A Tale of Two Beths
When you write novels for a living, as I do, you get used to making things up—places, plots, people. What you don’t expect is... Read More
exhibitions
Seven Documentaries Inspired by Photojournalism
“Witnesses in Action,” the documentary film series I curated earlier this month, followed the lenses of brave and talented photographers who took their cameras... Read More
A Seductive Still Life
Greeting you as you enter the exhibition In Focus: Still Life are two beautiful photographs that incorporate dead animals in their compositions. Lorikeet with... Read More
Jean-Léon Gérôme, from “Gladiator” to “The Matrix”
“Gérôme forged narrative practices that would take the cinema decades to invent,” art historian Marc Gotlieb told a packed auditorium recently in a discussion... Read More
Rethinking Orientalism, Again
It’s been 27 years since art historian Linda Nochlin published her essay “The Imaginary Orient,” a critique of sexist and racist depictions of “brown... Read More
Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down? Looking at Gérôme’s “Pollice Verso”
Visitors are captivated by The Spectacular Art of Jean-Léon Gérôme. I met a couple from Miami who were so intrigued by a review of... Read More
Career Profile: Davina Wolter, Designer
What do you do at the Getty? I’m a designer. My work includes graphics, or 2-D design, as well as 3-D design-such as furniture,... Read More
The Rise and Fall of Charles Le Brun: Q&A with Louis Marchesano
I talked to Louis Marchesano, curator of prints and drawings at the Getty Research Institute, about the exhibition Printing the Grand Manner: Charles Le... Read More
What Do Jean-Léon Gérôme and Don Draper Have in Common?
You might have a hard time answering that question as you first stroll through the galleries of the exhibition The Spectacular Art of Jean-Léon... Read More
Naked or Nude? Gérôme’s Provocative Bodies
During a tour of the new exhibition The Spectacular Art of Jean-Léon Gérôme, curator Mary Morton stopped in front of Gérôme’s Snake Charmer and... Read More
Seven Things I Learned from “Leonardo da Vinci and the Art of Sculpture”
Now that the Leonardo exhibition has closed, as co-curator—along with Anne-Lise Desmas, associate curator in the Department of Sculpture and the Decorative Arts—I can... Read More
Career Profile: Marcus Adams, Antiquities Preparator
This is the second in our series of Q&As on arts careers. We return from conservation in the field to discuss the behind-the-scenes work... Read More