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Sensing the Future: Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.) September 10, 2024–February 23, 2025. This exhibition tells the story of a mid-20th century collaboration between artists and engineers to form the group Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.). E.A.T.'s events integrated art, theater, multi-sensory environments, and ...
The text on this page is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, unless otherwise noted. Images and other media are excluded. Irises; 1889; Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853 - 1890); Oil on canvas; Unframed: 74.3 × 94.3 cm (29 1/4 × 37 1/8 in.); 90.PA.20 The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles.
Mar 20, 2021 · George Getty (born in 1855) was a prominent lawyer who ventured into the oil business with his only son, Jean Paul Getty (born 1892). Known as J. Paul Getty, by 1966 the younger Getty was the richest man in the world due to the success of their company Getty Oil. He began using his fortune to collect art as early as the 1930s.
J. Paul Getty started acquiring antiquities in Rome in 1939 and subsequently built an important collection concentrating on Greek and Roman marble statues and reliefs, bronze statuettes, and mosaics. These works were kept in his Malibu ranch house and made available for public viewing beginning in 1954, but the growth of the collection called ...
Select Saturdays April 13 through June 15. 11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. Getty Villa. Get free tickets. Join ceramicist London James in this free, drop-in program for all ages, where she will be using molds to create contemporary clay pieces demonstrating modern techniques in the field. This is event is held through the day between 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 ...
The Department of Manuscripts was established in 1983 with the acquisition of one of the finest private collections in the world, assembled by Peter and Irene Ludwig of Aachen, Germany. Since then, the Museum has built an expansive and balanced representation of the art form, with holdings totaling over 200 complete books and individual leaves ...
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