Getty Museum is continuing its digital exhibition offerings, which is great for us in New Zealand wanting to explore what’s on offer without making a big trip! Here is a selection of this month’s showcases:
The tiny stones that tell big stories
More than 50 sealstones were found in the grave of the Griffin Warrior—a tomb excavated near the Palace of Nestor at Pylos (located on the southwest coast of Greece), which sheltered the remains of a Mycenaean leader who lived around 1450 BCE. Art and artifacts, including dozens of sealstones, are on display in the new Getty Villa Museum exhibition The Kingdom of Pylos: Warrior-Princes of Ancient Greece.
What exactly are sealstones, what was their purpose in prehistoric societies, and how might they have been crafted without modern tools? Scholars and jewelers are working together to find the answers.
Here and queer: a playlist
To walk through the Getty exhibition $3 Bill is to witness the many facets of queer history in the 20th century.
These were decades when sexuality and gender identity came to be understood as diverse and variable, and the ensuing movements advocating civil rights for LGBTQ+ folks took on as many forms as there are people who participated or saw themselves represented in them.
What better way to celebrate the protests, advocacy, and love than with music? Experience the multitudes of genres and approaches to queer identities with this playlist, selected by artists whose work is featured in the exhibition.
When artworks, cherished objects, and children’s toys are fire survivors too
On June 14 Getty hosted a Fire Recovery Conservation Clinic with the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture and Art Recovery LA to help fire survivors repair and safeguard their cherished belongings.
Read more about the objects they saved