My Lifelong Quest for Color
Writer Victoria Finlay devotes her life to uncovering the human stories behind colors
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When Spray Cans Meet Quill Pens
A new exhibition pairs rare books from the 15th to 18th centuries with Los Angeles graffiti artists.
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The Human Predicament, in Pastel
An enigmatic pastel shows Degas’s talent for drawing human psychology.
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Learning from Snowflakes
A seemingly simple pop-up book can be the springboard to teach kids about identity and individuality.
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“As Inspiration Dictates”: Henri Matisse on Color
In a 1941 interview, Henri Matisse reveals his approach to color.
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Getty Voices: The Getty Graffiti Black Book
A cross-century, cross-community collaboration between L.A. graffiti and tattoo artists.
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Percy Jackson, The Hunger Games, and Why Your Kids Need to Know Classical Culture
Some tips for exploring classical mythology with kids.
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Illuminating the End of Time
2012 was the year proclaimed as the end of time by Mayan hieroglyphs, extra-terrestrial communicators, and bad disaster movies. The Getty Apocalypse, a medieval... Read More
Unlocking the Secrets of an Ancient Fountain
Do you picture archaeological sites as dry, dusty piles of stones? Meet Peirene, an ancient Greek ruin so tantalizing that archaeologists have literally died... Read More
“The Photographer with the Soul of an Architect”: Lucien Hervé
Bridging the visions of Le Corbusier and Lucien Hervé.
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The First Modern Catalogue of an Art Collection: Q&A with Curator Louis Marchesano
In the 1700s, the seeds of a new style of presenting works of art—both on the wall and on the page—were planted by a... Read More
Painterly Urban Planning: Nikolaus Pevsner’s “Visual Planning and the Picturesque”
Nikolaus Pevsner (1902–1983) was one of the 20th century’s foremost historians of British architecture. Even today, tourists wander through the historic squares of England... Read More