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FallatTHEGETTY Opening EXHIBITIONS 1 GETTY CENTER Drawing in the Age of Rubens This exhibition of Flemish drawings from the Getty Spectacular Rubens: Museum’s collection attests to the fl ourishing of artistic The Triumph of the Eucharist culture in the Southern from the 16th to the 17th centuries and features drawings made by Peter Paul In the early 1620s, Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens Rubens and his most talented pupils, as well as sheets designed a series of monumental tapestries for the devout by his contemporaries and predecessors. This survey of Infanta Isabel Clara Eugenia celebrating the spiritual victory drawn landscapes, fi gural studies, and religious subjects of the Roman . This exhibition unites his demonstrates the master’s grand, synthetic vision as well as exhilarating oil sketches in the collection of the Prado the dynamic tradition of his native Flanders. Museum with the magnifi cent tapestries, rare loans from the Patrimonio Nacional in Madrid. For its 14, 2014– 11, 2015 astonishing visual illusions and fascinating array of Museum, West Pavilion fi gures, the Eucharist series is one of the wonders of the Baroque period. Josef Koudelka: Nationality Doubtful October 14, 2014–January 11, 2015 After photographing theatrical productions in Museum, Exhibitions Pavilion and Roma settlement camps across Eastern Europe, Josef Koudelka risked his life to document the 1968 invasion of . His images of the event, smuggled into the West and reproduced worldwide, forced his exile. This exhibition presents more than 180 works produced over fi ve decades by this legendary photographer. This exhibition was co-organized by the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Art Institute of Chicago, in association with Fundación MAPFRE. 11, 2014– 22, 2015 Museum, Center for Photographs, West Pavilion

Prague, 1968, Josef Koudelka. Gelatin silver print. Image courtesy of and © Josef Koudelka/ The Triumph of the Church (detail), about 1626–33, woven by Jan Raes I after designs by Peter Paul Rubens. Wool and silk. Image courtesy of the Patrimonio Nacional, Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales, Madrid. Photograph by Bruce White World War I: War of Images, In Focus: Play Images of War The introduction of photography in 1839 coincided This exhibition looks back on the art and visual culture of with major social and economic changes spurred by the the First World War—a war of unprecedented mechanized Industrial Revolution and a burgeoning culture of leisure. In slaughter as well as a confl ict over the cultural dominance addition to documenting historic events, this new medium and direction of Europe. A selection of materials mainly was used to record the everyday, including the many ways from the Getty Research Institute’s collections—including people spent their free time. This exhibition traces the satirical journals, print portfolios, and fi rsthand accounts development of leisure and play as photographic subjects such as a war diary—demonstrates how combatant nations through the works of artists such as Platt D. Babbitt, Eugène utilized visual culture to help defeat their enemies and Atget, Roger Fenton, and Lauren Greenfi eld, among others. shows how artists developed their own visual language December 23, 2014–May 10, 2015 to convey the gruesome horrors they witnessed. Museum, Center for Photographs, West Pavilion , 2014–April 19, 2015 Getty Research Institute Galleries I and II

Initial E: The Adoration of the Magi, cutting from a choir book, 1470s, Franco dei Russi. Tempera and gold on parchment. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. 83, recto

Give and Ye Shall Receive: Gift Giving in the Middle Ages In the Middle Ages, gift exchange helped people defi ne their relationships to family and friends, to acquaintances and I Have You My Captain. You Won’t Fall, 1917, Paul Iribe. strangers, to God and to the church. This exhibition, drawn From À coups de baïonnette 9 (June 1917), from the Museum’s permanent collection, examines models pp. 424–25. The Getty Research Institute for giving found in scripture and in the lives of the saints, explores how gift giving functioned in medieval society, and highlights the special role of the medieval book as a gift. Summer, The Lower East Side, New York City, 1937, Weegee (Arthur Fellig). Gelatin silver print. The J. Paul Getty Museum. , 2014–March 15, 2015 © International Center of Photography Museum, North Pavilion 2 Opening EXHIBITIONS On View EXHIBITIONS

3 GETTY VILLA Dangerous Perfection: GETTY CENTER Funerary Vases from Southern Ancient Luxury and the Roman Silver Thirteen monumental Apulian vases provide a rich Yvonne Rainer: Dances and Films Treasure from opportunity to examine how peoples native to southern Italy Through October 12, 2014 The spectacular hoard of gilt-silver statuettes and vessels used Greek myth to comprehend death and the afterlife. Getty Research Institute Galleries I and II know as the Berthouville Treasure is on view following Displayed following a six-year conservation project at the four years of meticulous conservation and research at the Antikensammlung Berlin and the Getty Villa, these vessels Minor White: Getty Villa. The exhibition allows viewers to appreciate their also reveal the hand of Raffaele Gargiulo, a renowned Manifestations of the Spirit full splendor and offers new insights about ancient art, restorer in 19th-century Naples. His work exemplifi es technology, religion, and cultural interaction. The opulent what one concerned antiquarian described as “dangerous Through , 2014 cache is presented in its entirety for the fi rst time outside perfection,” and the exhibition explores the methods used Museum, Center for Photographs, West Pavilion Paris, together with other Roman luxury objects. to reassemble and repaint these vases.

This exhibition was organized by the J. Paul Getty Museum Generous support for the exhibition was provided by the in collaboration with the Bibliothèque nationale de , J. Paul Getty Museum’s Villa Council. Département de Monnaies, médailles et antiques, Paris. November 19, 2014–, 2015 Generous support for the exhibition was provided by the Museum, Floor 2 J. Paul Getty Museum’s Villa Council. November 19, 2014– 17, 2015 Museum, Floor 2

FuneraryFun Vessel with Orestes at Delphi Statuette of , Roman, 2nd–3rd century andan Nike Sacrifi cing a Ram, Greek, from A.D. Silver and gold, mounted on an early Apulia,Ap South Italy, about 350 B.C. Red- 19th–century wax support. Bibliothèque national fi ggured volute krater associated with Tom Murphy, San Francisco, 1948, Minor White. Gelatin de France, Département des monnais, médailles the Iliupersis Painter. Antikensammlung, silver print. The Minor White Archive, Princeton University et antiques, Paris StaatlicheSta Museen zu Berlin Art Museum, bequest of Minor White. © Trustees of Princeton University Convergences: Selected Photographs Move! In Focus: Tokyo from the Permanent Collection Engaging body and mind, this 45-minute session includes Tuesday, , 3:30 p.m. Through October 19, 2014 movement for all ability levels. Step into a physical Museum, Center for Photographs, West Pavilion “conversation” in this interactive, non-traditional Spectacular Rubens: The Triumph exploration of selected artworks in the Getty collection. Meet under the stairs in the Museum Entrance Hall. of the Eucharist Chivalry in the Middle Ages Wednesday, October 22 and 29, 1:30 p.m. Thursdays, – (except Through November 30, 2014 ), 2:30 p.m. Museum, North Pavilion Getty Center: Museum Galleries World War I: War of Images, Images of War In Focus: Tokyo L.A. Odyssey Project Thursdays, November 20–December 18, 2:00 p.m. Through December 14, 2014 As part of the Library Foundation’s monthlong celebration Tuesday, December 2, 9, and 16, 12:00 p.m. Museum, Center for Photographs, West Pavilion of Homer’s Odyssey, artist Peter Shire joins curator Mary Hart for conversation about ancient and contemporary Give and Ye Shall Receive: Gift Giving The Life of Art: storytelling through art. in the Middle Ages and Spectacular Context, Collecting, and Display Saturday, , 2:00 p.m. Rubens: The Triumph of the Eucharist Ongoing Getty Villa: Museum galleries Wednesday, , 1:30 p.m. Museum, South Pavilion Curator’s Gallery Talks GETTY VILLA Engaging talks about current exhibitions by J. Paul Getty TALKS and TOURS Museum curators and other Getty staff are offered at both Dangerous Perfection: the Getty Center and Getty Villa. Funerary Vases from Southern Italy GETTY CENTER Thursday, November 20, December 4 and 11, Point of View: Artist Talk 3:00 p.m. Join artist and writer Robert “Rio” Hahn for insights into the Yvonne Rainer: Dances and Films exhibition Minor White: Manifestations of the Spirit and a Ancient Luxury and the Roman Silver unique perspective stemming from his apprenticeship with Thursday, October 2 and 9, 2:00 p.m. Minor White in the 1970s. Sign-up begins at 1:30 p.m. at Treasure from Berthouville the Information Desk. Chivalry in the Middle Ages Monday, December 1 and 18, 3:00 p.m. Wednesday, , 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, October 7, 2:30 p.m. Getty Center: Museum galleries

4 PERFORMANCES and FILM / VIDEO 5 Yvonne Rainer: Two Works Cinema under the Stars at the Renowned choreographer, dancer, and fi lmmaker Yvonne Getty Villa: Orpheus and Black Orpheus Rainer presents her newly commissioned work-in-progress, Spend an enchanting evening at the Villa’s Outdoor The Concept of Dust, or How do you look when there’s Classical Theater with two iconic fi lms based on the nothing left to move? and Assisted Living: Do You Have Any Orpheus myth. Jean Cocteau’s 1950 update represents the Money? (2013), two performances that touch on themes of legendary director at the height of his powers, with peerless aging, death, play, and the current socioeconomic situation visual poetry and dreamlike storytelling. Marcel Camus’ in America. Tickets $20; $15 students and seniors. award-winning Black Orpheus (1959) brings the ancient Friday and Saturday, and 4, 7:30 p.m. Greek myth to the madness of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. Getty Center: Harold M. Williams Auditorium Tickets $7. Friday, , 7:30 p.m.: Orpheus (France, 1950, French with English subtitles, Blu-ray, 95 minutes) Saturday, October 11, 7:30 p.m.: Black Orpheus (Brazil, 1959, Portuguese with English subtitles, Blu-ray, 107 minutes) Getty Villa: The Barbara and Lawrence Fleischman Theater

Still from Orpheus (1950). Directed by Jean Cocteau. Used with permission from The Criterion Collection.

Still from Black Orpheus (1969). Directed by Marcel Camus. Used with permission from The Criterion Collection. Film Series: Tokyo Stories Villa Theater Lab: All Our Tragic Each of the three fi lms in this series—Tokyo Sonata, Adrift All Our Tragic, by Chicago’s award-winning company The in Tokyo, and Lost in Translation—cast Tokyo as a leading Hypocrites, is a unique 12-hour theatrical adaptation that player in their own distinct way. Shot on city streets and in combines the 32 surviving Greek tragedies into a single neighborhoods that have a certain universal look to them, epic narrative. Performed over two six-hour installments, the these fi lms ultimately could not have taken place anywhere performance creates a modern festival of . Adapted else. Together, they form a modern paean to this captivating and directed by Sean Graney. Tickets $25 per day; $45 for city. Supported by the Japan Foundation, Los Angeles. both days. Tickets available beginning . Free; reservations required. Saturday and Sunday, and November 9, Saturday October 18, 4:00 p.m.: Tokyo Sonata 11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. (Japan, 2008, Blu-ray) Getty Villa: Auditorium Saturday, October 18, 7:00 p.m.: Adrift in Tokyo (Japan, 2007, Blu-ray) Gordon Getty Concert: Pomerium Sunday, October 19, 1:00 p.m.: Lost in Translation —Music for Rubens’ Tapestries (USA, 2003, Blu-ray) Getty Center: Harold M. Williams Auditorium Hailed by the New York Times as “one of the fi nest early- music ensembles in the country,” a cappella ensemble Lost in Translation (2003). Directed by Pomerium presents a special program inspired by Rubens’ Sofi a Coppola. Shown: Scarlett Johansson tapestries. Tickets $20; $15 students and seniors. (as Charlotte), Bill Murray (as Bob Harris) Saturday, November 22, 7:00 p.m. Getty Center: Harold M. Williams Auditorium

Tôkyô sonata (2008) aka Tokyo Sonata. Directed by Kiyoshi. Shown from left: Kyôko Koizumi, Inowaki Kai, Teruyuki Kagawa, Yuˆ Koyanagi Credit: Regent Releasing/Photofest © Regent Releasing

Pomerium at Cloisters. Photo: Hiroyuki Ito 6 FAMILY ACTIVITIES 7 GETTY CENTER Family Room GettyGuide® Family Tour Explore this gallery designed just for children to discover a Enjoy a multimedia guide with stories, music, and sounds Art Lab: The Chivalry Project world of wonders, delights, and hands-on activities. Come inspired by objects in the Museum’s collection. Available for Join artist Becca Lofchie in a drop-in, hands-on workshop learn about art together! free at the GettyGuide Desk in the Museum Entrance Hall. that explores the idea of “chivalry” in contemporary life. Create your own manuscript page and then visit the related GETTY VILLA exhibition of illuminated manuscripts, Chivalry in the Middle Ages. Participants also learn about how to participate in our Family Forum online Chivalry Project. This fun space is fi lled with hands-on activities designed to Saturday, and 8, 11:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m. encourage children and families to explore, play, and learn Getty Center: Family Room Patio together. The focus is on the world of ancient vases—how they were made, decorated, and used.

Art Detective Cards Find the art and solve the mystery with these cards designed for your family to enjoy while exploring the galleries, gardens, and architecture of the Getty Villa. You can pick up cards at the Entry Pavilion, Information Desk, or Family Forum.

GettyGuide® Family Favorites Art Detective Cards Discover the heroes, mythological creatures, athletes, and daily lives of the ancient Greek and Roman world with a Find the art and solve the mystery with these cards multimedia tour just for families. Available for free on the designed for your family to use while exploring the galleries, fi rst fl oor of the Museum. garden, and architecture. Available outside the Family Room and at the Family Cart, in English and Spanish.

Play Switch! A Mobile Gallery Game This gallery game uses your personal smartphone or mobile device. Track down a spell that’s wreaking havoc in the A Tournament Contest, German, about 1560–70. Tempera galleries, and save the artwork. Find out how to access colors and gold and silver paint on paper bound between original pasteboard covered with original brown calf. the game at the Information Desk, or fi nd it at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. Ludwig XV 14, fol. 8 www.getty.edu/games/switch. LECTURES and SYMPOSIA

When Ages Collide: Classical and Alice Oswald: In Light of Baths, Temples, and Mosaics: Contemporary Warriors in Medieval Homer’s Odyssey Unearthing a Roman-Era City Manuscript Illustration Copresented by the Library Foundation of Los Angeles. in Western Turkey Tobias Capwell, curator of arms and armor at the Wallace As part of the Library Foundation’s monthlong celebration Recent archaeological excavations at the Romanized city Collection, London, explores the essential characteristics of of Homer’s Odyssey, renowned British poet and classicist of Antiochia ad Cragum along the southern Turkish coast medieval and Classical warriors as illustrated in manuscript Alice Oswald—whose elegiac Memorial: An Excavation of reveal a city that was steeped in ostentatious wealth. art. He considers the motivations and intentions of the the Iliad won the 2013 Warwick Prize for Writing—shares Join archaeologist Michael Hoff as he provides a personal artists who depicted arms and armor of both their own time her thoughts about Light as a character in the Odyssey and account of the tombs, baths, sculpture, and a meticulously and from ancient sources. reads a poem on the subject. Free; a ticket is required. crafted 1,600-square-foot mosaic discovered there, Tuesday, October 14, 3:00 p.m. Thursday, October 16, 7:30 p.m. illustrating the reach and cultural infl uence of the Roman Getty Center: Museum Lecture Hall Getty Villa: Auditorium Empire during the 3rd and 4th centuries. Free; a ticket is required. The Seductive Power of Rubens Saturday, October 18, 3:00 p.m. Getty Villa: Auditorium The large sketches that Peter Paul Rubens painted in preparation for the tapestries of the Eucharist series are splendid examples of his talent. Alejandro Vergara, curator Artist Talk: Chris Killip of Flemish and Northern European paintings at the Prado Chris Killip, photographer and professor of visual and in Madrid, analyzes the paintings from the Prado on view environmental studies at Harvard University, discusses in the exhibition Spectacular Rubens: The Triumph of the his career, including works made in conjunction with his Eucharist to defi ne the key elements of the Flemish seminal publication In Flagrante (1988). This program is master’s art. sponsored by the Getty Museum Photographs Council, Wednesday, , 7:00 p.m. which recently assisted the Getty Museum with the Getty Center: Harold M. Williams Auditorium acquisition of works from In Flagrante. Sunday, October 19, 4:30 p.m. Getty Center: Harold M. Williams Auditorium

The Victory of Truth over Heresy (detail), about 1622–25, Peter Paul Rubens. Oil on panel. Image courtesy of the Photographic Archive, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid 8 LECTURES and SYMPOSIA 9 Photography and Sculpture: A Knight’s Bookshelf Graves, Archives, and Glue: The Art Object in Reproduction Nancy Regalado, professor of medieval French literature Stories behind the Funerary Vases of This symposium explores the intersections between at New York University, discusses the importance of “Dangerous Perfection” manuscripts among medieval nobility. These books, sculpture and photography and investigates the impact of Exhibition curators and the lead conservator share their reproductive media on artistic practice and the writing of with their lavish images, functioned as prestigious commissions, precious material possessions, sources experiences investigating and conserving the monumental art history. Exploring the material, procedural, and historical vessels on view in the exhibition Dangerous Perfection: tensions between two mediums, presentations will open of thrilling entertainment, and vehicles for teaching moral and spiritual values to knights. Funerary Vases from Southern Italy. They reveal the a broader conversation about the study of art history detective work behind trying to determine where the vases and related disciplines. Sponsored by the Getty Research Wednesday, October 29, 7:00 p.m. were buried, the forensic techniques that helped uncover Institute and the Clark Art Institute. Getty Center: Harold M. Williams Auditorium how they were previously reassembled, and the complex Saturday, October 25, 9:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. challenges involved in their cleaning, reconstruction, and Getty Center: Museum Lecture Hall Josef Koudelka: In Conversation display. Free; a ticket is required. Josef Koudelka discusses his work and career with Thursday, November 20, 7:30 p.m. Dynasty and Destiny in Imperial Rome: photographer Tod Papageorge, who directed the graduate Getty Villa: Auditorium The Augustan Experiment photography department at the Yale University School of Art from 1979 until 2013. and Its Legacy Glorious Inspiration: The Infanta Isabel Wednesday, November 12, 7:00 p.m. Clara Eugenia and Rubens As fi rst Roman Emperor, Augustus Caesar set in motion Getty Center: Harold M. Williams Auditorium an ambitious program of public art and architecture to The compelling paintings and monumental tapestries of glorify himself and his extended family. Professor John the Eucharist series were commissioned by one of the most Pollini of the University of Southern California presents New Walled Order: fascinating and powerful women of the early 17th century, new ideas about the emperor’s representational initiatives The Aesthetics and Politics of Barriers the spirited Infanta Isabel Clara Eugenia. Getty curator Anne and explains innovative approaches to reading and Inspired by various bodies of work by Josef Koudelka, this Woollett considers how the Eucharist series refl ects the understanding Augustan imagery as a dynastic narrative. daylong symposium explores political walls, past and present, ideals of the Infanta as understood by Peter Paul Rubens, Free; a ticket is required. and how artists and activists have responded to them. Panels who designed the dynamic compositions, and how it Wednesday, October 29, 7:30 p.m. consider the Berlin Wall, the Palestine Separation Barrier, embodies both political and personal signifi cance for Getty Villa: Auditorium the U.S.-Mexico border fence, and walls around Roma patron and painter. communities in Eastern Europe. Presentations by artists Sunday, , 3:00 p.m. and scholars cast new light on these monolithic barriers. Getty Center: Harold M. Williams Auditorium Saturday, November 15, 9:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. Getty Center: Harold M. Williams Auditorium COURSES and DEMONSTRATIONS

The Big Draw with Sumi Ink Club Manuscript Illumination Contour Drawing Drop by, grab a brush, and join the Sumi Ink Club Drop by as artist Sylvana Barrett demonstrates the Practice sketching exercises in the Villa galleries focusing in the creation of a large scale, collaborative ink traditional materials and techniques used to create on the contours (or outlines) of ancient sculptures with drawing as part of the Big Draw LA celebration. the fi ne gold gilding and painted images found in gallery educator Elmira Adamian. Founded by Los Angeles-based artists Sarah Rara and Luke illuminated manuscripts from the Middle Ages. Saturday, December 20, 11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Fischbeck, the Sumi Ink Club encourages participatory Sunday, and 28, 1:00–3:00 p.m. Getty Villa: Museum galleries drawing projects for all ages and experience levels. This is a Getty Center: Museum Studios free, drop-in program. Drawing from the Masters Sunday, October 5, 12:00–3:00 p.m. Drawing from Antiquity Getty Center: Museum Studios Enjoy the tradition of sketching from original artworks at Take part in the centuries-old tradition of sketching from the Getty Center. Guest artists provide general guidance. Artist-at-Work Demonstrations ancient works by drawing from the Museum’s collection All experience levels are welcome. Participants are and sights at the Getty Villa. Supplies are provided, and all encouraged to bring sketchpads. Sign-up begins at 2:30 p.m. Enjoy presentations of historical art-making techniques skill levels are welcome. Sign-up begins at 10:45 a.m. at the at the Information Desk. This is a free program. related to the Museum’s collection and exhibitions. Meet Tour Meeting Place. This is a free program. artists, ask questions, and get close to the action. This is a Drawing Hands free, drop-in program. Drawing en Plein Air Explore the art of drawing hands using gesture Gallery educator Elmira Adamian leads drawing, simple forms, and angle sighting with artist Elana Mann: Villa Murmurs sketching exercises en plein air in the Villa’s Kaitlynn Redell. Artist Elana Mann leads a participatory sonic tour to Outer Peristyle gardens as part of the Big Draw Sunday, October 5 and 19, 3:30–5:30 p.m. allow visitors to detect real and imagined murmurs LA celebration. Getty Center: Museum galleries of history. Saturday, October 25, 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Saturday, October 11, 11:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m. Getty Villa: Outer Peristyle Drawing Babies Getty Villa: Herb Garden and Outer Peristyle Discover the unique challenges and solutions to Take a Closer Look rendering babies with artist Marissa Magdelena Arms and Armor Join gallery educator Elmira Adamian for sketching with a focus on proportion and key features as part of How did knights get shining armor? Drop by as master exercises focusing on small objects and artwork details the Big Draw LA celebration. blacksmith Tony Swatton demonstrates the materials in the Villa galleries. Sunday, and 16, 3:30–5:30 p.m. and techniques used in making arms and armor of the Saturday, November 22, 11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Getty Center: Museum galleries Middle Ages through the Renaissance. Getty Villa: Museum galleries Sundays, October 19–November 2, 1:00–3:00 p.m. Getty Center: Museum Studios 10 COURSES and DEMONSTRATIONS 11 Drawing Heads Greek Vases Discover the art of drawing the human head while How were Greek vases made? Find out in this multisensory learning basic proportions, anatomy, and placement of handling session! Touch tools and materials used by key features with artist Peter Zokosky. ancient potters and painters, ranging from riverbed clays Sunday, December 7 and 21, 3:30–5:30 p.m. to mouse-whisker brushes. Discover the hidden techniques Getty Center: Museum galleries used to shape and decorate these ancient painted vessels in the black-fi gure and red-fi gure styles. Handling Sessions Thursdays and Sundays, beginning November 2 (except November 27 and December 25), Experience what it would be like to take a museum object 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. out of its case for a closer look. Join educators and handle Getty Villa: Reading Room replica objects along with the materials and tools that ancient artists used to create the works of art on display in Culinary Workshops the galleries. This is a free, drop-in program. Chefs, educators, and wine experts lead classes and hands- Mummy Portraits on cooking workshops providing a unique entrée to the Museum’s permanent collection and special exhibitions. All How were mummy portraits painted in Roman Egypt? Feasts and Opulence in Roman Find out in this multisensory handling session! Explore experience levels are welcome. tools and materials used by ancient artists, ranging Join museum educator and chef Nancy DeLucia Real from pigments to beeswax, and discover the tempera A Knight’s Table: Food, Drink, and to explore the art, culture, and religion of Roman Gaul and encaustic painting techniques used to create these Damsels in Distress (modern-day France) in a hands-on historical cooking unique portraits. class. Participants view lavish silver artifacts in the Explore art and cuisine from the age of chivalry with exhibition Ancient Luxury and the Roman Silver Treasure Thursdays and Sundays, through October 30, chef and art historian Robin Trento. Tour the exhibition from Berthouville, visit the Herb Garden, then prepare 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Chivalry in the Middle Ages, discover period customs, recipes inspired by Gallo-Romanic cuisine and ancient Getty Villa: Reading Room ingredients, and recipes, and prepare a class meal fi t for opulence. Course fee $85. Complimentary parking. Tickets nobility. Course fee $85. Complimentary parking. Tickets available beginning November 1. available beginning Thursday, October 7. Thursday, December 4, 10:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m. Thursday, , 10:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m. Repeats Friday, . Repeats Friday, November 7. Getty Villa: Meeting Rooms and Museum galleries Getty Center: Private Dining Room COURSES and DEMONSTRATIONS

Gallery and Studio Courses Sculpting Workshop: Rubens and the Froth and Folly: Scents for Unique gallery courses explore the fascinating world of art Dramatic Figure 18th-Century French Nobility and ideas found in the Museum’s collection and current Peter Paul Rubens was a key artist of the Baroque Which scents wafted through the air at the Palace of exhibitions. Complimentary parking applies to all courses period, an era whose art evokes drama and sensuality. Versailles? Join Saskia Wilson-Brown of the Los Angeles- on this page. Join artist Christopher Slatoff in this daylong sculpting based Institute for Art and Olfaction for a historical workshop exploring the dynamic and expressive qualities introduction to perfumery. Explore the materials used Figure Drawing and Roman Fashion of the human fi gure. Participants tour the exhibitions to create potpourri, fragrance waters, and perfume oils Spectacular Rubens: The Triumph of the Eucharist and in France during the 18th century and create your own Join instructor Audrey Chan for a two-day exploration Drawing in the Age of Rubens for inspiration, and create historic fragrance in this hands-on workshop. Course of the fi gure and ancient men’s and women’s fashions a 16-inch sculpture in clay from a live model. Course fee fee $65. modeled by members of the Legion Six Historical Society. $125 (includes materials and lunch). Sketching exercises in the galleries and studio concentrate Sunday, December 7, 1:00–5:00 p.m. on the depiction of fi gures dressed in armor and draped Wednesday, October 22, 10:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Getty Center: Museum Studios fabric in poses inspired by classical statuary. Course fee Getty Center: Museum Studios $40 per session, or $75 for both (includes materials). Lifestyles of the Rich and Roman Day 1: Sunday, September 28, 1:00–4:30 p.m.: Jewelry Workshop Travel back 2,000 years with educator Shelby Brown Women’s Fashion Join local designer and artist Deborah Wright for a to appreciate the self-indulgent practices, delicate arts, Day 2: Sunday, October 5, 1:00–4:30 p.m.: hands-on introduction to the art of fashioning metal into and elaborate architecture of wealthy Romans. Our jewelry. Explore fabrication, tools, and contemporary models are the Getty Villa itself, a copy of an elite Roman Men’s Fashion techniques in the light of methods employed by artisans mansion, objects from the collection, and the exhibition Getty Villa: Meeting Rooms and Museum galleries of antiquity. Participants are introduced to forging, Ancient Luxury and the Roman Silver Treasure from shaping, piercing, and decorative techniques through Berthouville. Course fee $35. Introduction to Fresco Painting a gallery tour, demonstration, and studio practice. Each Sunday, December 7, 1:00–4:00 p.m. Join fresco master iLia Anossov for a hands-on student completes a pair of pierced hoop earrings. Getty Villa: Meeting Rooms and Museum galleries introduction to the art of painting on fresh plaster. On Course fee $125 (includes materials and lunch). the fi rst day of the workshop, explore plaster preparation Saturday, November 1, 10:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. and cartoon-making through lecture and demonstration. Repeats Saturday, November 15. On the second day, explore cartoon-transfer methods, Getty Villa: Education Studio and Museum galleries raw pigments, and painting techniques through demonstration and studio practice. Each participant completes a buon fresco tile. Course fee $235 (includes materials and lunch). Hoop Earrings with Antelope Head Finials, Day 1: Sunday, October 19, 10:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Greek, about 220–100 B.C.. Gold. Day 2: Sunday, , 10:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. The J. Paul Getty Museum Getty Villa: Education Studio 12 OCTOBER Highlights 13

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 3 4 Point of View: Handling Session Yvonne Rainer: Yvonne Rainer: Artist Talk Page 11 Two Works Two Works Page 4 Page 5 Page 5 Move! Page 4 Curator’s Gallery Talk – Yvonne Rainer Page 4

5 6 7 8 9 10 11 The Big Draw Curator’s Handling Session Cinema under Cinema under Page10 Gallery Talk – Page 11 the Stars the Stars Manuscripts Page 5 Page 5 Handling Session Page 4 Move! Page 11 Page 5 Elana Mann: Curator’s Villa Murmurs Drawing from Gallery Talk – Curator’s Page 10 the Masters Photographs Gallery Talk – Page 10 Page 4 Yvonne Rainer Page 4 Figure Drawing and Roman Fashion (Day 2) Page 12 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Handling Session Spectacular Rubens The Seductive Handling Session Tokyo Stories Page 11 OPENS Power of Rubens Page 11 Page 6 Page 8 Yvonne Rainer Drawing in the Age Move! L.A.Odyssey CLOSES of Rubens Page 4 Project OPENS Page 4 L.A. Odyssey When Ages Collide Project Baths, Temples, Page 8 Page 8 and Mosaics Page 8 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Minor White and Sculpting Workshop Handling Session Drawing Convergences Page 12 Page 11 from Antiquity CLOSES Page 10 Curator’s Move! Tokyo Stories Gallery Talk – Page 4 Photography Page 6 Paintings and and Sculpture Tapestries Page 9 Fresco Painting Page 4 (Day 1) Page 12 Artist Talk Page 8 26 27 28 29 30 31 Handling Session Dynasty and Handling Session Page 11 Destiny in Page 11 Imperial Rome Fresco Painting Page 9 Move! (Day 2) Page 4 Page 12 A Knight’s Bookshelf Page 9 Artist at Work Page 10 Curator’s Gallery Talk – Paintings and Tapestries Page 4

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SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 Art Lab Page 7 Jewelry Workshop Page 12

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Drawing from Handling Session Culinary Workshop Art Lab the Masters Page 11 Page 11 Page 7 Page 10 Move! Villa Theater Lab Handling Session Page 4 Page 6 Page 11 Culinary Workshop Artist at Work Page 11 Page 10

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Villa Theater Lab Joseph Koudelka: Josef Koudelka: Move! New Walled Order Page 6 Nationality In Conversation Page 4 Page 9 Doubtful Page 9 Handling Session OPENS Handling Session Jewelry Workshop Page 11 Page 11 Page 12 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Handling Session World War I: Ancient Luxury and Handling Session Drawing Page 11 War of Images, the Roman Silver Page 11 from Antiquity Images of War Treasure from Page 10 Drawing OPENS Berthouville Graves, Archives, from the Masters OPENS and Glue Gordon Getty Page 10 Page 9 Concert Dangerous Page 6 Perfection: Curator’s Funerary Vases Gallery Talk – from Southern Italy World War I OPENS Page 4 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Glorious Getty Center Inspiration and Getty Villa Page 9 CLOSED Handling Session Page 11

30 Getty Center Course Talk Chivalry in the Middle Ages Getty Villa CLOSES Demonstration Film + Video Handling Session Page 11 Family Lecture + Symposium + Conference

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SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 3 4 5 6 Curator’s Curator’s Move! Culinary Workshop Gallery Talk – Gallery Talk – Page 4 Page 11 Antiquities World War I Page 4 Page 4 Handling Session Page 11 Culinary Workshop Page 11 Curator’s Gallery Talk – Antiquities Page 4 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Drawing Curator’s Handling Session from the Masters Gallery Talk – Page 11 Page 10 World War I Page 4 Curator’s Handling Session Gallery Talk – Page 11 World War I Page 4 Froth and Folly Page 12 Curator’s Gallery Talk – Lifestyles of the Antiquities Rich and Roman Page 4 Page 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 In Focus: Tokyo Give and Curator’s Move! Drawing CLOSES Ye Shall Receive: Gallery Talk – Page 4 from Antiquity Gift Giving in Paintings, Tapestries, Page 10 the Middle Ages and Manuscripts Handling Session OPENS Page 4 Page 11 Curator’s Curator’s Gallery Gallery Talk – Talk – Antiquities World War I Page 4 Page 4 Curator’s Gallery Talk – World War I Page 4 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Handling Session In Focus: Play Getty Center Page 11 OPENS and Getty Villa CLOSED Drawing from the Masters Page 10 Artist at Work Page 10

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18 For a complete list of activities, please see the listings by program type. Visitor INFORMATION 19 GETTY CENTER Admission and Parking Admission to the Getty Center is always free. On-site About parking (subject to availability) is $15 and is $10 after 5:00 The Getty Center is home to the J. Paul Getty Museum, the p.m.; no reservations required. Please call (310) 440-7300 Getty Research Institute, the Getty Conservation Institute, or visit getty.edu for more information. and the Getty Foundation. The Getty serves both the general public and a wide range of professional communities in Hours Los Angeles and throughout the world. Tuesday through Friday, and Sunday, 10:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Saturday 10:00 a.m.–9:00 p.m. At the Museum, visitors will fi nd exhibitions featuring the J. Paul Getty Museum’s collection of art from the Middle Ages to the present, along with special exhibitions and Event Reservations public programming. Reservations for events identifi ed with are available as follows: At the Getty Research Institute, visitors can explore exhibitions that help advance the understanding of the October events: visual arts. These include objects from the Research Tuesday, September 23, at 9:00 a.m. Institute’s special collections which contain modern and contemporary collections, art historical archives and November events: manuscripts, rare books, architecture and design collections, Tuesday, October 21, at 9:00 a.m. prints, drawings, photographs, and optical devices. December events: At the Getty Conservation Institute and Getty Foundation, Thursday, November 20, at 9:00 a.m. visitors can explore the local, national, and international work of these two institutions that fund, research, and Reservations for events without the icon are available now. address issues related to the conservation of museum collections, archaeological sites, and historic architecture. Getty Center Events Seating reservations required except as noted; visit getty. The Getty Center is set against a backdrop of dramatic edu or call (310) 440-7300. Notice of cancellation is architecture, tranquil gardens, and breathtaking views. appreciated. Reservations are held until 15 minutes before We invite you to explore! the start of the program and doors open 30 minutes prior. GETTY VILLA Hours Wednesday through Monday, 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. About The Getty Villa in Malibu is the original location of the Event Reservations J. Paul Getty Museum. It is an educational center and museum dedicated to the study of the arts and cultures of Reservations for events identifi ed with this are available ancient Greece, Rome, and Etruria. as follows: October events: Throughout the year, enjoy a wide-ranging program Tuesday, September 23, at 9:00 a.m. of performances, lectures, and symposia in the indoor Auditorium. In the summer, experience classical drama November events: outdoors in the Barbara and Lawrence Fleischman Theater. Tuesday, October 21, at 9:00 a.m.

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The Restaurant Cafe Located in the Restaurant/Cafe building, the Restaurant The Cafe serves casual Mediterranean fare and has indoor offers full service in an elegant setting with views of the and outdoor seating. Menu choices include soup, salads, Santa Monica Mountains. Menus change seasonally. panini, pizzas, pastas, risotto, and desserts. Wine and beer Reservations are recommended. Call (310) 440-6810. are also available. Menu items feature organic, locally Restaurant Lunch Hours grown produce whenever possible. No reservations are Tuesday–Saturday: 11:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m. required for the Cafe. Sunday: 11:30 a.m.–3:00 p.m. Restaurant Dinner Hours Coffee Kiosk Saturday: 5:00–9:00 p.m. The Coffee Kiosk near the Cafe entrance offers coffee, hot tea, espresso drinks, lemonade, and bottled beverages, as Cafe well as grab-and-go items including house-made soup, hot and cold sandwiches, salads, and a selection of baked The self-service Cafe is located on the lower level of the goods, desserts, and ice cream. Restaurant/Cafe building and has indoor and outdoor dining areas. The extensive menu includes sandwiches, soups, salad, pizza, tacos and burritos, and grilled items. Tea by the Sea Wine and beer are also available. This program offers a special experience inspired by the herbs, vegetables, and fruits that grow in the Villa’s Garden Terrace Cafe authentically re-created fi rst-century Roman gardens. $36 per person. Reservation recommended. This smaller cafe offers coffee, lunch, and snacks in an Call (800) 369-3059 or e-mail outdoor setting overlooking the Central Garden. [email protected] Offered Thursday and Saturday, 2:00–4:00 p.m. Coffee Carts Two coffee carts—one in the Museum Courtyard and one on the Plaza outside the Restaurant—offer coffee, hot tea, espresso drinks, and bottled beverages, as well as hot and cold food options. Always AVAILABLE

GETTY CENTER Research Library GETTY VILLA A resource for scholars, college and university faculty, GettyGuide® graduate students, curators, and other researchers. Open GettyGuide® GettyGuide® interactive multimedia content features videos, Monday through Friday, 9:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Located in the GettyGuide® interactive multimedia content features videos, audio recordings, and detailed information about the works of Getty Research Institute building. Call (310) 440-7335 audio recordings, and detailed information about the works art on display at the Getty Museum. GettyGuide® can be for more information. of art on display at the Getty Museum. GettyGuide® can be accessed on an iPod touch® at the Museum for free, or on accessed on an iPod touch® at the Museum for free. your smartphone with the Google Goggles® app for iPhone Play Switch! A Mobile Gallery Game and Android. Play our new mobile gallery game using your personal Orientation Film smartphone or mobile device. Track down a spell that’s A 10-minute fi lm shows continuously in the Museum Orientation Film wreaking havoc in the galleries, and save the artwork. Get Theater. A 10-minute fi lm shows continuously in two theaters in the info about accessing the game at the Information Desk, or Museum Entrance Hall. fi nd it at www.getty.edu/games/switch. Family Forum Ancient art comes alive in this hands-on space for families Family Room through activities that encourage shared learning and This innovative space encourages families to collaborate on discovery. creative, hands-on activities designed to help them explore the Museum’s collection. TimeScape Room Learn more about Greek, Roman, and Etruscan art through Art Detective Cards interactive exhibits that focus on time, place, and artistic Find the art and solve the mystery with these cards style in the ancient Mediterranean. designed for your family to enjoy while exploring the galleries, gardens, and architecture. Available outside Art Detective Cards the Family Room and at the Family Cart in the Museum Find the art and solve the mystery with these cards designed Entrance Hall. También ofrecida en español. for your family to enjoy while exploring the galleries, gardens, and architecture. Available in the Family Forum and at Sketching Gallery the Information Desk in the Museum. También ofrecida Located in the Museum’s East Pavilion, this gallery is en español. designed for sketching from original works of art in a historic tradition that continues today. Materials provided.

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A Merry Company, about 1644, Jacob Jordaens. Watercolor over black chalk, heightened with white gouache. The J. Paul Getty Museum

On cover: The Victory of the Eucharist over Idolatry (detail), about 1625–26, Peter Paul Rubens. Oil on panel. Image courtesy of the Photographic Archive, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid. On view in Spectacular Reubens: The Triumph of the Eucharist.