What do you do at the Getty? I work on a variety of Web and new media projects that allow me to collaborate with my colleagues within the Web Group as well as other departments across the Getty. I’m...
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Canadian archaeologist Alexander “Sandy” MacGillivray studies disasters for a living. He’s an expert on one of the worst cataclysms in history, the eruption of the volcano on Thera (present-day Santorini, Greece) around 1500 B.C. Thera blackened the world’s skies,...
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Mexican cooking as we know and love it in the U.S.—moles, carne asada, burritos, cafe con leche, loads of melty cheese—would have been unrecognizable to the Aztecs. They didn’t have cows, pigs, sugar, cheese, butter, cinnamon, or wheat. They...
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The films we screen at the Getty go hand in hand with the art on view. Curating film series related to exhibitions is exciting, but it can also be challenging. How, for example, do you plan a movie event...
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The hidden story of a marble bust.
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A foil to Julius Shulman’s B&W glamour, Maynard Parker captured middle-class modernism.
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Must-know facts about the recently restored L.A. landmark.
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Green spaces, affordable housing, no flying cars, when can we move in?
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How artists have been inspired by a glimpse outside.
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An update on the Getty Fire.
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Curators seek your feedback on an exhibition-in-progress.
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Museum conservation and gallery lighting: then and now.
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