Sculpted Portraits from Ancient Egypt at the Getty Villa
Statue of an Official, Egypt, Dynasty 26, 664-526 BCE. Basalt. British Museum, London, EA37903. Image © The Trustees of the British Museum. All rights reserved
On Saturday, June 1st beginning at 11:00am, all current members of the California and Northwest Chapters of the Patrons are cordially invited to a curator-led visit of the Getty Villa's special exhibit Sculpted Portraits from Ancient Egypt followed by a lunch at the museum café.
This exhibition, comprised of works on loan from the British Museum, features sculpture from a time of intense artistic revival and renewal in ancient Egypt: the Twenty-Sixth Dynasty (664-526 BCE). Egyptian artists of this period made striking portrait statues of officials associated with the court and priesthood, sculpted reliefs, figurines, and sarcophagi. Depictions of individuals made for temples allowed subjects to eternally worship the gods and receive blessings, while others were placed in tombs, functioning as vessels that could temporarily house the deceased’s spirit.
Sculpted Portraits from Ancient Egypt
SATURDAY JUNE 1st
10:45AM | ARRIVAL
11:00AM | CURATOR-LED TOUR
12:00PM | SEATED MULTI-COURSE LUNCH
Parking and Directions
Getty Villa Museum
17985 Pacific Coast Highway
Pacific Palisades, CA
90272
Parking is $25 per car or motorcycle. Active and veteran United States military service members can park for free beginning Memorial Day (May 29, 2023) through Labor Day (September 4, 2023). For complimentary parking, please show your valid U.S. military ID or proof of your service at the Parking Kiosk (up the drive from the main entrance).
There are designated accessible spaces on the right after entering the South Parking structure and at the entrance of Central Parking. Electric vehicle charging (levels 1 and 2) is available on a first-come, first-served basis at South Parking (P2 to P1 ramp) and at Central Parking (near the entrance).
Taxis and personal vehicles can drop off and pick up passengers at a designated area.
Please ask your driver to pull into the Villa entrance gate and tell staff they are dropping off or picking up visitors. If visitors are being dropped off, staff will confirm each has a Villa admission ticket before directing the driver to the drop-off/pick-up area. Do not have the driver drop you off outside the Getty Villa entrance. Due to our Conditional Use Permit with the City of Los Angeles, walk-in visitors are not permitted to enter the site unless they arrive by public bus.