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SIMON SCHAMA IN CONVERSATION

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Simon Schama—author of Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution and Rembrandt’s Eyes—will be at the Getty Villa this weekend to talk about the impact of color in art and architecture.

Schama “investigates how artists across time and borders used color to achieve greater realism, dazzling visual impact, and spiritual ecstasy.”*

 

SIMON SCHAMA—RADIANCE: THE ART OF COLOR, Sunday, June 10, at 3 pm.

GETTY VILLA, 17985 Pacific Coast Highway, Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles.

*getty.edu/event

Simon Schama (center) and Clive James at Cambridge, circa 1970. Image © Simon Schama.

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DANIEL MENDELSOHN IN CONVERSATION

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Daniel Mendelsohn—Cavafy translator and author of The Elusive Embrace: Desire and the Riddle of Identity—visits the Getty Villa for a discussion about “the paradoxical role of mistakes in works of great literature. Paying special attention to Homer’s Odyssey and its hero Odysseus, Mendelsohn investigates the ethical and structural value of screwing up. He explores the ways that missteps and gaffes lead to satisfying stories, and how characters gain insight as they arc from stubborn self-confidence to humbling realizations of error.”*
DANIEL MENDELSOHN—TO CLEVER BY HALF: WHAT WE LEARN FROM THE MISTAKES OF GREAT LITERARY CHARACTERS, Monday, November 6, at 7:30 pm.

GETTY VILLA AUDITORIUM, 17985 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu.

*getty.edu/museum/programs/lectures/mendelsohn_lecture.html

Penelope and Odysseus.

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CULTURE CLASH AT THE GETTY VILLA

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The Villa Theater Lab at the Getty Villa is an ongoing forum for modern reinterpretations of classic Greek and Roman theater, as well as contemporary works inspired by classical literature. This weekend, the great performance troupe CULTURE CLASH presents their in-progress comedic satire SAPO,* the tale of a 1970s Latin rock band from the Bay Area, looking for Santana-like stardom in all the wrong places (Los Angeles). Sapo’s agent “has promised Malibu parties, but has only been able to secure them a dubious engagement at the El Monte Swap Meet.”

This story about borders, travelers, and identity is the first great theater piece to address the catastrophic aftermath of Inauguration Day 2017.

 

SAPO, February 17 and 18 at 7:30 pm, and February 18 and 19 at 3 pm. Tickets are $7.

GETTY VILLA, Malibu

*Spanish for “toad.” SAPO is based on Aristophanes’ The Frogs.

Culture Clash. Photograph by Oscar R. Castillo

Culture Clash. Photograph by Oscar R. Castillo