It Happened in L.A.: George Herms Gets Creative for Rent Money
George Herms is known for his poetic assemblages of discarded, disheveled materials. But back in the ’60s, he had preoccupations besides art: he was... Read More
Getty Research Institute (GRI)
Behind the scenes at the Getty Research Institute, the Getty’s advanced research center and art library.
“The Photographer with the Soul of an Architect”: Lucien Hervé
Bridging the visions of Le Corbusier and Lucien Hervé.
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Faces of the Mexican Revolution
Famous and not-so-famous figures of the Mexican Revolution.
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Countdown to Pacific Standard Time
This morning we launched a new website dedicated to Los Angeles art from 1945 to 1980. Here you can get acquainted with Pacific Standard... Read More
Sam Francis and Mako Idemitsu
Inside the Sam Francis Papers at the Getty Research Institute.
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The First Modern Catalogue of an Art Collection: Q&A with Curator Louis Marchesano
In the 1700s, the seeds of a new style of presenting works of art—both on the wall and on the page—were planted by a... Read More
A New and Improved Resource Search Tool
If you’ve used the Getty’s website, you may be aware of the wealth of resources about the visual arts to be found across its... Read More
Reflections on My First Days at the Getty—And What’s Next
The J. Paul Getty Trust is an extraordinary arts institution. That I knew before coming to work at the Getty this week as its... Read More
Conserving Lichtenstein’s “Three Brushstrokes”
A long lively stroke of deep brilliant blue, black, and white, a curved swipe of muted yellow, a short dab of red—perhaps you’ve seen... Read More
Anticipating Mapplethorpe
Inside the Sam Wagstaff papers.
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Painterly Urban Planning: Nikolaus Pevsner’s “Visual Planning and the Picturesque”
Nikolaus Pevsner (1902–1983) was one of the 20th century’s foremost historians of British architecture. Even today, tourists wander through the historic squares of England... Read More
Happy 100th Birthday, John Lautner!
The Los Angeles City Council will vote Friday to declare July 16th “John Lautner Day.” This Saturday would have been the 100th birthday of... Read More