Opening a new museum involves many tasks—and deciding what to display isn’t the only one. There’s also the matter of how to feed hungry visitors. When Stephen Garrett became the first director of the Getty Museum after the construction...
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A 21st-century alchemist at work.
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A guide to these rare and highly expressive artworks.
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Sick of driving? Hitch a ride on these mythical creatures.
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For ancient Greeks and medieval Europeans, the Trojan past lived in the present.
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Athenian vases provide a step-by-step guide preparing the dead to reach the afterlife.
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How did ancient Italians think about death and the afterlife?
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A foil to Julius Shulman’s B&W glamour, Maynard Parker captured middle-class modernism.
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The designer of the Sicily exhibition at the Getty Villa reveals the challenges of displaying small, double-sided, intricate objects—coins.
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There are birds in the gardens and the galleries.
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Wine makes a man do strange things.
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The curious evolution of the witch in ancient literature.
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