Descriptive Summary
Administrative History
Administrative Information
Related Materials
Existence and Location of Originals
Scope and Content of Collection
Indexing Terms
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Getty Research Institute public event records and recordings
Date (inclusive): 1998-2020
Number: IA40002
Creator/Collector:
Getty Research Institute
Physical Description:
25.5 Linear Feet
(56 boxes and 4 enclosures)
Physical Description:
7290.88 GB
(2,150 files)
Repository:
The Getty Research Institute
Institutional Records and Archives
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles 90049-1688
reference@getty.edu
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10020/askref
(310) 440-7390
Abstract: The materials consist of audio recordings, video recordings, images, planning materials and ephemera that document public
events sponsored by the Getty Research Institute from 1998 to 2020. The materials include audiocassettes and born-digital
files. The events include lectures, discussions, film and video screenings, and collaborative symposia with other arts institutions.
The events focus on topics related to art history, performance art, provenance, digital humanities, architecture and the contemporary
arts.
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Administrative History
The Getty Research Institute (GRI) is a program developed and overseen by the J. Paul Getty Trust, an international cultural
and philanthropic organization serving both general audiences and specialized professionals. The Trust is a not-for-profit
institution, educational in purpose and character, that focuses on the visual arts in all of their dimensions. The Trust currently
supports and oversees four programs: the J. Paul Getty Museum; the Getty Foundation; the Getty Conservation Institute; and
the Getty Research Institute, which is dedicated to furthering knowledge and advancing understanding of the visual arts.
The GRI is located at the Getty Center in Brentwood, California and serves an international community of scholars and the
interested public through special collections of rare materials and digital resources. The GRI creates and disseminates new
knowledge through its expertise, its active collecting program, public programs, institutional collaborations, exhibitions,
publications, digital services, and residential scholars program. The activities and scholarly resources of the GRI guide
and sustain each other and, together, provide a unique environment for research, critical inquiry, and debate.
The work of the GRI takes its place within the collaborative context of the Trust as a whole, which includes the collections
of the J. Paul Getty Museum, the international projects and research of the Conservation Institute, and the philanthropic
outreach of the Getty Foundation. Until 2015, the GRI's Exhibitions department developed and designed exhibitions at the GRI
and oversaw events related to the exhibitions. The GRI's Contemporary Programs and Research Department also facilitated multidisciplinary
programming related to architecture and the contemporary arts until July 2009. At that time, as part of a larger restructuring
of the GRI, Contemporary Programs and Research merged with the Department of Architecture to form the Department of Architecture
and Contemporary Art and the Scholars Program was moved directly under the administration of the GRI's Director's Office.
As of 2015, the Department of Architecture and Contemporary Art, Exhibitions, and Collection Development departments merged
to form an overarching unit called Curatorial.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
The records described in accessions 2001.IA.01; 2004.IA.11; 2006.IA.21; 2006.IA.26; 2007.IA.37; 2008.IA.04; 2008.IA.34; 2009.IA.23;
2010.IA.39; 2011.IA.07; 2012.IA.009; 2013.IA.02; 2014.IA.06; 2015.IA.08; 2016.IA.07; 2016.IA.81; 2017.IA.13; 2017.IA.16; 2018.IA.18;
2019.IA.12; 2019.IA.55 and 2020.IA.21 are available for use by qualified researchers.
Some materials are digitized and accessible online. Master recordings are restricted; use copies or online digital copies
exist for most of the recordings. Absence of use copies is noted at the file level in this finding aid. Where use copies do
not exist, production of use copies is required before access will be granted; this may delay research requests. Advanced
notice is required. Some recordings are restricted to on-site use only or are not available at all at the request of the participants.
The following types of records are permanently closed: records containing personal information, records that compromise security
or operations, legal communications, legal work product, and records related to donors. The J. Paul Getty Trust reserves the
right to restrict access to any records held by the Institutional Archives.
Use Restrictions
Preferred Citation
Getty Research Institute Public Event Records and Recordings, 1998-2020. Institutional Records and Archives. The Getty Research
Institute, Los Angeles, IA40002.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifaia40002
Acquisition Information
Accessions 2001.IA.01; 2004.IA.11; 2006.IA.21; 2006.IA.26; 2007.IA.37; 2008.IA.04; 2008.IA.34; 2009.IA.23; 2010.IA.39; 2011.IA.07;
2012.IA.009; 2013.IA.02; 2014.IA.06; 2015.IA.08; 2016.IA.07; 2016.IA.81; 2017.IA.13; 2017.IA.16; 2018.IA.18; 2019.IA.12; 2019.IA.55
and 2020.IA.21 were transferred from the Getty Research Institute.
Processing History
Materials were cataloged by several Institutional Archives staff members prior to 2009. Cyndi Shein created the finding aid
and processed materials from 2009 to 2013. Legacy materials were added in 2011 by Zoe MacLeod. 2014 to 2020 event materials
were processed and added to the finding aid in 2016 and 2020 by Helen Kim. Lorain Wang ingested the digital materials into
Rosetta in 2019 and 2020.
In 2016, it was determined that all of the California Video artist oral histories were not GRI public events and were removed
from this collection to form their own independent collection (finding aid no. IA60004).
Running times have not been listed for event recordings added to the finding aid in 2019 and after.
Technical Requirements Note
Please note that use copies of recordings have been created over a period of time in a variety of formats. Some digital media
players are unable to recognize some DVDs. A cross-platform media player is recommended for viewing use copies that exist
in DVD format. Electronic files must be viewed with a computer that has internet access. Access to digital files is available
online through the links provided in the inventory. Due to rights restrictions, some online recordings are available to on-site
researchers only.
Related Materials
The following materials are offered as possible sources of further information on the agencies and subjects covered by the
records. The listing is not exhaustive.
Contributing Institution:
Getty Institutional Archives
J. Paul Getty Museum Getty Center Public Event Recordings, 1998-2018, undated. The Getty Research Institute (IA20037).
J. Paul Getty Museum Public Programs Performing Arts Recordings and Ephemera, 1998-2018. The Getty Research Institute (IA40012).
J. Paul Getty Museum Getty Villa Event Recordings, 2006-2018. The Getty Research Institute (IA20035).
Modern Art in Los Angeles Recordings, 2003-2011. The Getty Research Institute (IA40018).
Scholars Program images and recordings, 1985-2013.The Getty Research Institute (IA20026).
Getty Research Institute internal and staff event records and recordings, 1988-2020. The Getty Research Institute (IA20028.)
This finding aid is restricted to Getty staff only.
Photographs of events may exist. Please contact reference@getty.edu.
Existence and Location of Originals
Original recordings are housed separately and are not available to researchers.
Scope and Content of Collection
Materials document some of the public events related to exhibitions at the Getty Research Institute (GRI) and also GRI public
events concerning architecture and the contemporary arts. The events were sponsored by GRI departments including the Curatorial
department and its predecessors, the Exhibitions department and the Department of Architecture and Contemporary Art (DACA),
which was formerly known as Contemporary Programs and Research. The events date from 1998 to 2020 and include lectures, discussions,
film and video screenings, performances, and collaborative symposia with other arts institutions.
The materials primarily consist of analog and digital audio recordings, video recordings, and ephemera, such as event programs,
speaker biographies, and promotional material. Documentation for some events also include photographic prints, digital images,
and proof sheets. Recordings were orignally stored on cassettes, and born-digital files stored on CDs, DVDs, and Getty servers.
Arrangement
Material is arranged in two series. Please note that Series II consists of 12.4 linear feet (23 boxes) of master recordings
and is available for internal use only.
Series I. Recordings and ephemera, 1998-2020;
Series II. Original and master recordings, 2001-2016 (Restricted)
Indexing Terms
Subjects - Topics
Artists -- California
Minimal art
Video art
Art, Modern -- 20th century
Archives users
Archives in art
Art archives
Art and music
Artists
Art -- History
Experimental films
Conceptual Art
Architecture, Modern -- 20th century
Arts, Modern -- 20th century
Literature, Modern -- 20th century
Performance art
Congresses and conventions
Photography
Art -- Provenance
symposia (conferences)
Genres and Forms of Material
DVDs
Video recordings
Photographic prints
Digital images
Compact discs
Sound recordings
Ephemera
Lectures
Electronic records (digital records)
Digital media
Contributors
Getty Research Institute
Getty Research Institute. Contemporary Programs and Research
Getty Research Institute. Department of Architecture and Contemporary Art
Getty Research Institute. Exhibitions
Getty Research Institute. Curatorial Department
Getty Research Institute. Department of Research and Education
To request an item:
Some event recordings have been described in more detail in individual library catalog records. For additional information
on a particular event, search the Getty Research Institute
Library Catalog by event name, participant name, or by the topical collection title "Getty event recordings collection (Getty Institutional
Archives)."