“You will be forgotten. Your image, however, will be immortal. Through it, you will travel far—not by horse and cart, or merchant ship, but through the sky…” More»
About: Anne Martens
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Posted in Art, Exhibitions and Installations, J. Paul Getty Museum, Paintings
Write the Opening Line to Vermeer’s “Lady in Blue”
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. On loan from the City of Amsterdam (A. van der Hoop Bequest)
What do you imagine the first line of this letter might say? Share your ideas, and we’ll continue the story. More»
Posted in Art, J. Paul Getty Museum, Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Cabinet of Wonders
The Augsburg Display Cabinet—the Getty Museum’s 17th-century “cabinet of curiosities” on display starting tomorrow in our New Galleries for Medieval and Renaissance Sculpture and Decorative Arts—is both a work of art and an early prototype of museums. With dozens of… More»
