Judith Keller, the new head of the J. Paul Getty Museum's department of photographs, is looking toward Asia -- and beyond. She's been increasing the representation of images from Japan, China and Korea as the first step in expanding the scope of the Getty's collection, which has been focused on pre-1950 photography from Europe and America.
"We want to have a wider view of photography," says Keller, "and to see what artists working in photography are doing now." A...
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Los Angeles Times. Whassat then? This according to the Times: 'object conservation, earthquake protection of collections, exhibitions and more'. The collaboration follows on from a 2007 agreement between the LA-based institution and the Italian Ministry of Culture, which saw the Getty repatriating 40 artefacts in order to close an ongoing legal battle over disputed works of art. ...
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LOS ANGELES, CA - The J. Paul Getty Museum in
Los Angeles and the Sicilian cultural ministry will collaborate to conserve art
objects, stage exhibitions and conduct scholarly research. The
agreement with the Sicilian Ministry of Culture and Sicilian Identity was
announced Wednesday in Palermo and Los Angeles.Sicilian museums will lend marble
statues and ancient vases to the Getty Museum and the museum's preservation
staff will use their expertise in creating displays that protect the ar...
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The J. Paul Getty Museum said Wednesday that it is expanding its partnerships with various regions of Italy by embarking on a long-term cultural collaboration with Sicily.
The joint project will involve object conservation, earthquake protection of collections, exhibitions and more. The Getty said it will be working with the Sicilian Ministry of Culture and Sicilian Identity.
Currently, the Getty has partnerships with the Museo Archeologico Nazionale in Florence and the Museo Archeologico Nazi...
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LOS ANGELES, CA - The J. Paul Getty Museum opened the exhibit Ten Years in Focus: The Artist and the Camera through August 10. Since the beginning of photography in the 1830s, painters and sculptors took up the new medium as a tool. The theme of the artist and the camera has been an important aspect of the Getty's photographs collection since its inception in 1984 and continues to shape its holdings. This can be seen in the selection for this exhibition of acquisitions made in the last decade, w...
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The J. Paul Getty Museum maintains that the Statue of the Victorious Youth was legally acquired. ...
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-- Legal battle: An in-depth look into the latest twist in the fight over the Getty Bronze (pictured). (Los Angeles Times)-- Culture clash: A controversy is brewing over the Vancouver Olympics' policy that forbids artists from criticizing the Games and its sponsors. (Globe and Mail)-- Staying on: Conductor Leonard Slatkin signs a two-year extension with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. (Detroit Free Press)-- Labor dispute: Workers at the National Gallery in London are planning to strike. (BB...
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_Holy thread is hung near an unseen Shiva statue at a Lord Shiva temple in Bangalore. A portion of the temple complex has been modified to give devotees an experience of the Shiva pilgrimage to five Shiva temples for the upcoming Maha Shiva Ratri, which is considered one of the most auspicious times on the Hindu calender. Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/ AFP/ Getty Images_
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An Italian court has ordered the J. Paul Getty Museum "to return a rare, Greek bronze statue to Italy":http://www.latimes.c...
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Jason Felch reports Thursday on an Italian court ruling that the J. Paul Getty Museum must return the bronze statue known both as "Victorious Youth" and the "Getty bronze." The Getty announced its intent to appeal.
In her 37-page ruling, Italian Judge Lorena Mussoni recounted the long journey of the statue, which experts believed was created in Greece between the 2nd and 4th century BC., perhaps by Lysippos, the personal sculptor for Alexander the Great.
The statue has been...
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