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A Young Buck on a November Morning

By Tahnee Cracchiola | Published: April 25, 2013

I spoke to him quietly: “I’m not here to hurt you, my friend. I just want to take your picture to share with the world how beautiful you are.” More»

The Transformative Outer Peristyle

By Tahnee Cracchiola | Published: April 24, 2013

Stunning by day, by night, at sunrise and at sunset, the Outer Peristyle at the Getty Villa is also a backdrop from a dramatic duck love story. More»

The Waltz of the Hummingbirds

By Tahnee Cracchiola | Published: April 23, 2013

Waltzing hummingbirds captured in a fleeting second by accident. Nature’s surprises sure do deliver beautiful photographs. More»

Getty Voices: Getty Gone Wild

By Tahnee Cracchiola | Published: April 22, 2013

Photographic encounters with deer, birds, butterflies, and other wildlife of the Getty.
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Korean Cooking, the Authentic Fusion Way

By Sarah Waldorf | Published: April 18, 2013

Getty chef Mayet Cristobal worked with volunteers from the Korean Cultural Center to create an authentic-fusion menu. More»

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Welcome to Getty Voices, a new series featuring perspectives from different members of the Getty community each week. Talk to us on Facebook and Twitter.

Getty Voices: Researching the Renaissance

Julian Brooks, curator and lover of old master drawings, reports from Florence, Italy to share his research on Andrea del Sarto, his exhibition project in summer 2015, and life in Florence. More»

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Zhang Huan: Beyond the Body

The body, being, and humanness are Zhang Huan’s primary mediums and subjects. More»

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• China Builds Museums, but Filling Them Is Another Story

  By Frank Langfitt | NPR, Arts & Life | Published: May 21, 2013

  Museums are going up faster than curators can fill them with works and audiences, but many new museums in China are either closed or open sporadically.

• "Gems of the Medici" at the Bowers

  By William Poundstone | Blouin Art Info | Published: May 19, 2013

  The great museums of Florence and Naples have lent textbook masterpieces of a recherche medium: antique and Renaissance carved gems. During that period, an antique carved gem could sell for as much as 20 paintings by Botticelli.

• Illuminating the Power of Change in the L.A. Basin

  By Karen Wada | Los Angeles Time, Culture Monster | Published: May 19, 2013

  From the monumental to the mundane, a digital exhibition dips into the Southern California Edison photo archive to explore the 'breathtaking' history of the region from 1940 to 1990.

• The World’s Most Beautiful Museums

  Instagram Blog | Published: May 19, 2013

  A collection of favorite museums from around the world in honor of National Museum Day

• Rembrandt and the Laughing Philosopher

  By William Poundstone | Blouin Art Info | Published: May 14, 2013

  In his self-portrait, Rembrandt, otherwise haughty or world-weary, loosens up as Democrates [sic] the laughing philosopher.

• Ill-Gotten Gains: How Many Museums Have Stolen Objects in their Collections?

  By Carl Franzen | The Verge | Published: May 13, 2013

  The two statues being returned to Cambodia by New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art are among many disputed objects worldwide; 85–90 percent of artifacts on the market lack documented provenance.

• Malls and Ranch Homes? PBS’s Surprising 10 Buildings That Changed America

  By Nathan Hurst | Wired, Design | Published: May 10, 2013

  We're often unaware of how our built environment impacts us. PBS looks at 10 buildings that most influenced later architecture in America.

• In France, a Renewed Push to Return Art Looted by Nazis

  By Eleanor Beardsley | NPR | Published: May 09, 2013

  The French government has begun one of the most extensive efforts to return to rightful owners and heirs approximately 2,000 unclaimed art objects that were plundered from private collections during World War II.

• A Photographer Rediscovers the Crumbling Remains of Tatooine

  By Sammy Medina | Fast Company, Design | Published: May 08, 2013

  Surreal images of abandoned sets from Star Wars. Located near Tozeur in central Tunisia, most were virtually unknown by locals, and some can only be found with coordinates.