Getty Villa Oiled Well for Reopening
Wednesday November 23, 2005
Free Timed Tickets Available
by Stan Parchin
Wednesday November 23, 2005
Malibu's Getty Villa, one of California's vast repositories of Greek, Etruscan and Roman antiquities, is scheduled to reopen on Saturday, January 28, 2006. The villa, restored to its original grandeur, partially recreates the famous Roman Villa dei Papiri from Herculaneum (preserved during the volcanic eruption of Italy's Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD). Closed since 1997 for serious renovations and major expansion (totaling a reported $275 million), the Getty Villa's renewed structure and expanded campus, designed by Boston's Machado & Silvetti Associates, reportedly include a conservation center, library for scholarly research and 450-seat outdoor amphitheater, based on a Roman model. More than 1200 objects from the Getty's exhaustive collection of some 44,000 artworks will be displayed in the villa's 23 galleries. Objects will be arranged in thematic galleries (e.g., deities; objects describing Trojan heroics; and theater). Sculpture, coins and dazzling jewelry from 6500 BC to 400 AD will abound.
Five galleries will be devoted to special exhibitions.
The Getty Villa is located at: 17985 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, CA. Visiting hours will be from Thursday through Monday from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Parking will cost $7.00 (cash only). Free timed tickets are available online at www.getty.edu or by calling (310) 440-7300.
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From your Guide: Stan Parchin, Senior Correspondent for Museums and Special Exhibitions, is a specialist in ancient, late-medieval and Renaissance art and history. His interests include: the art and culture of Old and New Kingdom Egypt; the Italian and Northern Renaissances; Church history; and witchcraft, heresy and social dissent in late-medieval and early Modern Europe.
by Stan Parchin
Wednesday November 23, 2005
Malibu's Getty Villa, one of California's vast repositories of Greek, Etruscan and Roman antiquities, is scheduled to reopen on Saturday, January 28, 2006. The villa, restored to its original grandeur, partially recreates the famous Roman Villa dei Papiri from Herculaneum (preserved during the volcanic eruption of Italy's Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD). Closed since 1997 for serious renovations and major expansion (totaling a reported $275 million), the Getty Villa's renewed structure and expanded campus, designed by Boston's Machado & Silvetti Associates, reportedly include a conservation center, library for scholarly research and 450-seat outdoor amphitheater, based on a Roman model. More than 1200 objects from the Getty's exhaustive collection of some 44,000 artworks will be displayed in the villa's 23 galleries. Objects will be arranged in thematic galleries (e.g., deities; objects describing Trojan heroics; and theater). Sculpture, coins and dazzling jewelry from 6500 BC to 400 AD will abound.
Five galleries will be devoted to special exhibitions.
The Getty Villa is located at: 17985 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, CA. Visiting hours will be from Thursday through Monday from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Parking will cost $7.00 (cash only). Free timed tickets are available online at www.getty.edu or by calling (310) 440-7300.
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From your Guide: Stan Parchin, Senior Correspondent for Museums and Special Exhibitions, is a specialist in ancient, late-medieval and Renaissance art and history. His interests include: the art and culture of Old and New Kingdom Egypt; the Italian and Northern Renaissances; Church history; and witchcraft, heresy and social dissent in late-medieval and early Modern Europe.
Comments
Hey your giving me vacation ideas. I would like to visit this villa.