J. Paul Getty Trust Report 2018 Art and Science J. Paul Getty Trust Report 2018 On the cover: Macro-XRF scanning of mummy portrait Isidora, AD 100–110. Encaustic on linden wood; gilt; linen. The J. Paul Getty Museum Table of Contents 3 Chair Message Maria Hummer-Tuttle, Chair, Board of Trustees 7 Foreword James Cuno, President and CEO, J. Paul Getty Trust 10 Art and Science 11 Thoughts on Art and Science David Baltimore, President Emeritus and Robert Andrews Millikan Professor of Biology at the California Institute of Technology 15 Getty Conservation Institute Timothy P. Whalen, John E. and Louise Bryson Director 27 Getty Foundation Deborah Marrow, Director 39 J. Paul Getty Museum Timothy Potts, Director 49 Getty Research Institute Andrew Perchuk, Acting Director 59 Trust Report Lists 60 Getty Conservation Institute Projects 72 Getty Foundation Grants 82 Exhibitions and Acquisitions 110 Getty Guest Scholars 114 Getty Publications 122 Getty Councils 131 Honor Roll of Donors 139 Board of Trustees, Officers, and Directors 141 Financial Information Chair Message MARIA HUMMER-TUTTLE, CHAIR, BOARD OF TRUSTEES J. Paul Getty Trust ART AND SCIENCE—the theme of this year’s Trust Time: Art in L.A. 1945–1980, which ran from October Report—merge seamlessly in the Getty’s work of 2011 to April 2012. preserving, protecting, and interpreting the world’s While the majority of PST: LA/LA exhibitions artistic legacy. In the following essays by our four showcased modern and contemporary art, exhibitions program directors, you will learn how these disciplines about the ancient world and the pre-modern era were inform the work of the Getty Conservation Institute, also included. Whether ancient or modern, these the Getty Foundation, the J. Paul Getty Museum, and fascinating exhibitions generated important research the Getty Research Institute. I wish to thank Nobel and rewrote art history. We are grateful to PST: LA/LA laureate David Baltimore, president emeritus and presenting sponsor Bank of America for its continued Robert Andrews Millikan Professor of Biology at the support of this groundbreaking Getty initiative. California Institute of Technology, for an intriguing Several PST: LA/LA exhibitions presented at the essay that explores how both artists and scientists view Getty Center were strengthened by interdisciplinary and transform the world. collaboration. Golden Kingdoms: Luxury and Legacy Art is a force for building bridges between in the Ancient Americas was co-organized by the disparate groups and understanding our common Museum, Research Institute, and the Metropolitan humanity. Among our milestones for fiscal year Museum of Art. Photography in Argentina, 1850–2010: 2018, that message was especially clear in Pacific Contradiction and Continuity was created by the Standard Time: LA/LA, an unprecedented exploration Museum and the Research Institute. Making Art of Latin American and Latino art underpinned by Concrete: Works from Argentina and Brazil in the more than $16 million in grants awarded by the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros was based on Getty Foundation. In name and spirit—with the collaborative research by the Conservation Institute, initials “LA” standing for both Los Angeles and Latin Research Institute, and Colección Patricia Phelps de America—Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA transcended Cisneros. Meanwhile The Metropolis in Latin America, borders and recognized our region’s deep Latin 1830–1930 was presented by the Research Institute. American roots. The Los Angeles County Economic Development More than 80 exhibitions featured works from over Corporation’s independent report on the impact of 1,000 artists, reflecting 45 countries and two continents. PST: LA/LA showed that it was a powerful economic More than 70 cultural institutions throughout Southern force in Los Angeles and greater Southern California. California participated in this region-wide collaboration. The initiative generated $430.3 million in economic During the four-month period (September 2017– output, supported 4,080 jobs, and added $24.3 January 2018), PST: LA/LA exhibitions and million in tax revenue for state and local government. programming drew more than 2.8 million visitors. We Although PST: LA/LA concluded in January 2018, its were so pleased to see that the initiative generated strong scholarship lives on through more than 60 exhibition attendance by millennials. Forty percent of visitors were catalogues, as does the standard it set as a model for 34-years-old or younger, and there was a 107 percent collaboration among arts organizations. increase in Hispanic visitors at exhibitions compared Another major accomplishment of 2018 was the with the first iteration of the initiative, Pacific Standard reopening of the newly-imagined Getty Villa, which in April debuted a major upgrade that presented the collection in historical sequence rather than View of the newly reinstalled galleries at the Getty Villa. thematically. With this new display of the collection, Center: Statue of a Pouring Satyr, AD 81–96, unknown. Marble. visitors can trace the evolution of ancient art. Three The J. Paul Getty Museum 2 3 thousand square feet of new exhibition space allows Institute’s important global work. In recognition of the Genesis, the luxury automotive brand, awarded The Getty is both a cultural touchstone in our the Museum to display additional important objects, Brysons’ unprecedented generosity, the Conservation a $500,000 grant to the Museum to fund the community and an important partner and resource including some that had long been in storage. The Institute’s directorship has been named in their honor, educational initiative “Getty Unshuttered,” a dynamic with global reach and impact. Here in Los Angeles, we reopening was greeted with positive public reception with Tim Whalen serving as the first John E. and online community for teens that uses photography provide innovative education and outreach programs and a surge in early summer attendance. Louise Bryson Director. Louise is chair emerita of the and other content as a tool for social change. This is for 155,000 students per year, from kindergarten Growing the Getty’s collections is essential to Getty Board of Trustees, and the Brysons are active Genesis’s second grant for this innovative education through 12th grade, 82 percent of whom come better illuminating human experience and creativity. members of the President’s International Council and initiative; the company generously awarded the from underserved communities. Across the globe The Museum’s notable acquisitions includeBust Getty Conservation Institute Council. Louise chairs Museum $250,000 last year. and throughout the US, monuments and treasured of a Young Boy by Desiderio da Settignano, a rare the latter. With careful stewardship of Getty resources, objects benefit from our leading-edge approach to Renaissance masterpiece; and two important French we maintain a strong financial position. The Getty conservation. Our digital humanities network makes bronze sculptures, Torso of a Crouching Woman by endowment asset valuation as of June 30 was $7.3 a wide variety of intellectual assets available free of Camille Claudel and Bust of John the Baptist by Auguste billion, a record high for fiscal year-end assets. charge to anyone with access to the Internet. Our Rodin. Thanks to the generosity of donors James E. and The year saw several leadership transitions, special initiatives—the interdisciplinary collaboration Elizabeth J. Ferrell, we acquired six Italian illuminated including the departure of valued colleagues. Thomas among our programs and partner organizations— manuscripts. We are also pleased to have secured the Gaehtgens retired from his position as director of result in groundbreaking work such as the Pacific long-awaited export licenses for Peter Paul Rubens’s The the Research Institute after more than a decade of Standard Time series. Every day our global approach Head of an African Man Wearing a Turban and John distinguished leadership. Ron Hartwig retired after to visual arts demonstrates how different cultures and Martin’s The Destruction of Pharaoh’s Host. Announced 13 years as the J. Paul Getty Trust’s vice president civilizations have contributed to our shared heritage. as an acquisition last fiscal year, both drawings are now of communications. Ron led with enthusiasm and Not surprisingly, the number of diverse visitors at in the Museum’s collection. energy through moments of triumph and those of the Getty Center and Getty Villa has been trending The Research Institute acquired the archive of crisis; he was the voice of the Getty as the Skirball upward in the last decade. Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), the Fire approached the hills near the Getty Center in There is more work to do, and we will continue longest running contemporary artists’ space in Los December. Patti Woodworth, who joined the Getty to reach deep into our communities, using art to Angeles. LACE pioneered a unique exhibition and in 2007, retired from her position as vice president, educate, inspire, and tell the stories of our common performance program that was key to the development chief financial officer, and chief operating officer. Her human experience. of experimental art in Los Angeles. LACE launched John Bryson, Maria Hummer-Tuttle, and Louise Henry Bryson important work created transparency and trust in the the careers of many artists who have since gained wider control and reporting of the Getty’s finances. recognition, including Chicano artist collective ASCO, Another landmark gift this year was made by We were delighted to announce that four new Mike Kelley, Suzanne Lacy, and Paul McCarthy. Future Jo Carole and Getty Trustee Ronald Lauder. The colleagues, all leaders at educational institutions, will records will continue to be added to the Research Lauders’ contribution allowed the Getty to acquire be joining us. The Getty is similar to an academic Institute’s collection, making it an invaluable resource the Rothschild Pentateuch, the greatest High institution in terms of its administration and culture, for anyone studying contemporary art.