After a memorable 3 months, Silence Dogetty is ending its run of excoriating observations about the current state of the J. Paul Getty Trust, its management, and the layoffs of Getty employees. From the beginning, the anonymous Dogetty provided pointed insight into the situation at the Getty and a valuable forum for employee discussion. Perhaps [...]
Posts Tagged ‘J. Paul Getty Museum’
Dogetty’s end
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged J. Paul Getty Museum, Silence Dogetty on April 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Getty fresco to be returned
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged fresco, Getty restitutions, J. Paul Getty Museum, Michael Brand on April 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It was reported today that a 1st century BC Roman fresco fragment will be returned by the J. Paul Getty Museum to Italy sometime in May. The fragment, about 35 x 31 inches, depicts a landscape and appears to match another fragment being returned by an unnamed private collector. Said Director Michael Brand: “Our decision [...]
Living color
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Copenhagen Polychromy Network, Courtauld, Herculaneum, Herculaneum Conservation Project, J. Paul Getty Museum, Jan Stubbe Østergaard, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, polychromy, University of Southampton on April 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In February 2008 I attended a fascinating talk on ancient polychromy at the Courtauld Institute, given by Jan Stubbe Østergaard, archaeologist and curator of ancient art at the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen. Østergaard gave a survey of the current state of knowledge about ancient polychromy, or the use of color on statues and reliefs, [...]
Marion True appears in court
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged J. Paul Getty Museum, Marion True, Robert Hecht, Sharon Waxman on March 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As the trials of former J. Paul Getty Museum curator Dr. Marion True and former antiquities dealer Robert Hecht drag on into their fourth year, True appeared in court for the first time in Rome on Friday. (Last week, The New York Times reported on the latest developments in Hecht’s trial.) True appeared and responded [...]
