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Getty Museum Presents Mesopotamia: Civilization Begins

Apr 21, 2021-Aug 16, 2021 at the Getty Villa

Statue of Gudea, Prince of Lagash, Dedicated to the Goddess. Geshtinanna, about 2120 B.C. Unknown. Dolerite. Object: H: 62 × W: 25.6 × D: 20 cm (24 7/16 × 10 1/16 × 7 7/8 in.). VEX.2020.1.138. Musée du Louvre, Département des Antiquités orientales. Image © Musée du Louvre, dist. RMN-GP / Raphaël Chipault / Art Resource, NY

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Photo Flux: Unshuttering LA at Getty Museum

May 25, 2021-Oct 10, 2021 at the Getty Center

Support Systems, 1984. Todd Gray, American, born 1954. Mixed Media, 207 x 226.1 cm (81 1/2 x 89 in.) © Todd Gray. EX.2020.6.13

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Power, Justice, and Tyranny in the Middle Ages at Getty Museum

May 25, 2021-Aug 15, 2021 at the Getty Center

Ariadne Discovers Theseus’s Departure, about 1493. Master of the Chronique scandaleuse. French, active about 1493 – 1510. Tempera colors, gold, and ink. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. 2021.7.13

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Rare 18th-Century Parisian Armchair Goes on View at the Getty

May 25, 2021-Jul 31, 2022 at the Getty Center

Armchair, 1770–72 or early 1780s, Georges Jacob, walnut, painted and varnished, and beech; silk, linen, hemp, and horsehair upholstery with swan- and goose-down feather stuffing; silk trim; iron tacks and gilt-brass nails. The J. Paul Getty Museum

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Artists as Collectors at Getty Museum

May 25, 2021-Sep 12, 2021 at the Getty Center

Nude Woman with a Snake, about 1637. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn. Dutch, 1606 – 1669. Red chalk with white gouache heightening. 24.7 x 13.7 cm (9 3/4 x 5 3/8 in.) The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. 81.GB.27

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