Getty Museum collection

For the Throne: Medievalists’ Musings on Game of Thrones

How accurate is Game of Thrones? Two medieval art curators compare scenes from the show to real medievalisms.

A charming watercolor provides insight into the French artist’s private world

Emily Beeny | March 26, 2019

The hidden story of a marble bust.

Unsolved mysteries of old master drawings.

Tristan Bravinder | February 28, 2019

Renaissance calligraphy unlocked.

Calvin Kaleel | December 18, 2018

A new look at the rise of the nude in art.

Thomas Kren | October 9, 2018

Inside a rare thirteenth-century Jewish manuscript.

Elizabeth Morrison | September 19, 2018

Finding, identifying, and learning from a newly discovered drawing by Michelangelo.

Uncovering the identity of a mysterious old man who inhabits nineteenth-century French art.

Breanne Bradley | September 4, 2018

Treasured objects of the European Renaissance court.

Larisa Grollemond | August 27, 2018

The history of collecting ancient art on display at the Getty Villa.

A tale of a French silversmith and his video-game double.