Good morning!  This week, the Getty gets inspired by Spotify with its 2020 top-hits list; Cal State s
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Good morning! 
This week, the Getty gets inspired by Spotify with its 2020 top-hits list; Cal State students collaborate with incarcerated people to make beautiful animations; and a realistic recreation of a holiday work party will make you laugh out loud. 
– Elisa Wouk Almino, Senior Editor
Goodbye to the Awkward Holiday Party
Alex Prager, “Farewell, Work Holiday Parties” (detail) at LACMA (photo by Lexis-Olivier Ray for Hyperallergic)
Alex Prager, “Farewell, Work Holiday Parties” (detail) at LACMA (photo by Lexis-Olivier Ray for Hyperallergic)
The idea of gathering in an indoor office with a bunch of drunk coworkers this year to celebrate the holidays sounds like an uncomfortable death trap.
But isn’t it always? Photographer and filmmaker Alex Prager explores this scenario in a new sculpture exhibition entitled “Farewell, Work Holiday Parties” at LACMA.
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Getty Wrapped 2020
The Most Popular Art on the Getty Website in 2020
The Most Popular Art on the Getty Website in 2020
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