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Hand over the book, Britain, it's the Getty's
When British authorities the other day denied an export license for a 15th-century Flemish manuscript acquired last December by the J. Paul Getty Museum at a London auction, few could have been surprised. Stopping the export of exceptional works of...
Tags: Margaret Thatcher, Politics, Government, Sotheby's Holdings Incorporated, Arts and Culture
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'To Catch a Thief' kicks off Last Remaining Seats film series
The Los Angeles Conservancy's Last Remaining Seats film series, which shines the spotlight on historic movie palaces in downtown Los Angeles, is kicking off June 1 at the Orpheum Theatre with Alfred Hitchcock's 1955 romantic thriller, "To Catch a Thief."...
Tags: Academy Awards, Entertainment, Arts and Culture, All About Eve (movie), Casablanca (movie)
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Forest Whitaker, Orlando Bloom thriller 'Zulu' to close Cannes
The police thriller "Zulu," set and shot in South Africa, will close the 66th Cannes Film Festival on May 26. Starring Forest Whitaker and Orlando Bloom, the film is directed by Jerome Salle. An adaptation of the novel of the same name by Caryl Ferey, the...
Tags: Festive Events, Film Festivals, Cannes Film Festival, Entertainment, Django Unchained (movie)
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Review: 'Sicily' at Getty Villa looms larger than life
There are at least three great reasons to see "Sicily: Art and Invention Between Greece and Rome," the newly opened antiquities exhibition at the Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades. A major sculpture anchors each of the show's three rooms, and together they...
Tags: Rome (Italy), Arts, Sculpture, Fine Artists, Greek Gods and Goddesses
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Some lanes on 405 Freeway in Sepulveda Pass to be closed this weekend
L.A. NOWThree northbound lanes on the 405 Freeway in the Sepulveda Pass will be closed for 55 hours beginning Friday night for construction work. The freeway will be reduced from five to two lanes between the Montana Avenue offramp and the...... -
Quick Takes: Country music's new hit
Roll over, Hank Williams, and tell Patsy Cline the news: Nashville has a new top music awards show. Sunday's Academy of Country Music Awards show on CBS drew 15.4 million viewers, according to early data from Nielsen (final ratings won't be published...Tags: Music, Country Music Association Awards, Arts and Culture, Chicago Sun-Times, Concerts
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Baltimore Museum of Art lays off 14 employees
More than five years after a financial crisis ravaged the U.S. economy, the Baltimore Museum of Art has finally run out of options. Museum administrators announced Monday that after exhausting other cost-cutting measures, they have laid off 14 employees,...
Tags: Politics, Lobbying, Financially Distressed Companies, Washington, DC, Walters Art Museum
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Review: 'Confederacy of Heretics' a delicate task
It's difficult to imagine a more delicate curatorial task than the one Todd Gannon, Ewan Branda and Andrew Zago faced in putting together "A Confederacy of Heretics: The Architecture Gallery, Venice, 1979." The exhibition, running through July 7 at...
Tags: Arts, Frank Gehry, Thom Mayne, Standards, Vietnam War (1955-1975)
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Manuscript acquired by Getty prevented from leaving Britain
A valuable 15th century Flemish manuscript acquired by the J.Paul Getty Museum late last year has been placed under an export embargo by British authorities, who hope to keep the object in the United Kingdom. Britain's cultural minister Ed Vaizey has...
Tags: Sotheby's Holdings Incorporated, Arts and Culture, United Kingdom, Museums, Minivans and Vans
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Review: From rooftops to subways, dancing makes Los Angeles the stage
On an astonishingly busy weekend of dance, Angelenos had the good fortune Saturday to experience two exceptional site-specific performances: the local debut of Trisha Brown’s historic “Roof Piece” at the Getty Center and the premiere...
Tags: SoHo, Music, Manhattan (New York City), Dance, Entertainment
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Building bridges between Mexican and Mexican American art
Mexican art and Mexican American art often have treated each other more like strangers or distant cousins than like the fraternal twins they really are. In the United States, apart from in California and the Southwest, many museums and art professionals...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Fine Artists, Arts and Culture, Artists, Education
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Southern California architecture: the missing early years from PSTP
Two years ago, when the Getty Trust helped organize and fund more than five dozen exhibits on 20th century art in Los Angeles, a massive enterprise it labeled "Pacific Standard Time," it wasn't difficult to guess which era the museum would focus on. It...
Tags: Frank Gehry, Arts and Culture, Artists, Museum of Modern Art, Museums
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