Labeling Turner
Writing the gallery label for a painting can sometimes feel like an art form in itself, a kind of circumscribed descriptive poetry not unrelated... Read More
Author: Emily Beeny
I'm a curatorial assistant in the Department of Paintings at the Getty Museum, where, since 2009, I've worked on new acquisitions, special exhibitions, and a forthcoming online catalogue of the permanent collection. When not busy writing gallery labels, I continue to chip away at a Ph.D. in art history at Columbia University.