In the ocean, a crosscurrent runs across the main flow, stirring things up. Similarly, you can see different artistic movements, crossing each other from... Read More
Question of the Week: Where Is the Line between Private and Public?
Where is the line between private and public? Each situation has a different answer—and sometimes many different possible answers. As an example, take this... Read More
New Online: The Ernest A. Long Outdoor Mural Image Archive
A new image archive of L.A. murals has just been made available online. As a Multicultural Undergraduate Intern working at the Getty Conservation Institute... Read More
“Art Together” Program Ignites Students’ Enthusiasm for Museums
As a new school year begins, we’re excited to launch the third season of Art Together, which invites local students and teachers to visit... Read More
It Happened in L.A.: George Herms Gets Creative for Rent Money
George Herms is known for his poetic assemblages of discarded, disheveled materials. But back in the ’60s, he had preoccupations besides art: he was... Read More
Marilyn Manson, Luminous Poetry, and British Watercolors
I never expected to witness an evening combining British artists Aubrey Beardsley and Thomas Girtin, goth-rocker Marilyn Manson, Ugly Betty, six contemporary American poets,... Read More
A Landmark Antiquities Agreement with Greece
This week, several of my colleagues and I had the pleasure of welcoming to the Getty Villa the Minister of Culture and Tourism for... Read More
Seeing Art’s Bones: X-Raying Plant Fiber Objects at the Getty Villa
We’re all familiar with the X-rays used to take images of people’s bones and teeth at medical and dental facilities. But did you know... Read More
Seeing Artwork in a New Light
Jim Druzik is obsessed with light. More particularly, he’s concerned with the destructive power of light on priceless museum treasures, and it’s his pioneering... Read More
“The Photographer with the Soul of an Architect”: Lucien Hervé
Bridging the visions of Le Corbusier and Lucien Hervé.
Read MoreSee the Book That Was Kept in Storage for 800 Years
One of the most exciting aspects of curatorial work is the privilege of bringing you great works of art that were rarely seen before... Read More
Gray Column Rises
One of the most influential sculptors active in Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s, De Wain Valentine is perhaps best known for his... Read More
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