Cunning fake or priceless treasure? This new exhibition takes you behind the scenes to see how curators, conservators, and scientists unraveled the mystery of this spectacular cabinet, one of the rarest and most important pieces of French Renaissance furniture in the United States.

Hands-on activities let you try your hand at reading tree rings, using woodworking tools, and examining the tiniest of textile fibers.

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Renaissance illuminator Jean Bourdichon turned pigment and parchment into stunning, vibrant images, such as those now on view in the manuscripts exhibition A Masterpiece Reconstructed: The Hours of Louis XII.

Learn about Bourdichon's craft from Nancy Turner, associate conservator at the J. Paul Getty Museum, whose professional sleuthing has helped to uncover the long-lost techniques of the great illuminators.

Free; reservations required.

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Tour the streets of our fair city with irreverant architecture historian Reyner Banham in his rarely seen 1972 documentary Reyner Banham Loves Los Angeles (52 min.), which explores L.A.'s development into a major metropolitan city at the end of the midcentury Modern movement.

Afterward, join in the discussion as L.A. film and architecture historians Edward Dimendberg and Amy Murphy discuss Banham and the L.A. urban landscape in the visual media.

Complements the exhibition Julius Shulman, Modernity and the Metropolis.

Free; reservations required.

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When is a photograph news and when is it art? Why are some photos forgotten, while others become icons of a generation?

Get a variety of perspectives at this panel discussion featuring cutting-edge photojournalists and page-one decision makers. Moderated by Michael Parks, director of USC's School of Journalism.

Complements Pictures for the Press and Scene of the Crime: Photo by Weegee.

Free; reservations required.

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Examine one of the most beautiful books ever produced in this engrossing catalog for the current exhibition A Masterpiece Reconstructed: The Hours of Louis XII.

Getty manuscripts curator Thomas Kren and three other experts guide you through the legendary book and explain how artist Jean Bourdichon accomplished his painterly magic. ($29.95)

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Explore 50 sensational photographs by Weegee with associate curator of photography Judith Keller in In Focus: Weegee.

Keller is the curator of the current exhibition Scene of the Crime: Photo by Weegee and an inspired historian of mid-20th-century American photography. ($17.50)

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This month, plunge into Rudolph Schindler's discordant modernism or hear longtime press photographer Delmar Watson give his take on Weegee's photos in a point-of-view talk.

Join artist Mike Kelley for the next installment of the GRI's Works in Progress series, or see how to make your own illuminated manuscript in our drop-in artist-at-work demonstrations in the Painted Prayers galleries.

Visit on December 9 for salsa dancing in the Cafe at our new Fridays off the 405 series.

Plus, don't forget to book your free tickets to the Getty Villa—dates in spring and summer 2006 are still available.

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