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New Year At The Getty

January 12, 2019 - January 31, 2019

To celebrate the New Year the Getty is offering a full-line-up of events at the Getty Center this January.

Renaissance Nudes and the Power of Looking
Saturday, January 12, 4:00 p.m.
Jill Burke, senior lecturer at the Edinburgh College of Art, investigates how Renaissance people understood their reactions to looking at images of the naked body. Taking a broad, pan-European approach, Burke delves into medical, literary, and spiritual writings of the Renaissance to consider how sight was understood to impact the body and mind. A close analysis of images reveals how depictions of the naked body were believed to enhance religious devotion, affect the course of disease, form beautiful babies, or drive viewers wild with desire.

Daniel Libeskind: Edge of Order
Wednesday, January 23, 7:00 p.m.
Internationally-acclaimed architect Daniel Libeskind, the self-proclaimed rebel whose designs include the Jewish Museum in Berlin and the extension of the Denver Art Museum, reveals his unique creative process in his new book Edge of Order. Libeskind explains how everything from Greek mythology and medieval manuscripts, to Emily Dickinson and the Marx Brothers, influence the way he thinks about buildings and cities.

People of the Book
Sunday, January 27, 3:00 p.m.

Learn about and discuss the Rothschild Pentateuch, a recent addition to the Getty Museum’s collection. This elaborately illuminated manuscript containing the first five books of the Hebrew Bible was created in France and/or Germany in 1296 and traveled to Italy, Poland, and New York over the centuries before landing permanently at the Getty. Sharon Mintz, curator of Jewish Art at the Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York, describes the book and its fascinating history. Rabbi David Wolpe of Sinai Temple joins Mintz for a discussion of the enduring significance of this extraordinary manuscript.

The Body Politic
Thomas Houseago and James Gray: Male Bodies
Thursday, January 31, 7:00 p.m.

Los Angeles-based British sculptor Thomas Houseago’s approach to the human form combines traditional and unconventional materials to create bulky figures rather than graceful classical poses. His large-scale works convey the power and vulnerability of the male body. Writer-director James Gray joins Houseago to discuss the creation of male figures and characters.

Saturday Nights at the Getty: Lonnie Holley
Saturday, January 12, 7:30 p.m.

Join artist and musician Lonnie Holley as he performs unique improvisational compositions inspired by his upbringing in the American South. Holley’s art and music was born from struggle and hardship and has manifested in a beguiling and singular universe of drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, performance, and sound. His journey to find healing through art-making has led him to collaborate and tour worldwide with artists like Animal Collective, Bon Iver, Bill Callahan and Deerhunter, to name just a few, and his artwork has been exhibited widely, from the Metropolitan Museum of Art to the White House.

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Start:
January 12, 2019
End:
January 31, 2019
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