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    Apr 13, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. 'To Catch a Thief' kicks off Last Remaining Seats film series

    The Los Angeles Conservancy's<a href="http://www.laconservancy.org/remaining/remaining_about.php" target="_blank"> Last Remaining Seats film series</a>, 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."
    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, Casablanca (movie), Entertainment Events, Awards and Prizes, Arts and Culture

    2. Apr 12, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. 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 screenplay was co-written by&nbsp;Salle and Julien Rappeneau.
    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: Django Unchained (movie), Ben Affleck, Cannes Film Festival, Arts and Culture, The Great Gatsby (movie, 2013)

    3. Mar 27, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Colin Bailey named director of Fine Arts Museums in San Francisco

    The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco have named Colin Bailey as their new director. Bailey, who most recently served as the deputy director and chief curator at the Frick Collection in New York, will head the De Young Museum and the Legion of Honor in San Francisco.
    The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco have named Colin Bailey as their new director. Bailey, who most recently served as the deputy director and chief curator at the Frick Collection in New York, will head the De Young Museum and the Legion of Honor in...

    Tags: Arts, Fine Arts, Human Interest, Arts and Culture, Fines

    4. Apr 11, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. 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.
    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: Nottingham, Margaret Thatcher, Government, Arts and Culture, United Kingdom

    5. Mar 22, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Metropolitan Museum of Art to stay open 7 days a week

    Patrons will have another day to browse the Metropolitan Museum of Art&rsquo;s collection of nearly 2 million works.
    Patrons will have another day to browse the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s collection of nearly 2 million works. The New York museum announced on Thursday that it will be open to the public seven days a week -- nearly 60 hours in total -- starting...

    Tags: Smithsonian Institution, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Arts, Arts and Culture, Metropolitan Museum of Art

    6. Apr 8, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Manuscript acquired by Getty prevented from leaving Britain

    A valuable 15th century Flemish manuscript acquired by the J.Paul Getty Museum&nbsp;late last year has been placed under an export embargo by British authorities, who hope to keep the object in the United Kingdom.&nbsp;
    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: Arts and Culture, Minivans and Vans, Sotheby's Holdings Incorporated, Museums, United Kingdom

    7. Apr 7, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. 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&rsquo;s historic &ldquo;Roof Piece&rdquo; at the Getty Center and the premiere of Stephan Koplowitz&rsquo;s &ldquo;Red Line Time,&rdquo; a marathon circuitous journey on the downtown-to-North Hollywood Metro line.
    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: Music, Entertainment Events, SoHo, Dance, Entertainment

    8. Apr 6, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. 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.
    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: Mexico City, Arts and Culture, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Education, Artists

    9. Feb 2, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Getty executives enjoyed big pay hikes in 2012

    Happy days were here again in 2012 for a number of folks in the executive offices of the J. Paul Getty Trust, although it wasn't the best of times for some others on the staff of about 1,250.
    Happy days were here again in 2012 for a number of folks in the executive offices of the J. Paul Getty Trust, although it wasn't the best of times for some others on the staff of about 1,250. A “senior management compensation” disclosure dated...

    Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Arts and Culture, Earnings, Museums, J. Paul Getty Trust

    10. Jan 31, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Major art museum group bolsters rules for acquiring ancient art

    The ethics for adding ancient works to American art museum collections became substantially more stringent five years ago when the Assn. of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) decided to set the bar higher -- prompted by complaints from Italy, Greece and other ancient lands that museums had long turned a blind eye to evidence that pieces they owned had been looted from archaeological sites.
    The ethics for adding ancient works to American art museum collections became substantially more stringent five years ago when the Assn. of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) decided to set the bar higher -- prompted by complaints from Italy, Greece and other...

    Tags: Ethics, Cambodia, Arts and Culture, Artists, Arts

    11. Jan 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Russia held in contempt in case that sparked its U.S. art-loan ban

    <em>This post has been corrected. See note below.</em>
    This post has been corrected. See note below. Russia's ban on art loans to American museums has lasted more than two years now -- a strange and disruptive boomerang effect of a rancorous legal battle between the Russian government and the Chassidic...

    Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Russia, Government, U.S. Department of State, Trials

    12. Feb 16, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Johannes Vermeer paintings get California spotlights

    Guards accompany them when they travel. Crowds flock to them when they arrive.
    Guards accompany them when they travel. Crowds flock to them when they arrive. Johannes Vermeer's exquisite paintings of young women in gleaming domestic settings are the vigilantly watched and amply insured celebrities of the museum world, promising not...

    Tags: Theft, Arts, The Concert (movie), Arts and Culture, Metropolitan Museum of Art

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