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Dear “Woman in Blue,” Let Me Tell You Of…

Anne Martens | March 1, 2013

“You will be forgotten. Your image, however, will be immortal. Through it, you will travel far—not by horse and cart, or merchant ship, but through the sky…”

For California Gardeners, Winter Is the New Summer

Annelisa Stephan | February 27, 2013

Winter, the sere season? Not in California, where the cool months are our lushest, our most verdant of all.

Getty Voices: Renaissance Gardens

Bryan C. Keene | February 25, 2013

A virtual stroll through Renaissance gardens via illuminated manuscripts.

Six Questions for Art Detective Victoria Reed

Alexandria Sivak | February 22, 2013

What does a provenance researcher do? And how does she do it?

What Makes an Artist Great? Curator Scott Schaefer on Vermeer

Annelisa Stephan | February 20, 2013

Johannes Vermeer is a beloved artist. Is he also a great one?

Getty Voices: The Power of Vermeer

Anne Woollett | February 18, 2013

Vermeer's newly arrived Woman in Blue Reading a Letter seems calmly at home in our galleries—but introduces a distinctive new presence.

Beware Cupid’s Arrow! French Print Reveals Dangers of Romantic Mix-Ups

Courtney Wilder | February 14, 2013

It could happen to you: comic mix-ups, near-death encounters, and other tales of accursed romance from French prints at the Getty Research Institute.

Getty Voices: The Forgotten Surrealist

Annette Leddy | February 11, 2013

"A feeling of surprise, even disbelief, that someone so unique could have remained unknown to us for so long."

Write the Opening Line to Vermeer’s “Lady in Blue”

Anne Martens | February 8, 2013

What do you think the first line of this letter might say? Share your ideas.

Whispers and Shadows: Ray K. Metzker and “Street Noir”

Juvenio L. Guerra | February 6, 2013

“I imagine the people in Metzker’s photographs as supporting characters in a film noir—captured on an average day, precisely at the loneliest moment before the cruel twist of fate takes hold.”