Now on view through August 21, 2016 at the Annenberg Space for Photography, REFUGEE features new photographic artworks that illuminate the global refugee crisis.
On view at the Getty Center May 7 – Sept. 4, 2016, Cave Temples of Dunhuang: Buddhist Art on China's Silk Road features numerous objects originally from the site - paintings and manuscripts that have rarely, if ever, traveled to the United States, as well as three spectacular full-size cave replicas. The exhibition celebrates more than 25 years of collaboration between the Getty Conservation Institute and the Dunhuang Academy to preserve this UNESCO World Heritage Site.
“This major exhibition, unprecedented in scope, is the first in North America to fully explore the art, environment, and conservation of the Buddhist cave temples of Dunhuang," says James Cuno, president and CEO of the J. Paul Getty Trust. “The exhibition highlights the Getty’s long relationship with the Dunhuang Academy, stewards of the site, as well as our ongoing efforts to preserve the world’s cultural heritage.”
Now on view at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) through April 24, 2016, "Rain Room" is an immersive environment of continuously falling water that pauses wherever a human body is detected.
Opening March 10, 2015, Dead Sea Scrolls: The Exhibition explores the science and significance of the Dead Sea Scrolls - manuscripts written and hidden in caves 2,000 years ago and not discovered until 1947.