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Modern Antiquity: Picasso, de Chirico, Léger, and Picabia in the Presence of the Antique -2 November 2, 2011–January 16, 2012 at the Getty Villa Juxtaposing 20th-century works with ancient objects, this exhibition focuses on how four eminent artists reinvented and transformed the artistic legacy of antiquity. Classicizing creations such as Giorgio de Chirico's enigmatic piazzas, Pablo Picasso's ..

Modern Antiquity: Picasso, de Chirico, Léger, and Picabia in the Presence of the Antique -1 November 2, 2011–January 16, 2012 at the Getty Villa Juxtaposing 20th-century works with ancient objects, this exhibition focuses on how four eminent artists reinvented and transformed the artistic legacy of antiquity. Classicizing creations such as Giorgio de Chirico's enigmatic piazzas, Pablo Picasso's ..

Lecture Modern Art in Los Angeles—An Evening with De Wain ValentineThe Getty Conservation Institute collaborates with the Getty Research Institute to present a special evening with artist De Wain Valentine on the occasion of the exhibition From Start to Finish: De Wain Valentine’s “Gray Column.” This conversation with the artist investigates the production, conservation, and display challenges t..

Related Publication From Start to Finish: De Wain Valentine’s Gray Column By Tom Learner, Rachel Rivenc, and Emma Richardson This publication explores the fascinating story behind the making of Gray Column, from its original concept to its display at the Getty, which marks the first time the piece will be installed as Valentine intended—standing vertically. The book includes a short essay, a con..

About the Exhibition Gray Column was one of the largest sculptures De Wain Valentine ever cast with polyester resin―the material with which he worked through the 1960s and 1970s to create his dazzling Circles and Columns. This monumental, free-standing slab, measuring 12 feet high and 8 feet wide, will be displayed to the public for the first time. The exhibition From Start to Finish: De Wain Va..

The Düsseldorf Gallery and Its Catalogue At the Getty Research Institute through August 21 Display & Art History The Düsseldorf Gallery and Its Catalogue A revealing look at the origins of the modern museum and art history as a discipline, this exhibition presents rarely exhibited books, prints, and drawings from the special collections of the Getty Research Institute. Get an in-depth look at th..

Jean-Siméon Chardin Nobody has a greater understanding of the harmony of color and reflections. Ah, Chardin, what you grind on your palette is not this color or that, red, black, or white, but the very substance of things. Jean-Siméon Chardin impressed critic Denis Diderot with his unique style and impeccable technique, which he applied to what was then considered a lowly genre, the still life. ..

Getty Artists Program The Getty Center The Getty Artists Program extends the education department's existing artist-based programs to include individual artist projects or residencies. Invitations are extended to artists who have shown a strong interest in education. One artist is selected each year and given the freedom to select an audience to work with, and to develop the focus and format of ..

Color Moves: Art and Fashion by Sonia Delaunay is funded in part by The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, The Coby Foundation, Ltd., The Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation, the Ehrenkranz Fund, and the Esme Usdan Exhibition Endowment Fund. Known primarily as an abstract painter and colorist, Sonia Delaunay applied her talents and theories to all areas of visual expression, including graphics..

Obsidian Mirror-Travels: Refracting Ancient Mexican Art and Archaeology This exhibition explores representations of Mexican archaeological objects and sites made from the Colonial era to the present. From the first moments of contact, Mexico's indigenous civilizations evoked in their European conquerors an array of unsettling emotions ranging from fascination to fear. Eradicating populations, de..