My First Concert Ever: Saturdays Off the 405 with Pickwick
Really? Yes. 20-something intern Rosie Narasaki attends her first concert ever. And likes it.
Read MoreReally? Yes. 20-something intern Rosie Narasaki attends her first concert ever. And likes it.
Read MoreWe’re all familiar with the X-rays used to take images of people’s bones and teeth at medical and dental facilities. But did you know this same technology can also be used to examine the internal structures of museum objects?...
Read MoreHow long does it take to install a painting in the Museum, from loading dock to gallery wall? For J.M.W. Turner’s Modern Rome—Campo Vaccino, the answer is seven days: really busy days, with lots of people working together to...
Read MoreRobert Weingarten’s work spans the possibilities of photography—from traditional black-and-white prints to digital mashups composed entirely in Photoshop. In advance of his lecture at the Getty Center this Thursday, September 16, I spoke to him about his approaches to...
Read MoreEducation is at the heart of a museum’s mission. You want to know what you’re looking at, and we want to tell you—through object labels, audio tours, videos, brochures, Web sites, and public programs. But is this really education?...
Read MoreGood question. Let’s dig in
Read MoreThousands of people get creative with items on hand, from bubble wrap to their (very good) dogs
Read MoreReimagining the Getty Villa.
Read MoreWhat we stand for.
Read MoreDid they know they were changing the course of art?
Read MoreMeet Tiberius, the over-life-size bronze sculpture of a Roman emperor.
Read MoreWriting the gallery label for a painting can sometimes feel like an art form in itself, a kind of circumscribed descriptive poetry not unrelated to haiku. How, in fewer than 100 words, do you capture the essence of an...
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