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The J. Paul Getty Trust has named as its new Chief Executive Officer, James Cuno, the Director of the Art Institute of Chicago. Dr. Cuno has an M.A. and PhD in art history from Harvard, where he served as director of the Harvard…
Read MoreGeorge Frideric Handel’s “L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato” Pastoral ode after poems by John Milton, rearranged by Charles Jennens Mark Morris Dance Group Los Angeles Opera Orchestra and Chorus Grant Gershon, CONDUCTOR Hei-Kyung Hong, SOPRANO Sarah Coburn, SOPRANO Barry Banks, TENOR John Relyea, BASS-BARITONEAvailable by phone only…
Read MoreRevisiting the Regency; England, 1811-1820 April 23- Aug 1, 2011 Library, West Hall Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens 1151 Oxford Road. San Marino, CA 91108. http://www.huntington.org
Read MoreThe Fashionable Body: An Art and Fashion Dialogue Tuesday, May 3, 2011 Refreshments: 6:30pm Panel: 7–9pm Ray Kurtzman Theater at Creative Artists Agency (CAA) 2000 Avenue of the Stars, Los Angeles, 90067 Join the MOCA Contemporaries for a discussion about…
Read MoreSpanish Police have discovered two missing masterpieces, El Greco’s ”La Anunciacion,” and Goya’s ”La Aparicion de la Virgen del Pilar.” The paintings had been missing for more than two decades and were recovered after a tip led them to a private home…
Read MoreUnfortunately, Daniel Cátan, a prolific opera composer, died this week at the age of 62. Mr. Cátan composed the music for LA Opera’s “Il Postino,” which had its premiere in Los Angeles only a few months ago. His other operas included: “Florencia en el…
Read More“What you are, is by accident of birth; What I am, I created myself. There are, and have been, thousands, of princes; There is only one Beethoven.” –Ludwig Van Beethoven to Prince Lichnowsky, after storming out of his estate BEETHOVEN’S EMPEROR CONCERTO…
Read MoreIn Search of Biblical Lands: From Jerusalem to Jordan in Nineteenth-century Photography March 2–September 12, 2011 Getty Villa. 17985 Pacific Coast Highway, Pacific Palisades, CA. (310) 440-7300 http://www.getty.edu/ Photo: 1870′s “Jews at the Wailing Wall,” Felix Bonfils
Read MoreShakespeare Salon: Scenes and Sonnets April 14 (Thursday) 7 p.m. The Independent Shakespeare Co. will present readings of some of the Bard’s sonnets and scenes, in the Huntington Art Gallery. Catherine Hess, curator of European art, will explore their connections to some…
Read MoreThe La Times reports the real reason why Gustavo Dudamel was unable to conduct last Tuesday’s concert with the Los Angeles Philharmonic: he and his wife Eloisa were having a baby boy. For more, please read: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2011/04/gustavo-dudamel-and-wife-welcome-baby-boy-martin-in-la.html
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