Courtesy of Barbara Kruger. Photo: Brian Forrest
The contemporary artist will work with nearly 500 high schoolers to question, comment, and create. More»
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About: Alexandria Sivak
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Posted in Art, Education, J. Paul Getty Museum
Barbara Kruger and L.A. Teenagers Team Up to Ask, “Whose Values?”
Posted in Art, J. Paul Getty Museum, Photographs, Film, and Video
The Bully Has Left the Room
Untitled, about 1903, George Seeley. Platinum print, 19.2 x 24.3 cm. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 84.XM.163.3.
While James Ensor is away, Pictorialist photographs will play. More»
Posted in Art, Exhibitions and Installations, Prints and Drawings
Watteau’s Elegant Ladies, Reunited
Lady and her mirror image. Details of original and counterproof of Seated Woman with a Fan (details), early 18th century, Jean-Antoine Watteau. Image left: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 82.GB.164. Image right: Collection Ariane and Lionel Sauvage
Two sister Watteau drawings reunite in a new exhibition. More»
Tagged Antoine Watteau, Counterproof, drawings, Rococo
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Free Summer Fun at the Getty
Families participating in Family Art Stops
Hands-on art programs for kids of all ages at the Getty this summer. More»
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Getty Center and Getty Villa Open Late This Summer
Getty Center at sunset
The Getty’s open late this summer! More»
Posted in Ancient World, Art, Exhibitions and Installations
A Trip through Byzantine Greece
Photo courtesy of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports
Three stunning sites in Greece are home to remarkable Byzantine art and architecture. More»
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Children in Another World: The Photographs of Arthur Tress
Boy with Root Hands, New York, New York, 1971, Arthur Tress. Gelatin silver print, 10 1/16 x 10 3/16 in. The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2013.68.13. © Arthur Tress
The inner lives of children take form in the American photographer’s surreal, compelling images. More»
Posted in Art, Exhibitions and Installations, Photographs, Film, and Video
Diorama-rama: History Behind Glass
© Hiroshi Sugimoto
Photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto plays with dioramas’ tension between real and fake, fact and spectacle. More»
Posted in Art, Photographs, Film, and Video
A Love Story Told in Pictures
The greatest romance of the 19th century, captured on camera. More»
Posted in Art, Exhibitions and Installations, J. Paul Getty Museum, Prints and Drawings
Ancient Myth, Contemporary Politics
Paris and Helen, 1786, Jacques-Louis David. Pen and black ink and brush and gray wash, 7 3/16 x 9 in. The J. Paul Getty Museum, 83.GA.192
Jacques-Louis David made Greco-Roman myths directly relevant to the contemporary public, as this sly drawing shows. More»
