July 2014
Rococo to Revolution: 18th-Century French Drawings from Los Angeles Collections
This free exhibition highlights the art of drawing as part of an “aesthetic evolution”
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A Kingdom of Images: French Prints in the Age of Louis XIV, 1660–1715
From the archives of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France and the Getty Research Institute, nearly 100 works reflect the vast realm of the Sun King
Find out more »July 2015
Touching the Past: The Hand and the Medieval Book
At this rare opportunity to view precious books, younger generations can observe the equivalent of old-school analog iPads...
Find out more »Ducktails
The side project of Matt Mondanile, guitarist for the Brooklyn band Real Estate, began when he was making music in his parents’ New Jersey basement.
Find out more »November 2015
Feast and Festival
Go medieval this Thanksgiving. A cooking demo and workshop by L.A.-based culinary chronicler and chef Maite Gomez-Rejón presents the cuisine of the Middle Ages. It’s history you can eat.
Find out more »Saturday Nights at the Getty: Lee Ranaldo
As a guitarist for Sonic Youth, Ranaldo was known for an unconventional playing style that treated the guitar as a tool for crafting soundscapes instead of melodies. In a radical departure, his recent solo work focuses on catchy indie pop songs.
Find out more »January 2016
Playing the Scalco
University of the Pacific professor and author Ken Albala answers the burning question: who was the Betty Crocker of postmedieval Europe?
Find out more »Traversing the Globe through Illuminated Manuscripts
The Getty Center shows a new exhibit, Traversing the Globe through Illuminated Manuscripts
Find out more »Making Sugar Sculpture
Food historian Ivan Day demonstrates how to craft ornate artistic confections
Find out more »May 2016
Designing the Middle Ages: The Costumes of GoT
See what influenced the clothing for the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros in a conversation with Game of Thrones costume designer Michele Clapton
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Unruly Nature: The Landscapes of Théodore Rousseau
The exhibition of 75 paintings and drawings spans the career of Rousseau
Find out more »July 2016
Dunhuang Inspired: An Evening with Tan Dun
Composer Dun presents a new work inspired by the musical instruments depicted in the frescoes of these ancient Chinese sacred spaces.
Find out more »London Calling: Bacon, Freud, Kossoff, Andrews, Auerbach, and Kitaj
Modernism made it uncool for artists to produce anything but abstract, conceptual, or minimalist pieces, but these midcentury British painters created figurative works that were far from traditional
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