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Manuel Alvarez Bravo Gift to Getty

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Manuel Alvarez BravoThe Getty museum announced last week in Culture Monster another gift from an LA couple Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser that includes 52 photographs by Manuel Alvarez Bravo bringing the museum’s collection to 247 images:

The Getty said that since 2000, Greenberg and Steinhauser have donated a hundred photographs by Bravo, as well as 61 pictures by Graciela Iturbide, who served a 1960s apprenticeship as Bravo’s assistant. They also have given images by American photographers Eliot Porter, William Eggleston and Carrie Mae Weems to the Getty’s collection of more than 100,000 photographs.Continue Reading

Italy Defends Its Patrimony

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The New York Times catches up on the Getty’s battle with the Italian government with this backgrounder:

J. Paul Getty Museum
J. Paul Getty Museum

Italy has campaigned aggressively in recent years against foreign collectors, both individuals and institutions, that it argues have purchased artifacts with questionable provenances. In 2006 the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York reached an accord with Italy over the return of artifacts with an uncertain past, and deals with museums in Boston; Princeton, N.J.; and Cleveland followed.

The campaign seems to be paying off in other ways too, said Gen. Giovanni Nistri, the leader of the Carabinieri’s specialized art theft squad. Speaking at a news conference in Rome on Thursday, General Nistri said that 2009 “saw a notable decrease in tomb raiding.”

Even so, he added, last year investigators recovered nearly 40,000 archaeological artifacts, mostly coins, many of them being offered for sale on the Internet.Continue Reading

Brushfire Closes Getty Center in LA

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LA Now covers the 1o acre brushfire near the Getty Center that has caused the museum to close for the day:

Ron Hartwig, vice president of communications, says they are evacuating employees and visitors from the Getty Center. Visitors are taking the tram to get their cars, then they are driving up the hill to the South Gate, to keep the main entrance clear. It’s just a precaution, he says. The fire is on the hillside west of the entrance.

At Mount St. Mary’s, no classes were in session, but 200 people renting out facilities there are being removed. About 100 staffers were also taken out.

Updated at 3 p.m.: The Getty Center is closed for the day. Officials said it could reopen Thursday if the fire is extinguished.

Getty Center Evacuated as Firefighters Battle Sepulveda Pass Blaze (LA Now)

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