J. Paul Getty Museum, Getty Center
Los Angeles, California
(310) 440–7360
www.getty.edu
November 14, 2006–March 4, 2007

Some of the oldest surviving icons from the Byzantine world are on view at the Getty Center, offering a rare insight
into monastic life at the remote, historic Saint Catherine’s monastery in Sinai, Egypt. The works on display, which
were all commissioned by the monastery or received as gifts over more than a thousand years, include 43 icons—holy
pictures or emblems regarded as sacred in the Eastern churches—and six manuscripts. The exhibition examines the
enduring tradition of Saint Catherine’s in three sections: the icon as a holy object in the Orthodox Church; the role
of the icon in prayer and liturgical rites; and Saint Catherine’s as a pilgrimage site.
Museum of Art / Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
(954) 525–5000
www.moafl.org
December 7, 2006–April 15, 2007
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