Blockbuster Exhibitions Native American Art & Law
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Curator Responsibilities
Curator Responsibilities Student Interns The following PowerPoint Guidebook will provide you with a few key ideas and concepts that will help you understand basic information about The Getty Center, and other overall museums and institutions Mission Statement The J. Paul Getty Museum seeks to inspire curiosity about, and enjoyment and understanding of, the visual arts by collecting, conserving, exhibiting and interpreting works of art of outstanding quality and historical importance.
A Curator’s Values
Curator Values & Responsibilities
To serve the publics interest in education To serve the institution in which it works for
Curator’s Responsibilities
Ensure objectivity and Integrity Be open to interpretation Acquire, Care, and Conserve museums collection Respect donor restrictions and rules Make sure objects on loan receive equal care as objects in the collection The Getty Museum, Los Angeles, J.M.W. Turner "Painting Set Free" Exhibition
Collections
Collections
Curators are responsible for providing the public with access to collections Curators are responsible for preserving the collection Curators must respect donors requests Curators must protect, conserve, and care for objects on temporary loan as they would objects in the museums collection Non-Collecting institutions are considered museums The collection of a museums distinguishes it from others, and reflects with the facility’s mission
***The Getty makes available digital images to which the Getty holds the rights or that are in the public domain to be used for any purpose from their collection. No permission is required.
Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts , Rock Climbing Exhibition, it is a non-collecting art museum
The Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Collection
Labels
Artist Name Country of Origin, birth and death dates
Living artists generally may not want to display their birthdate Title of the work is generally in italics, although different institutions choose different techniques The size and dimensions of an object or artwork can be included alongside the medium/materials portion of the label Credit is given to funders or purchasers of objects If the item is part of the collection of the museum it will include an accession number that is usually created by the year the work was acquired, followed by the group number
Title of Work Date work was completed Medium for work Source of Funding for purchase of the Work. Accession Number: Year the work became Part of the collection and the group identity number
Labels
Romare Bearden United States, 1914-1988 Continuities 1969 Collage on board Gift of the Child Hassam Fund of the American Academy of Arts and Letters 1971.9 The Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Labels
Accession Number Write on Object • Using fade resistant ink • Cover with acrylic resin or shellac
Hanging Labels • Ensure that it is accompanied by another method of identification Accession Number
An accession number label being put in place, a sealing barrier is applied
Textile • Can add a piece of textile with the accession number on it
DO NOT Rely solely on technology Use adhesive labels Use paper labels to glue on object
Cervus elaphus from the J. Allies collection ,Worcester City Museums
Blockbuster Exhibitions The first modern Blockbuster Exhibition was at the British Museum in London, in 1972, featuring The Treasures of Tutankhamen It can take 5 – 7 years to put together a Blockbuster Exhibition Catalogues are a popular souvenir to take away from the visit There was a Monet Exhibition in 1990 at the Royal Academy of Arts, in London There was a Cezanne Exhibition in 1996, at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, in the United States Blockbuster Exhibitions attract publicity Marketing and Merchandizing Tickets generally sold in advance Attracts audiences from near and far Targets people that don’t usually go Statistics and surveys are collected
Monet Exhibition, 1990, Royal Academy of Arts, London. Blockbuster Exhibitions
Future Exhibition coming up at the Getty:
Traversing the Globe through Illuminated Manuscripts January 26–June 26, 2016 Crowd awaiting admittance to The Treasures of Tutankhamen exhibition, 1972, British Museum, London.
A Word about Native American Art & Law Montclair Art Museum in New Jersey houses a Native American Art collection of over 4,000 objects Native American Grave Protection & Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) mandates that all grave goods acquired legally or illegally, during at time, past or present, may be returned to Native American tribes that want them Some objects claimed by Native Americans were returned to their ancestors graves, where they were originally intended Not all people agree on how to preserve or conserve objects Museums made accommodations and respected Native American tribe requests that some objects not be on display during certain times of the year, or in some cases, not be displayed at all, out of respect for their traditions Many of the objects returned from the museums to the Native Americans will disintegrate
Native American Art & Law
The Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Photograph of Painting of a Native American, Not Currently on View