All Posts by Amy Hood

I'm a senior communication lead at Getty, working with Getty Research Institute and Getty Museum. I’m especially interested in art history, architecture, and Southern California's cultural scene. I studied art history & critical theory at UCLA.

Getty Research Institute Adds Rachel Rosenthal Archive

The archive documents her entire career as a pioneer of performance art and feminist art.

Amy Hood | May 14, 2020

From Dustbowl Murals to Community Gardens, How Art Shapes and Is Shaped by the Environment

Getty Scholars in Residence talk about the complexities of Earth Day.

Amy Hood | April 22, 2020

Blooming Cactuses Shows a Resilient Artist’s Passion for Color and Emotion

How Karl Schmidt-Rottluff's legacy outlasted two world wars.

Amy Hood | April 13, 2020

The Simone Forti Archive Comes to Getty

The archive covers every major period of the career of one of the most seminal dance and performance artists of our time.

Amy Hood | February 27, 2020

Rare Michelangelo Drawings on View at the Getty Center

Get an up-close view into the artist’s expression of the human form.

Amy Hood and Val Tate | February 25, 2020

Cities and Beyond: A Collection of Lebbeus Woods’ Drawings Comes to Getty

Drawings and notebooks reveal the architect’s theoretical thinking on the city.

Amy Hood | January 16, 2020

Giovanni di Balduccio’s The Annunciation Goes on View at the Getty Center

See these finely carved marble sculptures, which are newly added to Getty's medieval collections.

Amy Hood | December 10, 2019

Rediscovered Painting by Bronzino Goes on Permanent View at the Getty Center

A Renaissance rediscovery joins the collections.

Amy Hood | October 3, 2019

The Artist Is the Subject in the Sidney B. Felsen Photography Archive

Inside the archive of Sidney Felsen, founder of LA print studio Gemini G.E.L.

Amy Hood | September 9, 2019

Seven European Paintings from LACMA Now On View at the Getty

LACMA masterpieces in the Getty Center galleries.

Amy Hood | July 22, 2019

Getty and University of Arizona Partner to Conserve Long-Lost Willem de Kooning Painting

Over thirty years after it was stolen from the University of Arizona, a de Kooning will be conserved at the Getty.

Amy Hood | March 18, 2019

A Rare Medieval Alabaster

A delicately carved statuette of Saint Philip joins the collection.

Amy Hood | September 30, 2015