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Outdoor Concert Series “Off the 405” Returns to the Getty Center

Dynamic lineup includes Bartees Strange, Los Retros, Hand Habits, and Standing on the Corner Returning for the first time since 2019, Getty’s free concert series Off the 405 is back with an impressive lineup, kicking off June 18 and running through August 27. Featured artists include Bartees Strange, Los Retros, Hand Habits, and Standing on the Corner. Concerts take place from 6 to 9pm and attendees are … Continue reading Outdoor Concert Series “Off the 405” Returns to the Getty Center

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The Getty Announces Locations for 10 Free Community Art Festivals across Los Angeles

First festival kicks off May 14–15 in Inglewood with live music, art activations, food trucks, and more In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Getty Center, the Getty Trust and a diverse group of community partners are launching a 10-part series of free outdoor art festivals in neighborhoods across Los Angeles County from May 14 to August 28. Each festival, produced by Community Arts Resources, … Continue reading The Getty Announces Locations for 10 Free Community Art Festivals across Los Angeles

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Getty Museum Exhibition Brings Together Works by Watteau in Los Angeles Collections

On view November 23, 2021–February 20, 2022, La Surprise: Watteau in Los Angeles explores the work by the greatest French painter and draftsman Jean Antoine Watteau Scenes of courtship, music and dance, strolling lovers, and characters from the commedia dell’arte (the Italian comic theater) were favorite subjects of French painter Jean Antoine Watteau (1684–1721). His paintings do not so much tell a story as they … Continue reading Getty Museum Exhibition Brings Together Works by Watteau in Los Angeles Collections

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Getty Awards New Grants for Curatorial Innovation in Prints and Drawings

Nineteen new grants totaling over $1.55 million will support exhibitions, publications and digital projects that center the graphic arts as part of the Getty Foundation’s ongoing Paper Project initiative. Prints and drawings are an unsung area of curatorial innovation and a place for museums to bring new forms of storytelling to their permanent collections. Launched in 2018, The Paper Project funds professional development and experimental … Continue reading Getty Awards New Grants for Curatorial Innovation in Prints and Drawings

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GETTY VILLA MUSEUM PRESENTS FEMINIST RETELLING OF PANDORA’S BOX MYTH

Virtual play-reading co-produced with TheatreWorks Silicon Valley Pandora Now until March 19, 2021 The Getty Villa Museum presents a FREE virtual play-reading of Pandora, the story of Pandora’s Box by acclaimed playwright Laurel Ollstein, co-produced with TheatreWorks Silicon Valley. In Pandora, Ollstein retells the Pandora’s Box myth from a feminist perspective and asks: What if a woman was suddenly created and dropped into the middle … Continue reading GETTY VILLA MUSEUM PRESENTS FEMINIST RETELLING OF PANDORA’S BOX MYTH

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