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Letters by René Magritte Join Research Institute’s Collection

The artist’s business dealings with gallerist Alexander Iolas are the focus of nine revealing letters from the 1950s and ’60s.

John Tain | September 25, 2013

A peek into the sketchbooks of the controversial founder of Viennese Actionism.

Hear from prominent graffiti artists of a Getty/L.A. street art collaboration.

Danielle Sommer | August 16, 2013

A cross-century, cross-community collaboration between L.A. graffiti and tattoo artists.

David Brafman | August 13, 2013

A five-person team at the Research Institute has finished cataloging Harald Szeemann’s monumental Project Files.

Pietro Rigolo | June 26, 2013

The GRI Gallery is expanding more than threefold, starting June 10.

“Runge’s prints represent far more than merely the times of day. The cycle of the day represents in fact the cycle of life.”

This remarkable four-print series depicts the coming and departing of light, which points to the cycles of life from conception to death.

As director of the Venice Biennale, curator Harald Szeemann created new ways of showing art—and new places to show it.

Melanie Tran | May 31, 2013

A fake Leonardo? The scandalous court case of art dealer Joseph Duveen.

Emmabeth Nanol | May 23, 2013

What special places tell the story of your L.A.?

Lyra Kilston | May 13, 2013

The glamorous owner of the Galleria dell’Ariete in Milan was key to the careers of Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns, among many others.

Annette Leddy | March 28, 2013