They Persisted (in Making Art)
Three stories that show how women have created throughout history
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All Posts by Lyra Kilston
I’m an editor in the Public Affairs department of the J. Paul Getty Museum. Previously I was a research and curatorial assistant in the Department of Architecture and Contemporary Art at the Getty Research Institute.
Fresh Air and Outdoor Learning at Corona Avenue School
Exploring the modernist take on the open-air school
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Before the War: The Japanese Camera Pictorialists of California
The J. Paul Getty Museum recently acquired a collection of nearly lost photographs assembled by collector Dennis Reed over the course of 35 years
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Artists Jane and Louise Wilson Photograph the Architecture of Decay
The fading of architecture, and ideology.
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Alchemical Book Artists at Work, Part 2: Daniel Kelm
Telling stories in new ways.
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Alchemical Book Artists at Work, Part 1: Timothy C. Ely
A 21st-century alchemist at work.
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A Curator’s Keen Eye Reunites Statue’s Head with Body
Headless no more, a Roman statue in the Getty’s collection now seeks its true identity.
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Museums Based on Books: Your Nominees
What book would you like to see as a museum?
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Getty Gardens: Brown Is the New Green
To adapt to the California drought, the Getty embraces the brown.
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Classicist Edith Hall on Ancient Conflict Resolution, Robots, and Why Knowing Greek History Would Make the World a Better Place
“I would like to teach every young person some bits of Homer, Greek drama, Plato, Aristotle, Livy and Tacitus. The world would be a better place.”
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Meet the Getty Museum’s New Senior Curator of Paintings, Davide Gasparotto
Say hello to the Getty Museum's new paintings chief.
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Who Was James Ensor?
Belgium’s most eccentric, scandalous, and shocking painter is the focus of an exhibition at the Getty Center this summer.
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