Getty Voices: Looking Closely
How, and why, we made an exhibition with only four objects.
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Decorative Arts
What Time Is It? In the Collection, It’s Always 10:10
For the clocks in the Getty Museum’s collection, time stands eternally still.
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Waxing and Waning of Summer in Decorative Arts & Sculpture Conservation
The quest for the perfect wax to buff and protect outdoor sculptures at the Getty.
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18th-Century Art for the 21st-Century Classroom
What can you do with French decorative arts, paper, and scissors?
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A Strange and Wonderful Vase at Family Art Lab
A nine-foot-tall vase decorated with feathers, snails, and branches is the focus artwork.
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Masterpiece of the Week: A Silver Treasure Spared the King’s Meltdown
This silver fountain, featured in the exhibition The Life of Art and our current Masterpiece of the Week tours, is a survivor of one... Read More
Masterpiece of the Week: A Cabinet That’s Proudly Over the Top
This is not your run-of-the-aristocratic-mill cupboard. J. Paul Getty, who had a passion for French decorative arts, listed this cabinet—our current Masterpiece of the... Read More
The Carlhian Records
A peek inside one of the largest archives at the Getty Research Institute.
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The Ordinary Becomes Mystical: A Conversation with Betye Saar
On a Sunday, you might find artist Betye Saar at the Pasadena College flea market, scouting for treasures. The energetic 85-year-old is still an... Read More
Clocks and Globes – How Prosperous Parisians in the 18th Century Navigated Their Day (with Bonus Ringtone)
Enter Paris: Life & Luxury, closing this Sunday, and you’ll hear chimes pinging through the galleries from extravagant clocks that French aristocrats used to... Read More
Power Breakfast Inspired by a King: The 18th-Century Toilette
Dressing for success.
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Paris Gamblers: Gaming in 18th-Century France
The well-coiffed elite of the time relished a good card game.
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