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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..

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..

Personal Connections with Photography Find Lessons The latest installment of our In Focus exhibition series features the tree. Through the works of artists such as William Henry Fox Talbot, Carleton Watkins, Alfred Stieglitz, and others, this exhibition spans the history of photography to address the image of the tree in its many connotations: as a graphic form, a universal icon of strength, and..

In Search of Biblical Lands From Jerusalem to Jordan in 19th-Century Photography At the J. Paul Getty Museum, Getty Villa March 2—September 12, 2011 In the 1800s travelers came to the eastern margins of the Mediterranean and encountered a landscape of belief, at once forbidding and monotonous. Propelled by a connection to the Old and New Testaments of the Bible and encouraged by texts recently d..

Brush and Shutter: Early Photography in China Jeffrey W. Cody Brought to Asia by Europeans in the early 1840s, photography was both a witness to the dramatic cultural changes taking place in China and a catalyst to further modernization. Employing both ink brush and camera, Chinese painters adapted the new medium, grafting it onto traditional aesthetic conventions. This exhibition features work..

Dear , ... Sustainable agriculture, locally grown produce, and simple preparation of food have never been more popular. Or have they? In fact, Mexico has been practicing these concepts for hundreds of years, and they’re on display throughout the Folklife Festival that is taking place on the Mall in Washington this week. From demonstrations of tequila and mezcal production to traditional farming ..

When Buildings Become Symbols The Getty Center Illuminated manuscripts offer some of the best records of medieval architecture's soaring cathedrals and grand castles. The built environment permeated life in the Middle Ages, and artists manipulated the forms of buildings in their illuminations to tell stories and to convey the meaning of these impressive structures to the people who lived within ..

Fowler Museum at UCLA • Art, Activism, Access: 40 Years of Ethnic Studies at UCLA looks at key local moments in our nation's ongoing struggle with diversity, access, and inclusion. Through June 13. • Nick Cave: Meet Me at the Center of the Earth features Cave's "Soundsuits"—identity-obscuring wearable artworks—that took shape following the civil unrest in L.A. in 1992. Through May 30. Skirball C..

..... Drawing Hour Dates: Two Sundays every month. Upcoming dates: Time: 2;00–4:30 p.m. Location: ...... Center, Museum galleries Admission: Free; space is limited. How to Participate This Drawing Hour is free and open to 45 participants on a first-come, first-served basis. Sign up on the day of the session beginning at 2:30 p.m. at the Information Desk in the Museum Entrance Hall. Materials Bri..

Tours of the RA Collections, Library and Archive offer a rare opportunity to explore behind the scenes of one of the oldest, richest and least-known repositories of British art in this country. The RA Collections, which hold important works by many of our most admired painters, sculptors, architects and printmakers, are unique in having been assembled not by connoisseurs or museum curators, but ..