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A Guide to Euripides’ Medea

Mary Louise Hart | September 11, 2015

Unpacking the ancient, bloody myth of Medea.

A Hidden Rembrandt Has Been Digitally Reconstructed in Color

Annelisa Stephan | September 1, 2015

A hidden Rembrandt is revealed.

Botanical Art Inspired by Renaissance Illuminations

Annelisa Stephan | April 22, 2015

Botanical illuminations inspired by a rare Renaissance book.

Where Is Yucatan? Julius Shulman at Chichen Itza

Robert J. Kett | January 12, 2015

Julius Shulman photographs the Yucatan, mecca for the midcentury consumer.

Best Supporting Role

Katie Underwood | January 7, 2015

Conserving Peter Paul Rubens, panel by panel.

Dancing Yvonne Rainer

Pat Catterson | September 24, 2014

Cerebral, challenging, enrapturing. What does it feel like to perform Yvonne Rainer’s work?

Myth and Miraculous Performance: The Virgin Hodegetria

Flora Boros | May 13, 2014

Revered in Constantinople, the icon known as the Virgin Hodegetria was believed to hold special powers.

Hi! I’m an L.A. Native.

Eschscholzia californica | May 10, 2013

They say L.A. has no center; they say it’s a desert. We native Angelenos know that’s not true—and not just when it comes to architecture, either.

What Time Is It? In the Collection, It’s Always 10:10

Annelisa Stephan | November 5, 2012

For the clocks in the Getty Museum’s collection, time stands eternally still.

Masterpiece of the Week: A Cabinet That’s Proudly Over the Top

Christine Spier | February 29, 2012

This is not your run-of-the-aristocratic-mill cupboard. J. Paul Getty, who had a passion for French decorative arts, listed this cabinet—our current Masterpiece of the Week—among his eight favorite pieces of furniture in the world. This sumptuous cabinet epitomizes that...