curator’s essays

Installation by Artist Theaster Gates Confronts Racist Imagery at Monumental Scale

An unusual sculpture serves as a disassembled totem of racism.

Frances Terpak | February 21, 2019

Modest maiden or lascivious lover?

Contextualizing early book arts in world history.

Bryan C. Keene | January 21, 2016

A manuscript page bursting with art historical mysteries.

Elizabeth Morrison | November 3, 2015

Snapshots of Greece’s ancient monuments from an era before photography.

David Saunders | October 21, 2015

70 years later, the Hiroshima bombing gives rise to hopeful art.

Amanda Maddox | August 6, 2015

Julius Shulman photographs the Yucatan, mecca for the midcentury consumer.

Robert J. Kett | January 12, 2015

Abstraction was no modern innovation—it’s been an integral part of art across the centuries.

Bryan C. Keene | May 30, 2014

Explore the Getty Villa’s summer exhibition “Heaven and Earth” through one of its most compelling masterpieces.