This year’s annual Gordon Getty Concert features the subversive and experimental OOIOO.
This fall the Getty introduces The Art of Writing, an occasional series of presentations and discussions featuring authors of fiction whose work engages with art, museums, collecting, and material culture. The first Art of Writing program features Orhan Pamuk on October 28.
Architecture critic Paul Goldberger joins Getty President and CEO James Cuno on September 27 in a discussion of the legacy of architect Frank Gehry. Building Art: The Life and Work of Frank Gehry takes place just a day before Mr. Gehry receives the Third Annual Getty Medal Award for his lifetime of achievement.
Due to overwhelming demand, a September 10 talk by David Hockney sold out within hours. However, the artist’s latest thinking on perspective—from the Renaissance to photography—will be webcast live. Tune in to Getty Perspectives David Hockney: Painting and Photography at 7:00pm, next Thursday to share the experience.
Most performances and events are free. Parking at both the Getty Center and the Getty Villa is reduced in the evenings. Don’t forget to take advantage of “Pay Once, Park Twice,” same-day parking at both the Getty Center and Getty Villa for one $15 fee.
Here is a sampling of Fall events at the Getty Center.
Festivals
Family Festival October 4, 10:00am-6:00pm Getty Center Explore your animal nature at the Getty Center’s daylong Family Festival celebrating the exhibition In Focus: Animalia.
Performances
Saturday Nights at the Getty: Jessica Pratt October 10, 7:30pm Getty Center Jessica Pratt is a singer-songwriter whose singular voice and transfixing intimate performances are rooted in a California tradition of quiet psychedelia.
Film: Things Left Behind—Miyako Ishiuchi October 10, 11:00am, 1:00pm and 3:00pm Getty Center Renowned photographer Ishiuchi Miyako and her project ひろしま/Hiroshima are the focus of the film Things Left Behind. Photo credit: Leah Singer
Saturday Nights at the Getty: Lee Ranaldo November 7:00pm, 7:30pm Getty Center For thirty years, Lee Ranaldo was the lead guitarist of Sonic Youth. Since the band’s end in 2011, Ranaldo has been exploring new roles as a solo performer.
Gordon Getty Concert: OOIOO December 5, 7:30pm Getty Center $20; advance ticket required Led by Yoshimi, OOIOO has always created a musical language all its own. The bold new album Gamel is inspired by the Javanese style of gamelan and the first new music from Yoshimi in over five years.
Lectures
David Hockney: Painting and Photography September 10, 7:00pm Getty Center Artist David Hockney draws on his life-long interests to present his latest, and ever-evolving, theories about perspective and the relationship between painting and photography. Webcast Live
Happy Marriages: Paintings and their Frames in Curatorial and Conservation Practice September 19, 3:00pm Getty Center Curator Davide Gasparotto and conservator Gene Karraker, the J. Paul Getty Museum, address the role that frames play in presenting paintings in a museum.
The Once and Future Book: On the Nature of Reading September 20, 3:00pm Getty Center How has reading changed from the Middle Ages to the latest digital technologies? Kathryn Rudy, senior lecturer in art history at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, and Steve Wasserman, former book review editor at the Los Angeles Times and now editor-at-large at Yale University Press, discuss the nature of reading, past, present, and future.
Building Art: Paul Goldberger and James Cuno on Frank Gehry September 27, 7:00pm Getty Center Paul Goldberger, architecture critic and author of Building Art: The Life and Work of Frank Gehry, and James Cuno, president and CEO of the J. Paul Getty Trust, examine Getty Medal-winner Frank Gehry’s impact on museums and the arts locally and globally.
Miyako Ishiuchi in Conversation October 7, 7:00pm Getty Center Photographer Ishiuchi Miyako discusses her work and career with Christopher Phillips, curator at the International Center of Photography in New York.
Bronze Sculpture from the Aegean Sea: A Reassessment of Old and New Finds October 13, 7:30pm Getty Center Marine archaeologist George Koutsouflaskis discusses some of the spectacular discoveries made by Hellenic Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities.
Contemporary Japanese Photography: A Reaction Against “Girl Photography” October 15, 7:00pm Getty Center Sawada Tomoko and Shiga Lieko, contemporary photographers concerned with notions of identity as it relates to the medium of photography, speak with Kasahara Michiko, chief curator, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of photography, about the challenges and influences affecting women photographers in Japan.
Muscle into Bronze: Athletics, Athletes, and Athletic Victor Statues in the Hellenistic Aegean October 25, 3:00pm Getty Center Andrew Stewart, professor of ancient Mediterranean art at UC Berkeley, traces the origins and development of Greek victor statues from the 6th century to the Hellenistic period.
The Art of Writing: Orhan Pamuk October 28, 7:00pm Getty Center Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk discusses his new book, A Strangeness in My Mind. The novel follows Mevlut Karataş, a boy who leaves his village for Istanbul to seek his fortune, witnessing the various transformations that the people, the city, and the nation undergo.
Daguerreotype Lecture November 5, 7:00pm Getty Center Photographer Takashi Arai discusses his work utilizing daguerreotype techniques, which Arai considers a superior medium to modern photography.
Getty Perspectives: Alva No? and William Forsythe November 12, 7:00pm Getty Center Alva No?, professor of philosophy at UC Berkeley, discusses his new book Strange Tools: Art and Human Nature with choreographer and installation artist William Forsythe.
Dining Well at the Medieval Court November 15, 3:00pm Getty Center From the agrarian cycle of planting and harvest to the religious cycles of fasts and feasts, food deeply structured the life experiences of medieval people at all social levels. Christina Normore, professor of art history at Northwestern University, explains how banquets marking important occasions offered a range of sensuous pleasures as well as a range of moral lessons.