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Fallatthegetty CALENDAR Fall 2014 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 Netherlands 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 Catholic Church. 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 October 14, 2014–January 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 Prague Museum, Exhibitions Pavilion and Roma settlement camps across Eastern Europe, Josef Koudelka risked his life to document the 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia. 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. November 11, 2014–March 22, 2015 Museum, Center for Photographs, West Pavilion Prague, 1968, Josef Koudelka. Gelatin silver print. Image courtesy of and © Josef Koudelka/Magnum Photos 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 November 18, 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. December 16, 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 Italy Ancient Luxury and the Roman Silver Thirteen monumental Apulian vases provide a rich Yvonne Rainer: Dances and Films Treasure from Berthouville 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 October 19, 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 France, J. Paul Getty Museum’s Villa Council. Département de Monnaies, médailles et antiques, Paris. November 19, 2014–May 11, 2015 Generous support for the exhibition was provided by the Museum, Floor 2 J. Paul Getty Museum’s Villa Council. November 19, 2014–August 17, 2015 Museum, Floor 2 FuneraryFun Vessel with Orestes at Delphi Statuette of Mercury, 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 guredg 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, October 7, 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, October 2–December 18 (except Through November 30, 2014 November 27), 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, October 18, 2:00 p.m. Rubens: The Triumph of the Eucharist Ongoing Getty Villa: Museum galleries Wednesday, December 17, 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, October 1, 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.
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