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Unlocking the Secrets of Ancient Egyptian Funerary Portraits through Modern Technology

Marie Svoboda | April 5, 2016

Funerary portraits yield their secrets.

Go Mad for Mosaics

Adrienne Luce | April 26, 2016

Join us for #MosaicMadness to celebrate mosaics ancient and modern.

Ready for Reddit – Tim Potts in an “Ask Me Anything” Session Monday, November 25

Alexandria Sivak | November 25, 2013

Have a question for the director of the Getty Museum? Ask him! He’ll be on Reddit starting at noon PST.

Robert Mapplethorpe Papers and Photographs

Annette Doss and Katie Duvall | January 28, 2013

The Robert Mapplethorpe archive is now available at the Getty Research Institute.

Why? Because the Pig in the Painting Said So!

Nina Diamond | May 23, 2011

As a kid I was sure if I could be alone with works or art, in or out of museums—ditch the parents, teachers, and guards—that the works of art would talk to me. I assessed hiding places, considered alarm...

Potions and Poisons: Classical Ancestors of the Wicked Witch, Part 1

Shelby Brown | October 19, 2015

The curious evolution of the witch in ancient literature.

Searching for Murmurs of History

Elana Mann | July 21, 2014

Frank Alvord Perret was a pioneering volcanologist who invented unique devices to measure geologic properties. One of these was a “geophone” that detected subterranean noises by amplifying the rumblings below the surface of the earth.

The photo below shows Perret listening to the whispers of volcanic activity in Campi Flegrei, a volcano located near Mount Vesuvius, which erupted and buried Pompeii and Herculaneum in A.D. 79. The archaeological site of the Villa dei Papiri in Herculaneum served as the architectural inspiration for the Getty Villa.