Getty Research Institute Fall 2006 Events

From the H-ArtHist Network:

Lectures and Screenings
The Getty Center
1200 Getty Center Drive
Los Angeles
http://www.getty.edu/

Please join us at the Getty Center this fall for free public events!
Below is a preview of scheduled programs presented by the Getty ResearchInstitute. Watch for news of individual events starting in October.

David Blackbourn
Religion, Nature, and Art in Nineteenth-Century Germany
Wednesday, October 11, 4:00 p.m.

Frances Terpak
More than a Snapshot: Photographs as Tools of Inquiry at the GettyResearch Institute
Tuesday, October 17, 4:00 p.m.

Marjorie Perloff
The Manifesto as Art Form: A Futurist Invention
Thursday, October 19, 3:00 p.m.

Films by Gordon Matta-Clark
November 1, 7:30 p.m.

David Cannadine
Mellon: An American Life (book signing and presentation)
Wednesday, December 6, 2:00 p.m.

Paul Vangelisti
West Coast Futurism: Influence of Futurist Visual Poetry on ContemporaryPoets
Wednesday, December 13, 3:00 p.m.

Also of interest:

Curators' tours of the Research Institute's current exhibition, ATumultuous Assembly: Visual Poems of the Italian Futurists
Works in Progress series on November 10 and December 8

The Getty Conservation Institute presents stone conservator SimonWarrack on conservation at Angkor Wat
Thursday, September 21, 7:00 p.m.

Admission to these events is free, but reservations are generally required. Parking at the Getty is $8.00 per car. Visit the calendar section of www.getty.edu or call (310) 440-7300 for more information.