20th-century art

The Artist’s View through the Window

How artists have been inspired by a glimpse outside.

Erin Migdol | April 30, 2020

Beachy watercolors from the artist contrast with earlier critiques of German society.

Getty Scholars in Residence talk about the complexities of Earth Day.

Amy Hood | April 22, 2020

Why are photographers drawn to crime scenes?

Alexandria Sivak | February 20, 2020

Getty’s senior curator of photographs walks you through a new show of previously unexhibited images.

Jim Ganz | December 17, 2019

Photographic portraits of some of the 20th century’s most notable artists.

A video inspired by photographic history and 20th-century art.

Sarah Cooper | April 24, 2015

Seven photographers revel in process, experiment, chance, and the happy mistake.

Annelisa Stephan | April 14, 2015

The 20th-century art scene, told in photographs.

Sarah Zabrodski | January 26, 2015

“There was an interminable pause. Then Minor cleared his throat once more and asked, ‘When can you start?’”

John Weiss | September 17, 2014

A foil to Julius Shulman’s B&W glamour, Maynard Parker captured middle-class modernism.

Jia-Rui Cook | May 31, 2014

“It was time to do something.” Jackson Pollock’s Mural, conserved.

Melissa Abraham | March 6, 2014