A Rare Medieval Alabaster
A delicately carved statuette of Saint Philip joins the collection.
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Getty Curators Pick the Best Art Movies Ever Made (And a Few of the Worst)
Art on the silver screen, from beautifully rendered dramas to eyebrow-raising campfests.
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Laughing Out Loud! Rembrandt Self-Portrait Now on View at the Getty
A youthful, confident Rembrandt shakes things up in the paintings galleries.
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Father-and-Daughter Pastels by William Hoare Now on View
Newly acquired portraits tell the unusual story of British banking heir Henry Hoare and the artist who depicted him.
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Seven Works of Art that Make Me Think About Being an American
What work of art screams ‘America’ to you? This is a reflection on works of art that make you think about national identity.
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Rare Chinese Battle Prints Come to the Getty Research Institute
These amazingly detailed prints depict the successful military campaign of the Qianlong Emperor against Nepalese warriors.
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Poe-Inspired Prints by Ensor Join Research Institute’s Collection
The three Ensor prints were made in the 1890s, at the peak of his creative powers.
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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... Read More
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... Read More
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.... Read More
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... Read More
A Walk through “Pacific Standard Time: Crosscurrents,” Opening This Weekend
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