Saturday, December 6, 2008

The Getty

Yesterday, I made the one hour journey all the way up to the Getty Museum. It's a bit north of LA on the 405, but I left late morning and made it there in good time with reasonable traffic.
The Getty is an amazing place. It is a huge collection of artwork that is on display for free. (It does cost $10 to park there, but if you ride your bike you can park for free.) It is displayed in a magnificent modern looking complex
that sits on top of a hill looking down on the LA basin.
It houses a large collection of painting, sculpture, and decorative arts. They also have a collection of photographs. I didn't look at all of it. It was too much to see in one day. The complex itself is amazing. Even if there wasn't anything in the buildings it would have still bee worth driving up there just to see the architecture, the gardens, and the view. I highly recommend the Getty to anyone, especially if you ride your bike.

PS. I left at 2:30ish and didn't make it home until five. That's traffic.






4 comments:

hannahgjohnson said...

Cool stuff. Remember that day we went to the Walker?

Hope you are having a good weekend!

Nina said...

YAH!!!! What piece/artist/section was the most spectacular? Did you wear spandex the whole time you were there? So fun!

aase said...

Looks like it was worth the traffic and time. I have discovered that in order to not just sit on my couch all the time, I've put some miles on my vehicle and spent some $$. Sanity is worth it, don't you think? Glad you're back blogging! The blogosphere needs the scooter report.

Inspector Clouseau said...

Great photos. Came across your blog while "blog surfing" using the Next Blog feature of Blogger.com. It still fascinates me the many creative ways in which people express themselves across the globe.

I lived in Los Angeles for 30 years, and saw the museum being built out of my office window. I lived 10 minutes from it, and frequently just went up there to hang out. Miss it.

Keep up the good work.