Jacques-Louis David made Greco-Roman myths directly relevant to the contemporary public, as this sly drawing shows. More»
The retiring paintings curator walks the galleries with us one last time. More»
“I think he sees Hearsay of the Soul as a poem, and doesn’t want to make a documentary—that was a very deliberate choice. It feels very personal, and that’s what makes it interesting.” More»
A youthful, confident Rembrandt shakes things up in the paintings galleries. More»
Newly acquired portraits tell the unusual story of British banking heir Henry Hoare and the artist who depicted him. More»
In the Renaissance as now, gardens came in many forms and carried many associations. A visual tour. More»
The Civil War captured in early photographs, from young New Yorkers headed to the battlefield to Robert E. Lee one week after the surrender. More»
I spend as much of my time looking through a magnifying glass as a classic detective does—solving the mysteries of the Getty’s Department of Photographs. More»
Candid photographs of racially divided neighborhoods and cities during apartheid join the collection. More»
Why the manuscript illuminations in Florence at the Dawn of the Renaissance really rock. More»
Four Larks performance troupe interprets Orpheus to kick off this season’s experimental theater lab at the Getty Villa.
March 14-16
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Photo: Vikk Shayen