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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: J. Paul Getty Museum

J. Paul Getty Museum stories: 5 news summaries

 LA Wildfire Threatens Getty 

Winds could move blaze unpredictably: officials

Oct 23, 08 9:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - A wildfire raging in Los Angeles this morning threatens the Getty Center’s priceless paintings and sculptures, and homes in swanky Brentwood's hills, the Times reports. Firefighters temporarily closed an interstate as more than 500 of them deployed an air assault to battle the early-morning blaze. Officials worry winds picking... More »

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California • Los Angeles • wildfires • J. Paul Getty Museum • California wildfires

 Getty Lands a Morbid Gauguin 

LA museum buys painting of decapitation scene after 8-year search

Mar 12, 08 2:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - The J. Paul Getty Museum has acquired an 1892 work by Paul Gauguin the Los Angeles institution's curator calls "the most famous painting by Gauguin that no one has seen," the Los Angeles Times reports. Arii Matamoe (The Royal End)—bought from a Swiss collector for an undisclosed... More »

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art market • art • Los Angeles • J. Paul Getty Museum • Paul Gauguin • Tahiti • Arii Matamoe • The Royal End

Ex-Getty Curator Ducks Relic Charge

Greek court clears
her of buying looted golden wreath

Nov 27, 07 6:38 PM CST
(Newser) - Greek judges cleared a former Getty Museum curator today of buying a looted golden wreath, the Los Angeles Times reports. They said the statute of limitations had ended on the charge that Marion True okayed purchasing the illegally dug up Greek artifact. But "at no stage of these proceedings... More »

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Italy • Greece • J. Paul Getty Museum • looting

Getty to Return Art; Italians Drop Charges

Civil case against museum's curator ends; criminal case continues

Sep 26, 07 11:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Following the outlines of a deal struck in August, the Getty Museum formally pledged yesterday to return to Italy 40 works from its collection. As a result of the agreement, which repatriates such masterpieces as an Aphrodite from the 5th century BC, Italian authorities dropped civil charges against Getty curator... More »

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art • Italy • J. Paul Getty Museum • marion true

Getty Sends Looted Art Home

Italy wins decades-long fight over illegally purchased antiquities

Aug 2, 07 4:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles will return to Italy 40 works of art, including some of the finest in the museum's collection, following a decades-long legal battle. The museum has agreed to give up dozens of  masterpieces that Italy claims were looted, including its signature 5th-century marble... More »

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art • Italy • Los Angeles • museums • J. Paul Getty Museum • looting • Getty

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