What forces shaped J. Paul Getty into the man portrayed in his diaries? The Getty’s Institutional Archives recently acquired a collection that illuminates Getty’s formative years. In addition to many other things, the J. Paul Getty Family Collected Papers...
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The position of the signs of the zodiac in the night sky and movement of the planets influenced everyday decisions in the Middle Ages, from bloodletting to flower picking.
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Silly and sophisticated Halloween costume ideas from our collections.
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Toward a queer (art) history of the Middle Ages.
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Embedding our founder’s story into the walls of the Getty Center.
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Seeking modern-day answers from an all-knowing medieval book.
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Sleuthing the mysterious and sacred in Greek and Roman religion.
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Ancient Greek and Roman music through artwork and instruments descended from ancient ones.
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On Venice’s postcard-perfect Rialto Bridge.
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21st-century prayers to an ancient goddess.
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Abstraction was no modern innovation—it’s been an integral part of art across the centuries.
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Whether he planted his tripod in India, China, Japan, Korea, or Burma, the Italian-born photographer Felice Beato always portrayed a country’s culture through a distinctly Western lens. The Museum’s current exhibition of his work, Felice Beato: A Photographer on...
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