by Jon Lackman | 20 September 2006 | Uncategorized
From Artnet, an update on Getty goings-on:
“The Getty Research Institute is digitalizing all nine volumes of Ceremonies et Coutumes Religieuses de Tous les Peuples du Monde by Bernard Picart (1673-1743), the rare 18th-century study of world religions. The Getty Foundation announced a $240,000 grant for a series of eight books on African art to the Museum of African Art (which is scheduled to unveil new quarters on Fifth Avenue in 2008). The Getty Research Institute and the Getty Foundation have launched ‘On the Record: Art in L.A. 1954-1980,’ a comprehensive effort to collect oral histories and archival material from the period. The Getty Foundation has given a $2.5-million matching grant to the city of Los Angeles to begin the first survey of the city’s historic buildings — but the trust has no plans at present to begin collecting houses in Los Angeles.”
