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Choose
a favorite work
of art at the Getty Center.
 Built at a cost of more than $1 billion, the Getty Center in Los Angeles
is known as much for its setting as for its art collection. The museum
is set on a hill, offering sweeping views of the city, the Pacific Ocean
and the San Gabriel Mountains. The complex’s Modernist architecture
evokes strong opinions. Gardens with waterfalls, streams and pools
provide a place for reflection.
As one of the wealthiest museums in the world, the Getty has been
aggressive at snapping up works such as Van Gogh’s “Irises” when they
come on the market. Collections include sculpture, European paintings,
manuscripts, drawings and photography as well as Greek and Roman
antiquities.
For one visitor, Teresa Valdez-Klein ’05, picking a favorite from the
Getty’s extensive collection is not difficult. “You have to see Antonio
Canova’s Apollo Crowning Himself, she says. “Canova was arguably the
greatest neoclassical sculptor, and his works include the famous Psyche
and Amor, housed in the Louvre. I love this particular sculpture because
it brings one of my favorite ancient Greek myths to life with graceful
simplicity. Even if you’re not a fan of the Greeks, the sculpture is
relevant to Sagehens because Apollo is crowning himself with laurel, a
symbol of learning and wisdom to this day.” Other art options include
the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), the Museum of Contemporary
Art (MOCA), UCLA’s Hammer Museum or Pasadena’s Norton Simon Museum.
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