Winter, the sere season? Not in California, where the cool months are our lushest, our most verdant of all. More»
A journey through Renaissance gardens and their paradoxes: natural and artificial, sin and salvation, virtue and vice. More»
What does a provenance researcher do? And how does she do it? More»
Johannes Vermeer is a beloved artist. Is he also a great one? More»
Vermeer’s newly arrived Woman in Blue Reading a Letter seems calmly at home in our galleries—but introduces a distinctive new presence. More»
It could happen to you: comic mix-ups, near-death encounters, and other tales of accursed romance from French prints at the Getty Research Institute. More»
“A feeling of surprise, even disbelief, that someone so unique could have remained unknown to us for so long.” More»
What do you imagine the first line of this letter might say? Share your ideas, and we’ll continue the story. More»
“I imagine the people in Metzker’s photographs as supporting characters in a film noir—captured on an average day, precisely at the loneliest moment before the cruel twist of fate takes hold.” More»
This morning we launched Getty Voices, a new social media project on The Iris led by a different member of the Getty community every week. More»
Remarkably realistic for medieval illuminated beasts, which were often fabulous admixtures of fantasy and fur. The unicorn is clearly drawn from life, for example.