'A Getty study of Rudofsky, 'virtuoso in the art of life' (Calendarlive.com) If you've never heard of Bernard Rudofsky, the subject of a small, dense new show at the Getty Research Institute , you might start by asking your mother. She may know at least a little something about the primitive-chic Bernardo sandals he designed, which were made famous in the 1960s by Jackie Kennedy and other style mavens. If she belongs to a certain generation, she may have owned a pair.