LOS ANGELEs, CA.- On view at the J. Paul Getty Museum, at the Getty Center, December 7, 2010 —April 24, 2011, Photography from the New China displays a selection of Chinese photographs produced since the 1990s, when People’s Republic leader Deng X…
Getty Museum Displays First Survey of Felice Beato’s Long and Varied Photography Career
LOS ANGELES, CA.- —On view at the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Getty Center, December 7, 2010—April 24, 2011, Felice Beato: A Photographer on the Eastern Road will present the first survey of Felice Beato’s (British, born Italy, 1832–1…
J. Paul Getty Museum’s Statue of Love Goddess Aphrodite Transfer Ends Italy Dispute
LOS ANGELES (AP).- The love goddess Aphrodite is going home to Italy after the new year, stronger and more stable than she has been in 2,500 years. The statue, being returned to Sicily as part of Italy’s decade-old campaign to retrieve antiquities it …
High Museum of Art Appoints Brett Abbott as New Curator of Photography
ATLANTA, GA.- Michael E. Shapiro, Nancy and Holcombe T. Green, Jr. Director of the High Museum of Art, announced the appointment of Brett Abbott as the Museum’s new curator of photography. Abbott currently serves as associate curator in the depart…
High Museum of Art Appoints Brett Abbott as New Curator of Photography
ATLANTA, GA.- Michael E. Shapiro, Nancy and Holcombe T. Green, Jr. Director of the High Museum of Art, announced the appointment of Brett Abbott as the Museum’s new curator of photography. Abbott currently serves as associate curator in the depart…
High Museum of Art Appoints Brett Abbott as New Curator of Photography
ATLANTA, GA.- Michael E. Shapiro, Nancy and Holcombe T. Green, Jr. Director of the High Museum of Art, announced the appointment of Brett Abbott as the Museum’s new curator of photography. Abbott currently serves as associate curator in the depart…
Getty Announces Exhibition that Recreates a Day in the Life of an 18th Century Parisian Townhouse
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The nation of France, and its capital city of Paris in particular, held a special status in European culture during the 18th century. The upper echelons of societies throughout Europe were predominantly Francophiles— imitating Fr…
Getty Announces Exhibition that Recreates a Day in the Life of an 18th Century Parisian Townhouse
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The nation of France, and its capital city of Paris in particular, held a special status in European culture during the 18th century. The upper echelons of societies throughout Europe were predominantly Francophiles— imitating Fr…
The Getty Announces Gift by Dr. Richard A. Simms in Memory of James N. Wood
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Getty announced a gift of seven drawings to the J. Paul Getty Museum, including a pastel by the important Czech artist František Kupka (1871-1957), and eleven prints by the preeminent painter and printmaker James Ensor (Belg…
Museums Unite to Chronicle Post-War LA Art Scene
LOS ANGELES, CA.- More than 60 California cultural institutions are coming together to tell the story of the birth of the Los Angeles art scene, in the largest such collaboration ever undertaken in the region. Southern California museums and university…