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December 2, 2008 |
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Masterpiece of the Week Talk
Daily, December 2 - December 7, 2008
4 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
This 15-minute gallery talk offers an in-depth look at one object. This week the featured work of art is Chandelier by Gérard-Jean Galle. Meet at the Museum Information Desk.
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Architecture Tour
Tuesdays - Thursdays and Sundays through June 30, 2009
10:15 am, 11 am, 1 pm, 2 pm, 3 pm
Museum Entrance Hall, Getty Center
Getty Center architecture tours are offered daily by docents. Tours last 30–45 minutes. Meet outside in front of the Museum Entrance Hall.
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Collection Highlights Tour
Daily through June 30, 2009
11 am
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
This one-hour tour provides an overview of major works from the Museum's collection. Offered in English and Spanish on weekends. Meet at the Museum Information Desk.
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Garden Tour
Daily through June 30, 2009
11:30 am, 12:30 pm, 2:30 pm, 3:30 pm
Central Garden, Getty Center
Garden Tours are offered daily by docents. They focus on the Central Garden and landscaping of the Getty Center site. Tours last 45–60 minutes. Meet in front of the Museum Entrance Hall.
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Focus Tour: Medieval and Renaissance Art
Tuesdays through June 30, 2009
3 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
Enjoy a one-hour tour focusing on the Getty's medieval and Renaissance collections by exploring the art and culture of these related and distinctive historic periods. Meet at the Museum Information Desk.
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December 3, 2008 |
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Focus Tour: Baroque and Rococo Art
Wednesdays through June 30, 2009
3 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
Enjoy a one-hour tour focusing on the Getty's baroque and rococo collections by exploring the art and culture of these related and distinctive historic periods of the 17th- and 18th-centuries. Meet at the Museum Information Desk.
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December 4, 2008 |
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Focus Tour: Neoclassical and Romantic Art
Thursdays through June 30, 2009
3 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
Enjoy a one-hour tour focusing on neoclassicism and romanticism in the Getty's collection by exploring the art and culture of these related and distinctive movements of the 18th- and 19th-centuries. Meet at the Museum Information Desk.
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December 5, 2008 |
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Architecture Tour
Fridays and Saturdays through June 30, 2009
10:15 am, 11 am, 1 pm, 2 pm, 3 pm, 4 pm
Museum Entrance Hall, Getty Center
Getty Center architecture tours are offered daily by docents. Tours last 30–45 minutes. Meet outside in front of the Museum Entrance Hall.
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Focus Tour: Realist and Impressionist Art
Fridays through June 30, 2009
3 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
Enjoy a one-hour tour focusing on realism and impressionism in the Getty's collection by exploring the art and culture of these related and distinctive 19th-century movements. Meet at the Museum Information Desk.
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December 6, 2008 |
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Focus Tour: Modern and Contemporary Art
Saturdays through June 30, 2009
3 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
Enjoy a one-hour tour focusing on modern and contemporary works at the Getty museum by exploring the art and culture of the late 19th-, 20th-, and 21st-centuries. Meet at the Museum Information Desk.
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December 7, 2008 |
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Focus Tour: Sculpture Discovery Walk
Sundays through June 30, 2009
3 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
Enjoy a one-hour tour focusing on the Getty's collection of sculpture by exploring works from European history and the recent past. Meet at the Museum Information Desk.
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December 9, 2008 |
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Masterpiece of the Week Talk
Daily, December 9 - December 14, 2008
4 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
This 15-minute gallery talk offers an in-depth look at one object. This week the featured work of art is Salome Presents the Head of John the Baptist by the Limbourg Brothers. Meet at the Museum Information Desk.
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December 10, 2008 |
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Curator's Gallery Talk
Wednesday December 10, 2008
1:30 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
Erin Garcia, assistant curator of photographs, the J. Paul Getty Museum, leads a gallery talk on the exhibition Dialogue among Giants: Carleton Watkins and the Rise of Photography in California. Meet under the stairs in the Museum Entrance Hall.
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December 13, 2008 |
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Point-of-View: Artist Talk
Saturday December 13, 2008
2:30 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
Nancy Turner, conservator of manuscripts, department of paper conservation, the J. Paul Getty Museum, and bookmaker, will explore one of the greatest of all French medieval manuscripts, the Belles Heures of the Duke of Berry. On loan from the renouned Cloisters Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and exhibited disbound for the first time, the manuscript will be discussed from the perspective of how it was originally constructed. Sign up at the Museum Information Desk beginning at 1 p.m. the day of the talk.
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December 16, 2008 |
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Masterpiece of the Week Talk
Daily, December 16 - December 21, 2008
4 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
This 15-minute gallery talk offers an in-depth look at one object. This week the featured work of art is Portrait of Camillo Rospigliosi attributed to Giovanni Battista Calandra. Meet at the Museum Information Desk.
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December 23, 2008 |
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Exhibition Tour: Captured Emotions: Baroque Painting in Bologna, 1575–1725
Daily, December 23, 2008 - May 3, 2009
1:30 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
A special one-hour exhibition overview of Captured Emotions: Baroque Painting in Bologna, 1575–1725. Meet at the Museum Information Desk.
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Curator's Gallery Talk
Tuesday December 23, 2008
2:30 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
Thomas Kren, senior curator of manuscripts, the J. Paul Getty Museum, leads a gallery talk on the exhibition The Belles Heures of the Duke of Berry. Meet under the stairs in the Museum Entrance Hall.
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January 6, 2009 |
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Masterpiece of the Week Talk
Daily, January 6 - January 11, 2009
4 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
This 15-minute gallery talk offers an in-depth look at one object. This week the featured work of art is Baronne de Domecy by Odilon Redon. Meet at the Museum Information Desk.
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January 13, 2009 |
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Masterpiece of the Week Talk
Daily, January 13 - January 18, 2009
4 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
This 15-minute gallery talk offers an in-depth look at one object. This week the featured work of art is Bust of Mary Seacole by Henry Weekes. Meet at the Museum Information Desk.
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January 14, 2009 |
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Curator's Gallery Talk
Wednesday January 14, 2009
2:30 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
Erin Garcia, assistant curator of photographs, the J. Paul Getty Museum, leads a gallery talk on the exhibition Dialogue among Giants: Carleton Watkins and the Rise of Photography in California. Meet under the stairs in the Museum Entrance Hall.
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January 15, 2009 |
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Curator's Gallery Talk
Thursday January 15, 2009
1:30 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
A curator from the department of paintings, the J. Paul Getty Museum, leads a gallery talk on the exhibition Captured Emotions: Baroque Painting in Bologna, 1575–1725. Meet under the stairs in the Museum Entrance Hall.
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January 17, 2009 |
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Point-of-View: Artist Talk
Saturday January 17, 2009
2:30 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
Painter Aaron Smith, who mines the depths of art history for images that correspond to current issues of indentity, discusses the contemporary relevance of works in the exhibition Drawing the Classical Figure. Sign up at the Museum Information Desk beginning at 1 p.m. the day of the talk.
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January 20, 2009 |
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Masterpiece of the Week Talk
Daily, January 20 - January 25, 2009
4 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
This 15-minute gallery talk offers an in-depth look at one object. This week the featured work of art is Baptism by Giuseppe Maria Crespi. Meet at the Museum Information Desk.
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January 21, 2009 |
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Curator's Gallery Talk
Wednesday January 21, 2009
2:30 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
Thomas Kren, senior curator of manuscripts, the J. Paul Getty Museum, leads a gallery talk on the exhibition The Belles Heures of the Duke of Berry. Meet under the stairs in the Museum Entrance Hall.
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January 22, 2009 |
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Curator's Gallery Talk
Thursday January 22, 2009
2:30 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
Stephanie Schrader, associate curator of drawings, the J. Paul Getty Museum, leads a gallery talk on the exhibition Drawing the Classical Figure. Meet under the stairs in the Museum Entrance Hall.
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January 27, 2009 |
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Masterpiece of the Week Talk
Daily, January 27 - February 1, 2009
4 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
This 15-minute gallery talk offers an in-depth look at one object. This week the featured work of art is That Profile by Martin Puryear. Meet at the Museum Information Desk.
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February 3, 2009 |
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Masterpiece of the Week Talk
Daily, February 3 - February 8, 2009
4 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
This 15-minute gallery talk offers an in-depth look at one object. This week the featured work of art is Portrait of Marquise de Miramon by Jacques Joseph Tissot. Meet at the Museum Information Desk.
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February 4, 2009 |
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Curator's Gallery Talk
Wednesday February 4, 2009
2:30 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
Thomas Kren, senior curator of manuscripts, the J. Paul Getty Museum, leads a gallery talk on the exhibition The Belles Heures of the Duke of Berry. Meet under the stairs in the Museum Entrance Hall.
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February 10, 2009 |
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Masterpiece of the Week Talk
Daily, February 10 - February 15, 2009
4 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
This 15-minute gallery talk offers an in-depth look at one object. This week the featured work of art is Joseph and Potiphar's Wife by Simone Cantarini. Meet at the Museum Information Desk.
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February 11, 2009 |
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Curator's Gallery Talk
Wednesday February 11, 2009
2:30 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
Stephanie Schrader, associate curator of drawings, the J. Paul Getty Museum, leads a gallery talk on the exhibition Drawing the Classical Figure. Meet under the stairs in the Museum Entrance Hall.
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February 14, 2009 |
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Point-of-View: Artist Talk
Saturday February 14, 2009
2:30 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
Artist Ruth Weisberg's recent series of paintings, drawings, and monotypes on view at the Norton Simon Museum were inspired by the Baroque artist Guido Canacci. She discusses the power of Baroque painting, the Bolognese painters, and the Carracci and their followers. Complements the exhibition Captured Emotions: Baroque Painting in Bologna, 1575#8211;1725. Sign up at the Museum Information Desk beginning at 1:00 p.m. the day of the talk.
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February 17, 2009 |
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Masterpiece of the Week Talk
Daily, February 17 - March 22, 2009
4 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
This 15-minute gallery talk offers an in-depth look at one object. This week the featured work of art is Bust of a Man by Francis Harwood. Meet at the Museum Information Desk.
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February 18, 2009 |
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Curator's Gallery Talk
Wednesday February 18, 2009
2:30 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
Jane Bassett, conservator of decorative arts, leads a gallery talk on the exhibition La Roldana's Royal Commission: The Making of a Polychrome Sculpture. Meet under the stairs in the Museum Entrance Hall.
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February 24, 2009 |
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Masterpiece of the Week Talk
Daily, February 24 - March 1, 2009
4 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
This 15-minute gallery talk offers an in-depth look at one object. This week the featured work of art is Portrait Study by Théodore Géricault. Meet at the Museum Information Desk.
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Curator's Gallery Talk
Tuesday February 24, 2009
1:30 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
Andreas Henning, curator of Italian painting at the Old Masters Picture Gallery of the State Art Collections Dresden, leads a gallery talk on the exhibition Captured Emotions: Baroque Painting in Bologna, 1575–1725. Meet under the stairs in the Museum Entrance Hall.
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March 18, 2009 |
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Curator's Gallery Talk
Wednesday March 18, 2009
2:30 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
Jane Bassett, conservator of decorative arts, leads a gallery talk on the exhibition La Roldana's Royal Commission: The Making of a Polychrome Sculpture. Meet under the stairs in the Museum Entrance Hall.
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March 19, 2009 |
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Curator's Gallery Talk
Thursday March 19, 2009
2:30 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
Antoine Wilmering, program officer at the Getty Foundation, and Jeffrey Weaver, associate curator of sculpture and decorative arts, lead a gallery talk on the exhibition Tales in Sprinkled Gold: Japanese Lacquer for European Collectors. Meet under the stairs in the Museum Entrance Hall.
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April 16, 2009 |
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Curator's Gallery Talk
Thursday April 16, 2009
2:30 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
Antoine Wilmering, program officer at the Getty Foundation, and Jeffrey Weaver, associate curator of sculpture and decorative arts, lead a gallery talk on the exhibition Tales in Sprinkled Gold: Japanese Lacquer for European Collectors. Meet under the stairs in the Museum Entrance Hall.
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April 30, 2009 |
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Curator's Gallery Talk
Thursday April 30, 2009
1:30 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
A curator from the department of paintings, the J. Paul Getty Museum, leads a gallery talk on the exhibition Captured Emotions: Baroque Painting in Bologna, 1575–1725. Meet under the stairs in the Museum Entrance Hall.
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May 14, 2009 |
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Curator's Gallery Talk
Thursday May 14, 2009
2:30 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
Antoine Wilmering, program officer at the Getty Foundation, and Jeffrey Weaver, associate curator of sculpture and decorative arts, lead a gallery talk on the exhibition Tales in Sprinkled Gold: Japanese Lacquer for European Collectors. Meet under the stairs in the Museum Entrance Hall.
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Tours and Gallery Talks |
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December 1, 2008 |
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Spotlight Talk
Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays through December 29, 2008
11 am
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
This 20-minute gallery talk introduces ways of looking at ancient art through an in-depth exploration of one object in the collection. This month the featured object is a Roman sarcophagus featuring a Dionysian Vintage Festival from around A.D. 290–300. Sign up at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Entrance 15 minutes before the talk.
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Orientation Tour
Daily through December 31, 2009
10:30 am, 12:30 pm, 2:30 pm
Getty Villa
This 40-minute tour offers an overview of the Getty Villa, focusing on its architecture and educational mission. Meet at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Entrance.
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Day Without Art Spotlight Talk: Gravestone of Apollonia
Monday December 1, 2008
11:15 am
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
This 20-minute gallery talk offered on Day Without Art explores the tradition of commemoration in antiquity by looking closely at an ancient Greek grave stele of a young girl. Space is limited. Sign up at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Entrance 15 minutes before the talk.
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Getty Villa Architecture and Gardens Tour
Daily through December 31, 2009
11:30 am, 1:30 pm, 3:30 pm
Museum, Getty Villa
This 40-minute tour explores the architecture and gardens of the Getty Villa and their historical prototypes. Meet at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Entrance.
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Day Without Art Talk: Ancient Herbs and Commemoration
Monday December 1, 2008
12 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
This 20-minute talk offered in the Villa gardens on Day Without Art explores the tradition of commemoration in antiquity by examining ancient herbs and plants. Space is limited. Sign up at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Entrance 15 minutes before the talk.
Learn more about Day Without Art
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Day Without Art Spotlight Talk: Sarcophagus Panel with the Myth of Endymion and Selene
Monday December 1, 2008
1 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
This 20-minute gallery talk offered on Day Without Art explores the tradition of commemoration in antiquity by looking closely at a marble sarcophagus panel representing an ancient myth associated with eternal sleep and memory. Space is limited. Sign up at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Entrance 15 minutes before the talk.
Learn more about Day Without Art
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Collection Highlights Tour
Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays through June 29, 2009
2 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
This one-hour tour provides an overview of major works from the Museum's collection. Space is limited. Sign up at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Entrance 15 minutes before the tour.
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Day Without Art Talk: Ancient Herbs and Commemoration
Monday December 1, 2008
2:15 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
This 20-minute talk in the Villa gardens offered on Day Without Art explores the tradition of commemoration in antiquity by examining ancient herbs and plants. Space is limited. Sign up at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Entrance 15 minutes before the talk.
Learn more about Day Without Art
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Conservator's Focus Tour
Monday December 1, 2008
3 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
Join a Getty conservator for a unique museum experience. Tours are offered on a variety of topics, including the restoration of ancient vases and the techniques used to conserve ancient stone and metal sculptures, glass vessels, fresco fragments, and wood panel paintings. Get an insider's perspective on how the Museum's collection has been restored, conserved, and prepared for the future. Space is limited. Sign up at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Entrance 15 minutes before the tour.
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Day Without Art Spotlight Talk: Mummy of Herakleides
Monday December 1, 2008
4 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
This 20-minute gallery talk offered on Day Without Art explores the tradition of commemoration in antiquity by examining ancient burial traditions in Greco-Roman Egypt. Space is limited. Sign up at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Entrance 15 minutes before the talk.
Learn more about Day Without Art
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December 4, 2008 |
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An Introduction to Jim Dine: Poet Singing Tour
Thursday December 4, 2008
3 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
Join a Museum educator for a brief introduction to the exhibition Jim Dine: Poet Singing (The Flowering Sheets). This exhibition presents new work and poetry by Jim Dine based on ancient Greek sculptures in the Museum's collection. The first contemporary art project at the Getty Villa, this installation illustrates the continuing influence of antiquity on living artists. Space is limited. Sign up at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Entrance 15 minutes before the talk.
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December 5, 2008 |
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Curator's Gallery Talk
Friday December 5, 2008
3 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
Rainer Mack, manager of education at the Getty Villa, leads a one-hour talk on the exhibition Jim Dine: Poet Singing (The Flowering Sheets). Space is limited. Meet at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Entrance 15 minutes before the talk.
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December 6, 2008 |
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Spotlight Talk
Weekends December 6 - December 28, 2008
1:30 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
This 20-minute gallery talk introduces ways of looking at ancient art through an in-depth exploration of one object in the collection. This month the featured object is a Roman sarcophagus featuring a Dionysian Vintage Festival from around A.D. 290–300. Sign up at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Entrance 15 minutes before the talk.
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Collection Highlights Tour
Weekends through December 31, 2009
11 am
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
This one-hour tour provides an overview of major works from the Museum's collection. Offered in English and Spanish. Space is limited. Sign up at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Entrance 15 minutes before the tour.
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December 7, 2008 |
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Animals in the Ancient World Focus Tour
Sunday December 7, 2008
3 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
From the ferocious felines of the gladiators to snakes used to ward off evil, explore the world of animals through the art of the ancient Greeks and Romans. This tour discusses their symbolism, use in myth, and in daily life. Space is limited. Tour topic subject to change. Sign up at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Entrance 15 minutes before the talk.
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December 8, 2008 |
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Delighting in Violence Focus Tour
Monday December 8, 2008
3 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
Images of aggression, physical struggle and violence appear on many objects in the Museum's collection—vases, sculpture, mosaics, and sarcophagi. This one-hour tour considers why such themes were popular, and in particular the ways in which they may be instructive or assertions of prowess and civilization. Space is limited. Tour topic subject to change. Sign up at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Entrance 15 minutes before the talk.
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December 11, 2008 |
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An Introduction to Jim Dine: Poet Singing Tour
Thursday December 11, 2008
3 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
Join a Museum educator for a brief introduction to the exhibition Jim Dine: Poet Singing (The Flowering Sheets). This exhibition presents new work and poetry by Jim Dine based on ancient Greek sculptures in the Museum's collection. The first contemporary art project at the Getty Villa, this installation illustrates the continuing influence of antiquity on living artists. Space is limited. Sign up at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Entrance 15 minutes before the talk.
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December 14, 2008 |
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The Unexplained and Mysterious Focus Tour
Sunday December 14, 2008
3 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
From a Roman mummy to one of the oldest and most puzzling sculptures in the collection, join us for this one-hour tour as we take a look at some of the Getty VillaÕs most mysterious pieces and discuss the unknown. Space is limited. Tour topic subject to change. Sign up at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Entrance 15 minutes before the talk.
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