Getty Museum collection

Who Was James Ensor?

Belgium’s most eccentric, scandalous, and shocking painter is the focus of an exhibition at the Getty Center this summer.

Lyra Kilston | June 10, 2014

Help us solve an art-historical mystery.

Abstraction was no modern innovation—it’s been an integral part of art across the centuries.

Bryan C. Keene | May 30, 2014

Do these manuscripts contain the secrets to the “Game of Thrones” season finale?

An enigmatic pastel shows Degas’s talent for drawing human psychology.

Why is contemporary artist Hiroshi Sugimoto taking pictures of 175-year-old prints?

Annelisa Stephan | April 14, 2014

Books our favorite “Game of Thrones” characters should consult before heading into season 4.

Bryan C. Keene | April 4, 2014

Sixty-six photographs by Arthur Tress join the collection.

Alexandria Sivak | March 27, 2014

The largest presentation of Byzantine art ever seen in Los Angeles begins on Greek Independence Day.

A look inside a sketchbook by Degas reveals the story behind a unusual drawing.

Sarah Waldorf | March 17, 2014

There’s a new emperor in town—an 8-foot-tall bronze Tiberius, to be exact.

David Saunders | March 10, 2014

Looted by the Nazis, these five treasures were returned to their owners after World War II and now make their home in Los Angeles.

Lyra Kilston | February 7, 2014