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Getty Curators Pick the Best Art Movies Ever Made (And a Few of the Worst)
Tagged art films, curators, Monuments Men, movies
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Posted in Art, J. Paul Getty Museum, Paintings
Laughing Out Loud! Rembrandt Self-Portrait Now on View at the Getty
Rembrandt Laughing (detail), about 1628, Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn. Oil on copper, 8 3/4 x 6 3/4 in. The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2013.60
A youthful, confident Rembrandt shakes things up in the paintings galleries. More»
Posted in Art, J. Paul Getty Museum, Prints and Drawings
Father-and-Daughter Pastels by William Hoare Now on View
L: Henry Hoare, “The Magnificent,” of Stourhead, about 1750–1760, William Hoare. R: Susannah Hoare, Viscountess Dungarvan, later Countess of Ailesbury, about 1750–1760, William Hoare
Newly acquired portraits tell the unusual story of British banking heir Henry Hoare and the artist who depicted him. More»
Posted in Art, Paintings, Photographs, Film, and Video
Seven Works of Art that Make Me Think About Being an American
Pearblossom Hwy., 11-18th April 1986, 1986, David Hockney. © 1986 David Hockney
What work of art screams ‘America’ to you? This is a reflection on works of art that make you think about national identity. More»
Tagged 4th of July, Chicago, Hammons, Hockney, Kelly, Pollock, Watkins
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Posted in Art, Getty Research Institute, Prints and Drawings
Rare Chinese Battle Prints Come to the Getty Research Institute
Detail of Chinese emperor Qianlong being carried in triumph from the plate above
These amazingly detailed prints depict the successful military campaign of the Qianlong Emperor against Nepalese warriors. More»
Posted in Art, Getty Research Institute
Poe-Inspired Prints by Ensor Join Research Institute’s Collection
Three prints by James Ensor have just joined the collection of the Getty Research Institute. All three were made in the 1890s, when Ensor was at the peak of his creative powers, and all contain the eerie imagery for which… More»
Posted in Getty Research Institute, Publications, Research
Walking through the Getty Research Portal
Today the Getty Research Institute launches the Getty Research PortalTM, an unprecedented resource that will provide broad, free access to digitized texts in the field of art and architectural history. The Getty Research Portal is a free online search gateway… More»
Posted in Art, J. Paul Getty Museum, Paintings
The Italian Comedians Go on View in Elegant Company
The Getty Museum’s most recent painting acquisition, Jean-Antoine Watteau’s The Italian Comedians, is now on view at the Getty Center. It’s installed in Gallery S202 with an array of other 18th-century paintings in the collection, including one by Nicolas Lancret…. More»
Posted in Behind the Scenes, Getty Research Institute
I Was There: Lita Albuquerque’s “Spine of the Earth 2012”
At 8:15 Sunday morning I found myself scurrying through a parking lot in Culver City to get on an old-fashioned-looking red and white bus. I took one of the last empty seats alongside dozens of other chipper volunteers as we… More»
Posted in Art, J. Paul Getty Museum, Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Cellini Gets a Rival
A beautiful bronze Double Head, attributed to the Italian sculptor Francesco Primaticcio, has just joined the Museum’s collection. Though made by an Italian, it was commissioned by a Frenchman: Francis I, the king of France, for his palace at Fontainebleau… More»
