exhibitions

Why the Cyrus Cylinder Matters Today

Why is this small cylinder of baked clay so famous around the world?

Annelisa Stephan | October 3, 2013

What does Jackson Pollock have to do with medieval stained glass? Leonie Seliger explains.

Annelisa Stephan | October 1, 2013

Hear Dean Willis's Talk about the History and Art of Canterbury.

Alexandria Sivak | September 20, 2013

Saints and their stories in the pages of illuminated manuscripts.

Elizabeth Morrison | September 9, 2013

In the Renaissance as now, gardens came in many forms and carried many associations. A visual tour.

Bryan C. Keene | August 9, 2013

Music and landscape combine to create a powerful "separate reality."

Our new drawings exhibition takes an unusual look at negative space, through the lens of poetry.

Since the 1890s, oil wells have tapped L.A.'s underground resource.

Cheryl Preston | July 16, 2013

The GRI Gallery is expanding more than threefold, starting June 10.

As director of the Venice Biennale, curator Harald Szeemann created new ways of showing art—and new places to show it.

Melanie Tran | May 31, 2013

Getty chef Mayet Cristobal worked with volunteers from the Korean Cultural Center to create an authentic-fusion menu.

Sarah Waldorf | April 18, 2013

The designer of the Sicily exhibition at the Getty Villa reveals the challenges of displaying small, double-sided, intricate objects—coins.

Elie Glyn | April 5, 2013