MAY 2012 ISSUE

Gustav Klimt: The Magic of Line
July 3–September 23, 2012 at the Getty Center:

Lectures:

Gustav Klimt: Drawing as a Guiding Principle

To the public, Klimt is known primarily as a painter, in particular as the creator of his renowned "golden paintings". In truth, however, the practice of drawing formed the core of his unique genius, and line was the fundamental basis of his art. Marian Bisanz-Prakken, curator of the Albertina Museum in Vienna, shows how Klimt, through his obsessive study of the human figure based on observations from daily life, developed the defining themes of his art, including love and eros, and life and death.
Sunday, July 8, 3:00 p.m.
Harold M. Williams Auditorium

From Mozart's Vienna to Freud's Vienna: The Human Emotions in Messerschmidt and Klimt:

Two spectacular cultural moments in the history of one city shaped the artistic agendas of Messerschmidt and Klimt as they explored the representation of human emotions. Messerschmidt worked in Mozart's  Vienna and Klimt in Freud's Vienna. Larry Wolff, professor of history at NYU, discusses how the cultural values of Vienna during two different eras illuminate their art.
Thursday, August 30, 7:30 p.m.
Harold M. Williams Auditorium

Getty Perspectives: The Age of Insight

Eric Kandel, Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics at Columbia University, outlines our understanding of the cognitive psychological and neurobiological basis of perception, memory, emotion, empathy, and creativity. He examines how cognitive psychology and brain biology have joined to explore how the viewer perceives and responds to art. Kandel illustrates these ideas with portraits by Gustav Klimt (1862 - 1918) and his equally outstanding "contemporaries" Egon Schiele (1890 - 1918), and Oskar Kokoschka (1886 - 1980).
Wednesday, September 19, 7:30 p.m.
Harold M. Williams Auditorium

 
Gallery Course

Modernity and Tradition: Multifacted Gustav Klimt

Explore Gustav Klimt's subjects and experimental working style as it reflects the fin de siècle, a turbulent and at the same most exciting period in Europe. Educator Anna Sapenuk leads this two-part course that traces the evolution of Klimt as a draftsman and explores what caused the break from traditional modes of image making in drawing and painting. Course fee $40; $30 students. Open to 35 participants.
Part 1: Saturday, September 8, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.: Klimt and fin de siècle
Part 2: Saturday, September 15, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.: The “naked truth” and the evolution of Klimt's technique
Research Institute Lecture Hall and Museum galleries

Studio Course

Culinary Workshop: Modern Vienna
Celebrate Austrian-born artist Gustav Klimt's 150th birthday while exploring the evolution of his art through the exhibition Gustav Klimt: The Magic of Line. Discover Austrian cuisine and prepare a traditional meal complete with Viennese pastries appropriate for a birthday celebration. Course fee $75. Tickets available beginning Thursday, June 21.
Thursday, July 19, 10:30 a.m.–2:00 p.m. Course repeats Friday, July 20.
Private Dining Room

Talks

Curator’s Gallery Talks
Edouard Kopp, Assistant Curator of Drawings at the J. Paul Getty Museum, leads a gallery talk on the exhibition. Meet under the stairs in the Museum Entrance Hall.
Thursday, July 19, 1:30 p.m.
Wednesday, August 15 and September 12, 1:30 p.m.

Performance

Hollywood Bowl: L.A. Philharmonic play Beethoven's 9th

Tuesday, July 10 8:00 p.m. In celebration of Gustav Klimt’s 150th birthday and his famous Beethoven Frieze, the LA Phil and Getty Museum join together to commission video imagery to accompany the famous “Ode to Joy” finale of the symphony. Please check the website of the Hollywood Bowl regularly for available tickets.

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