors; join a block-stamp workshop led by Meztli Projects; enjoy musical performances; and much more.
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Images of plants and animals from Book 11 of the Florentine Codex: Cuitlachtli (“wolf” or “bear”), Tapachtli (“shell” or “river mollusk”), Nopalli (“prickly pear cactus”). Ms. Mediceo Palatino 220, 1577, fol. 5v, 64v, 126 respectively. Courtesy the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Florence, and by permission of MiBACT
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Making Monsters with Mary Doodles
Sat., Oct. 7, 11:00 am, 1:00, and 2:30 pm
Education Court, Getty Villa Museum
Join illustrator and YouTube artist Mary Doodles for an all-ages monster-drawing workshop. Use drawing materials, inspiration from Getty Villa artworks, and your imagination to create scary, friendly, or silly monsters.
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AROUND TOWN
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Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra presents Lineage
Sat., Sept. 30, 7:30 pm, The Wallis
Sun., Oct. 1, 7:30, Zipper Hall
In the inaugural concert of the 23–24 season, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and pianist Anne-Marie McDermott question how the past shapes us, tracing the familial and musical lineage of Afro-British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and his daughter, pianist/composer Avril Coleridge-Taylor. Use code LACOWEST for 20% off.
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Pianist Anne-Marie McDermott
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HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH
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Who sculpted this hand?
Hint: This 17th-century Spanish artist served as sculptor to the royal chambers of two kings of Spain.
The answer
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