“As Inspiration Dictates”: Henri Matisse on Color
In a 1941 interview, Henri Matisse reveals his approach to color.
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Getty Research Institute (GRI)
Behind the scenes at the Getty Research Institute, the Getty’s advanced research center and art library.
Harry Smith and Patterns in the Wind
What drove artist Harry Smith to collect paper airplanes on the streets of New York?
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Small Format, Big Style: Images from the Alexander Liberman Photography Archive Now Available
The Getty Research Institute and Artstor partner to offer 1,500 digitized images by the prolific photographer.
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Frederick Hammersley Foundation Donates Archive to the Getty Research Institute
“Despite their precise lines and construction, Hammersley’s work displays a personal touch, guided by his belief in intuition as an important principle for art making.”
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An Agnès Varda Moment for L.A.
Speaking at the Getty this weekend, the centerpiece of a new LACMA show, and guest artistic director at the AFI Fest—all at age 85.
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1850s Tehran Revealed in Rare Photographic Album
“The album narrates multiple stories that together provide new insights into the rich history of Persia.”
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Getty Voices: From Paint to Pixels
How do you transform a 19th-century watercolor into a digital logo?
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5,400 Images from the Getty Research Institute’s Special Collections Now Available as Open Content
Thousands more images join the Open Content Program.
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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.
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What Do Paleographers Do?
It’s nothing to do with fossils—paleographers are specialists in old handwriting.
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The Unexplored Archive of Otto Muehl
A peek into the sketchbooks of the controversial founder of Viennese Actionism.
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Knoedler, Mellon, and an Unlikely Sale
From Leningrad to Washington D.C.: the complexities of an exceptional art sale
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