Celebrate National Public Gardens Day with Us
A great excuse to get out there and enjoy our local green spaces!
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Natalie Merchant on Art, Poetry, and Music
On a rainy afternoon at the Getty Center, two dozen students and teachers anxiously awaited the arrival of Natalie Merchant. Stopping at the Getty on her national tour, the singer-songwriter had invited them to attend a workshop on the...
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Ladybugs in the Central Garden
One way we care for our gardens.
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Capturing Motherhood, In 50 Words or Less
How do you sum up motherhood in a picture or a phrase? There are over 400 elegant attempts in The Art of Motherhood, a new book from Getty Publications that pairs paintings and sculptures with words from authors as...
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Volcano Observer: Sir William Hamilton and Mount Vesuvius
Sir William Hamilton was known as “the modern Pliny.”
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Thespian Experimentation at the Villa, with Singing Frogs
A 2,400-year-old comedy. One week to work on it. Oh yeah—and it’s a musical. The Getty Villa is a hotbed of new ideas about very old theater. In the new Villa Play-Reading Series, translations and adaptations of classical plays...
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Elementary Teachers Share Lessons Inspired by the Getty’s Collection
Today’s school teachers have a wealth of pressures. Not only do they tackle the day-to-day challenges of balancing good teaching with classroom management, but they must also meet the demands of high-stakes standardized testing—and, more recently, face the threat...
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GCI and the Jordanian Department of Antiquities: Proud Parents of MEGA-J
When eight colleagues from Jordan’s Department of Antiquities (DoA) came to the Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) in early April, they had only an inkling of what was in store. Sure, they knew they were going to be trained on...
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Eating with the Elite: A Culinary Tour of the Machine d’Argent
This spring the Museum is offering a feast of tours and courses about food in art. Nancy Real and Lilit Sadoyan, two gallery teachers, agreed to give me a taste. We went straight to the magnificent Machine d’argent by...
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Visit Us at the L.A. Times Festival of Books
We’re looking forward to The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books this weekend on UCLA’s campus. The largest public literary festival in North America, the two-day free event is expected to draw more than 130,000 people. Anchored by bookseller booths...
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Seeing the Chaparral for Earth Day
Both the Getty Villa and the Getty Center have the good fortune of being adjacent to state parkland, and some of us make a point of getting out at lunch or after work to enjoy nearby hiking trails. We...
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Hidden Gems of the Collection: Reliefs
We’ve asked our Museum educators, who work in the galleries and get to know the art as intimate friends, to let us in on lesser-known objects they especially love—and that we ought to explore. First up are three relief...
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