Getty Center Cave Temples of Dunhuang: Buddhist Art on China’s Silk Road May 7–September 4, 2016 www.getty.edu On the western edge of the Gobi Desert, near the ancient oasis town of Dunhuang, China, hundreds of cave temples were carved into a cliff face and decorated with Buddhist wall paintings and sculptures. The caves are known […]
Cave Temples of Dunhuang: Buddhist Art on China’s Silk Road May 7–September 4, 2016, Getty Center The Mogao caves, located near the town of Dunhuang in the Gobi Desert of northwest China, comprise some 500 decorated Buddhist cave temples dating from the 4th to the 14th century. Filled with exquisite wall paintings and sculptures, the […]
The J. Paul Getty Museum will present “Ishiuchi Miyako: Postwar Shadows” photo exhibition from Oct. 6 through Feb. 21, 2016. getty.edu Self – taught photographer Miyako Ishiuchi (born 1947) stunned the Japanese photography establishment in the late 1970s with grainy, haunting, black – and – white images of Yokosuka — the city where Ishiuchi spent […]
Photo Exhibition Ishiuchi Miyako: Postwar Shadows Oct. 6, 2015–Feb. 21, 2016, at the Getty Center www.getty.edu Related Events of “Ishiuchi Miyako: Postwar Shadows” at the Getty. Talk: Ishiuchi Miyako in Conversation Wednesday, October 7, 7:00 p.m. Getty Center: Harold M. Williams Auditorium Miyako Ishiuchi (photo by Kaori Ito) Photographer Ishiuchi Miyako discusses her work and […]
Photo Exhibition Ishiuchi Miyako: Postwar Shadows Oct. 6, 2015–Feb. 21, 2016, at the Getty Center www.getty.edu Related Events of “Ishiuchi Miyako: Postwar Shadows” at the Getty. Talk: Ishiuchi Miyako in Conversation Wednesday, October 7, 7:00 p.m. Getty Center: Harold M. Williams Auditorium Photographer Ishiuchi Miyako discusses her work and career with Christopher Phillips, curator at […]
Getty Conservation Institute to screen “Buddhist Art: A Fragile Inheritance” at the Getty Center Buddhist Art: A Fragile Inheritance / November 13, 2014 /7:00p.m. (Running Time: 54 minutes) / Harold M. Williams Auditorium, Getty Center / Free; visit event site to make a reservations The diffusion of Buddhism from India throughout Asia has left a […]
The Getty Center presents a lecture about photographer Hiroshi Hamaya on July 11 in conjunction with the current photo exhibition Japan’s Modern Divide: The Photographs of Hiroshi Hamaya and Kansuke Yamamoto. From the Streets of Tokyo to Snow Country: Hiroshi Hamaya and the Documentation of Japanese Life Thursday July 11, 2013, 7:00 pm […]