The Getty

Homes by Frank Gehry, Eric Owen Moss, Neil Denari open for tour

2013-06-18 18:13:00

"Tip the world on its side and everything loose will land in Los Angeles," Frank Lloyd Wright reportedly said. That looseness -- a spirit of experimentation, a refusal to be bound by convention -- will be on display June 23 when the MAK Center for Art and...

Getty Villa to sport a giant steel wheel for 'Prometheus Bound'

2013-06-12 07:07:00

This post has been corrected. Please see below for details. The Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades boasts a magnificent collection of ancient art in a replica of a Roman Villa, but this summer the biggest sculpture on display will be a creation from 2013:...

Micro apartments in Los Angeles: 'How Small Is Too Small?'

2013-06-13 08:50:00

With condo buildings sprouting from vacant lots and talk of lifting height restrictions on its high-rises, Hollywood offers one of the best illustrations of Los Angeles' push toward population density. In the heart of this quickly changing neighborhood,...

Wim de Wit to step down at Getty Research Institute

2013-06-12 06:00:00

After 20 years at the Getty Research Institute, Wim de Wit, the head of the architecture and contemporary art offerings there and co-curator of the current Pacific Standard Time Presents initiative on modern architecture in Los Angeles, is leaving the...

L.A. arts endowments fell in 2011-12, but things are looking up

2013-05-29 05:30:00

The public's window into nonprofit arts groups’ financial condition is a time-lapse look. The numbers typically don’t become available until many months after an organization has closed the books on a fiscal year. They're now in for most...

Starving artists? Not among the leaders of L.A. arts institutions

2013-05-29 05:00:00

L.A. added two new million-dollar-a-year executives to the ranks of its top-paid arts leaders during 2011, although two existing members of the seven-person club had to get by with less than they'd made in 2010. Increases for Music Center President...

Reader photos: Best of Southern California moments for May 2013

2013-06-05 13:14:46

Reader Photo: Light-headed

2013-05-29 16:00:00

Light appears to shine from a girl's forehead in an illusion created by this double-exposure, or two images taken on the same frame of film, by "Jimmay Bones." The image was made on May 18 at the Getty Museum. Follow Armand Emamdjomeh on�Twitter�or�...

Sunnylands presidential summit spotlights estate's public mission

2013-06-07 05:00:00

Even when it was just an architectural glimmer in the eye of Walter and Leonore Annenberg, the desert estate where President Barack Obama will greet Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday was never in danger of being confused with a mere vacation house....

Where to enjoy summer concerts on the cheap in L.A.

2013-05-31 11:21:00

Though the annual array of summer tours and festivals may be enticing, the shows can also empty your pockets. It's good to know L.A. offers plenty of cheap alternatives for great music over the next few months. This weekend's 12-hour marathon of 150...

Found: R.M. Schindler's hidden church

2013-06-02 00:00:00

Rudolph Schindler is L.A.'s prototypical Modernist architect. His house on King's Road (the MAK Center now) is a public monument. Design magazines gush over Schindler restorations. Curbed LA, online, tracks the Schindler real estate market. And the...

Ada Louise Huxtable memorial explores architecture critic's legacy

2013-06-05 11:29:00

NEW YORK -- On Tuesday afternoon at the Metropolitan Museum in New York the architecture world, or what felt like a pretty substantial cross-section of it, gathered to remember the pioneering New York Times and Wall Street Journal architecture critic...

MIAMI, FL - JUNE 18: Tim Duncan #21 of the San Antonio Spurs and Ray Allen #34 of the Miami Heat go after a rebound in the fourth quarter during Game Six of the 2013 NBA Finals at AmericanAirlines Arena on June 18, 2013 in Miami, Florida.

2013-06-18 00:00:00

Tim Duncan #21 of the San Antonio Spurs and Chris Bosh #1 of the Miami Heat go after the opening jump ball to start Game Two of the 2013 NBA Finals at AmericanAirlines Arena on June 9, 2013 in Miami, Florida.

2013-06-09 00:00:00

INDIANAPOLIS, IN - JUNE 01: Paul George #24 of the Indiana Pacers celebrates after a play against the Miami Heat in Game Six of the Eastern Conference Finals during the 2013 NBA Playoffs at Bankers Life Fieldhouse on June 1, 2013 in Indianapolis, Indiana.

2013-06-01 00:00:00