Getty Museum collection

The Radical Artistic Vision of Manet’s Jeanne (Spring)

This beautiful painting contains the germ of modern art as we know it.

Timothy Potts | November 24, 2014

Meet Jeffrey Spier, the Getty Museum’s New Antiquities Chief

What the Getty Museum’s new senior curator of antiquities has on his to-do list.

Annelisa Stephan | November 10, 2014

Skeletons Carousing in Hell

Skeletons in our closet.

Mazie Harris | October 31, 2014

The Ghost That Wasn’t There

What does an invisible ghost look like? Um, well, like this.

Bryan C. Keene | October 30, 2014

Delightfully Horrifying Manuscript Illuminations

Selections from the collection for Halloween.

Bryan C. Keene | October 29, 2014

See Authentic Medieval Hand-to-Hand Combat in New Video

A new video brings 15th-century fighting moves to life.

Elizabeth Morrison and Bryan Keene | October 23, 2014

Three Reasons to Love Marie-Antoinette

Before her ill-fated end, Marie-Antoinette was a peerless patron of the decorative arts.

Philippe Halbert | October 16, 2014

“Where You and Image Blend”: On Learning from Minor White

“Concentration, contemplation, and meditation were at his core whether making, studying, listening, or engaging. He preferred to be alone with silence, spirit, self.”

Carl Chiarenza | October 13, 2014

Chris Killip Reveals the Sublime in the Everyday

Chris Killip’s photographs depict hard-working people in a bleak yet visually stunning setting.

Sarah Zabrodski | October 2, 2014

Curator’s Talk on James Ensor Is a Gas

What you need to know about James Ensor, in 12 minutes.

Chelsea Chenelle | September 2, 2014

The Bully Has Left the Room

While James Ensor is away, Pictorialist photographs will play.

Alexandria Sivak | August 28, 2014

Art for the Whole Body

New tours combine movement, mindfulness, and sharing to engage with art “below the neck.”

Andrew Westover | August 27, 2014