Los Angeles Getty Center’s priceless collection braces for wildfires as evacuation order expands to museum (Connecting the Dots: The J Paul Getty Trust, The University of California, Los Angeles, Kamala Harris, Kristin Crowley the chief of the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), The Homeland Security Advisory Council, Mikhail Gorbachev’s Green Cross International & Soros Funding, All Networking)
The
museum is considered the ‘safest place for art during a fire’
Independent
Michelle
Del Rey in Washington, D.C.
Sunday
12 January 2025 02:06 GMT
The Getty Center and Villa, museums that
house some of the most priceless pieces of art in the Los Angeles area, remain stable
as wildfires continue,
a museum representative said in an update on Saturday.
The Brentwood Getty Center was put under an evacuation order on Friday, while The villa, located in the Pacific Palisades, has been in an evacuation zone for days. The Palisades fire pushed eastward on Friday, prompting officials to expand mandatory evacuation orders into an area that encompasses the center.
Both
are in affluent neighborhoods that many celebrities call home. More than 35,000
people live in Brentwood and roughly 24,000 people reside in the Pacific
Palisades. Vice President Kamala Harris owns a home in
Brentwood with her husband, First Gentleman Doug Emhoff.
Part
of the University of California, Los Angeles is also located in
the area.
As
of Saturday afternoon, the fire has burned more than 22,000 acres and destroyed
over 5,000 structures. The cause of the blaze continues to be under
investigation.
It
is one of four active fires impacting the county. At least 11 people have died.
Still,
the Getty structures have managed to escape the flames so far.
“It
was a watchful but fortunately uneventful night up here at the Getty Center,”
Katherine E Fleming, president of the J
Paul Getty Trust, the organization
that operates the structures, said in a statement on
Saturday.
The
trust’s officials were told to anticipate stronger winds later in the day.
Still, Fleming ensured that the museum’s galleries “are safe and protected.”
The
Getty Villa, which houses the trust’s educational center, has not been harmed,
though there are a few hot spots nearby. The structure has 1 million gallons of
water on-site to prevent fires from setting it ablaze.
Irrigation
was immediately deployed throughout the grounds Tuesday morning.
“We
continue to be acutely aware of our Getty neighbors and hope for their safety
and that of the whole region,” Fleming said.
The
buildings are closed to the public through at least January 16 while a small
team of museum staff members will remain on-site to respond to emergencies.
The
center — first opened to the public in 1997 after 14 years of construction at
the cost of $1.3 billion — was designed to prevent harm from wildfires and earthquakes.
It
houses more than 125,000 pieces of art and 1.4 million documents.
The
artwork inside the museum’s galleries can be blocked off by vault-like
double-walled construction. The buildings are made of fire-resistant stone,
concrete, and protected steel.
Museum
officials consider it the “safest place for art during a fire,” according to
a 2019 blog post on the center’s website after a fire
broke out that year engulfing over 600 acres to the north and west of the
structure.
“There
is no need to evacuate the art or archives because they are already in the
safest place possible,” the article reads.
Among
some of the museum’s best-known works are Pontormo’s Portrait of a
Halberdier, Orazio Gentileschi’s Danaë, Rembrandt’s An
Old Man in Military Costume, Turner’s Modern Rome, Manet’s Jeanne(Spring),
and Van Gogh’s Irises.
The
campus’s travertine plazas include extensive open space surrounding the
buildings which can help slow down an encroaching fire. Even the center’s
outdoor plants were selected with wildfires in mind and are regularly pruned to
prevent them from becoming fuel for fire.
Museum
employees have ways to manage smoke if a fire ignites inside the building. Fire
sprinklers are located throughout but are only activated as a last-resort
measure.
After
the Palisades fire broke out, Getty employees cleared brush from the
surrounding area as part of its fire mitigation efforts but some trees and
vegetation have burned in recent days. Museum galleries and library archives
were sealed off from smoke by state-of-the-art air handling systems, the trust
said this week in a news release.
The
Palisades fire is 11 percent contained. North and northeast winds will
gradually increase and peak in strength Saturday evening and overnight,
according to Cal Fire, the agency tasked with responding to wildfires.
A
fire weather watch in the area is in effect through 6 p.m. Sunday. Moderate to
strong Santa Ana winds are likely to return Tuesday and Wednesday, creating
critical fire weather conditions, according to Cal Fire.
Connecting
the Dots:
University
of California, Los Angeles is a University of California campus.
Richard C. Blum was
a regent at the University of California, married to California
Senator Dianne Feinstein and an honorary trustee at
the Brookings Institution (think tank).
John C. Whitehead was
an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a
director at the J. Paul Getty Trust.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for
the Brookings Institution (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman
for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Lee H. Hamilton is
an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a
member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council.
Elliott B. Broidy was
a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council and a
commissioner for the Los Angeles Fire and Police Pension System.
Kristin Crowley In 2023, she was appointed to the Homeland Security Advisory Council and
is the chief of the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD).
John R. Allen is
a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council and a
director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
Open Society Foundations was a funder for
the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and the Human
Rights Watch.
George Soros is the founder & chairman
for the Open Society Foundations, the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society and benefactor for the Human Rights Watch.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder
for the Human
Rights Watch.
John J.
Studzinski is a director at the Human Rights Watch and a
trustee at the J. Paul Getty Trust.
J. Paul Getty
Trust is an administrator for the J. Paul Getty Museum.
Ramon C. Cortines was
a trustee at the J. Paul Getty Trust, and a deputy mayor for Los
Angeles (CA).
John C. Whitehead was
a director at the J. Paul Getty Trust and an honorary trustee at
the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for
the Brookings Institution (think tank) and the Roosevelt
Institute.
George Soros was the chairman for
the Foundation to Promote Open Society and is Jonathan Soros’s
father.
Jonathan Soros was the vice
chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, George
Soros’s son and is a senior fellow at the Roosevelt Institute.
Anna Eleanor
Roosevelt is the chair for the Roosevelt Institute and an
advisory board member for the Wheelchair Foundation.
Mikhail Gorbachev was
an advisory board member for the Wheelchair Foundation, the
president of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), a
general secretary for the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and
the founder for the Green Cross International.
Robert Redford is
an honorary board member for Green Cross International.
Ted Turner is an
honorary board member for Green Cross International.
Global Green USA is
a US affiliate of Green Cross International.
Anna Getty was a
board member for Global Green USA and is a board member for
the Environmental Working Group.
Schmidt
Family Foundation was a funder for the Environmental Working
Group and the New America Foundation.
Eric
E. Schmidt is a co-founder for the Schmidt Family
Foundation, the chairman of the New America Foundation and was
a funder for the New America Foundation.
Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the New
America Foundation.
Jonathan Soros is a
director at the New America Foundation, George
Soros’s son a global board member for the Open Society
Foundations and was the vice chairman for the Foundation to Promote
Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for
the New America Foundation.
George Soros was the chairman
for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, is Jonathan
Soros’s father and the founder & chairman for the Open Society
Foundations.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for
the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
John R. Allen is
a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and
a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council.
Elliott B. Broidy was a member
of the Homeland Security Advisory Council and a commissioner
for the Los Angeles Fire and Police Pension System.
Kristin Crowley In 2023, she was appointed to the Homeland Security Advisory Council and is the chief of the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD).
Lee H. Hamilton is
a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council and an honorary
trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for
the Brookings Institution (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for
the Foundation to Promote Open Society
John C. Whitehead was
an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and
a
director at the J. Paul Getty Trust.
Richard C. Blum was
an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), married
to California Senator Dianne Feinstein, a regent
at the University of California.
University
of California, Los Angeles is a University of California campus.
Dianne Feinstein was
married to Richard C. Blum, a California Senator and a
member of the Alfalfa Club.
Michael R.
Bloomberg is a member of the Alfalfa Club, the founder of
the Bloomberg Family Foundation and was a benefactor for
the Harlem Children's Zone.
Bloomberg
Family Foundation was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think
tank).
George Soros was a benefactor for
the Harlem Children's Zone and the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Harlem
Children's Zone and the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Madeleine K.
Albright was a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank)
and the president of the Center for National Policy.
R. Hunter Biden is
a director at the Center for National Policy and Joseph
R. Biden Jr’s son.
Kamala D. Harris is
an advisory board member for the Center for National Policy, vice
president of the Joseph R. Biden Jr administration and was the
attorney general for the California state government.
Ira Lechner was
a director at the Center for National Policy and is a director
at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation.
Gavin Newsom is
a director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation,
the lieutenant governor for the California state government and
was invited to George Soros’s 2013 wedding reception.
Ira Lechner is a
director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation and
was
a
director at the Center for National Policy.
Madeleine K.
Albright was the president of the Center for National Policy
and a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for
the Aspen Institute (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman
for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Walter Isaacson is
the president & CEO for the Aspen Institute (think tank) and
was the chairman & CEO for CNN.
Ted Turner is
the founder of CNN and an honorary board member for Green Cross
International.
Robert Redford is
an honorary board member for Green Cross International.
Mikhail Gorbachev was
the founder for the Green Cross International.
Global Green USA is
a US affiliate of Green Cross International.
Anna Getty was a
board member for Global Green USA and is a board member for
the Environmental Working Group.
Frances
Fragos Townsend is a commentator for CNN and was a member of
the Homeland Security Advisory Council.
Clark Kent Ervin is
an analyst for CNN and was a member of the Homeland
Security Advisory Council.
Elliott B. Broidy was
a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council and a
commissioner for the Los Angeles Fire and Police Pension System.
Kristin Crowley In 2023, she was appointed to the Homeland Security Advisory Council and
is the chief of the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD).
John R. Allen is
a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council and a
director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
Open Society Foundations was a funder for
the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
George Soros the founder &
chairman for the Open Society Foundations and was the chairman for
the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for
the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Lee H. Hamilton is
an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a
member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council.
Elliott B. Broidy was
a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council and a
commissioner for the Los Angeles Fire and Police Pension System.
Kristin Crowley In 2023, she was appointed to the Homeland Security Advisory Council and
is the chief of the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD).
Resources:
Past Research
Getty
Museum in Los Angeles Evacuated after Bomb Threat (Past
Research on the Getty Museum in Los Angeles)
Wednesday,
April 19, 2017
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2017/04/getty-museum-in-los-angeles-evacuated.html
Big
Oil heiress funding ‘Just Stop Oil’ group that threw soup on Van Gogh painting
(Connecting the Dots: Anna Getty, the Environmental Working Group, Global Green
USA, Mikhail Gorbachev, Ted Turner And His Daughter & Soros Funded Think
Tanks All Networking) (Past Research on the Getty
Museum in Los Angeles)
Saturday,
October 15, 2022
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2022/10/big-oil-heiress-funding-just-stop-oil.html
IRS
Extends Tax Deadline for Residents Affected by LA Wildfire (Connecting the
Dots: L.A. Fire Chief Kristin Crowley, IRS, U.S. Department of the Treasury,
The Homeland Security Advisory Council & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on L.A. Fire Chief Kristin Crowley &
the Homeland Security Advisory Council)
Saturday,
January 11, 2025
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/01/irs-extends-tax-deadline-for-residents.html
“Tear
Down This Wall” (Connecting the Dots: Mikhail Gorbachev, Wheelchair Foundation,
Roosevelt Institute, Green Cross International, Global Green USA & Soros
Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on Mikhail
Gorbachev, Wheelchair Foundation, Roosevelt Institute, Green Cross
International)
Monday,
January 6, 2025
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/01/tear-down-this-wall-connecting-dots.html
At
Least 2,000 People Arrested at Pro-Palestinian Protests on US Campuses: AP
Tally (Connecting the Dots: Universities, Muslims & Soros Funding, All
Networking) (Past Research on the University of
California, Los Angeles)
Thursday,
May 2, 2024
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2024/05/at-least-2000-people-arrested-at-pro.html
VIDEO:
Fundamentalist Mormon Sect Caught Conducting $11 Million Food Stamp Fraud (Past Research on the New America Foundation)
Monday,
December 18, 2017
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2017/12/video-fundamentalist-mormon-sect-caught.html
Red
Cross to Newsmax: Supporting LA Residents for Long Haul (Connecting the Dots:
The American Red Cross & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on Michael R. Bloomberg)
Friday,
January 10, 2025
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/01/red-cross-to-newsmax-supporting-la.html
Kristin
Crowley is the chief of the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) (Connecting the
Dots: Kristin Crowley, The Los Angeles Fire Department, The Homeland Security
Advisory Council, Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, The California
Wild Fires & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past
Research on Ted Turner)
Saturday,
January 11, 2025
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