Encuentros Quemando con Surreal Encanto
Digging for fire at the Getty Research Institute’s recent symposium Vivísimo Muerto: Debates on Surrealism in Latin America, I recalled Guillaume Apollinaire’s thoughts on... Read More
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Behind the scenes at the Getty Research Institute, the Getty’s advanced research center and art library.
Go Behind the Scenes with Our New Orientation Film
Many first-time visitors to the Getty Center disembark the tram at the top of the hill, take one look around, and wonder out loud,... Read More
Listening to Edward Hopper’s Silence
How do you make a movie about Edward Hopper? The artist—famous for his haunting and enigmatic paintings such as Nighthawks and New York Movie—was... Read More
Summer Solstice at the Research Library
Once a year, light and shadows align.
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Soccer and Opera: A Common History?
The World Cup kicks off today in South Africa, and the international mania for soccer—sometimes known as “the beautiful game’’—put me in mind of... Read More
Avant-Garde Antics: The Art of Display in Postwar Los Angeles
How do you hold a “secret exhibition”? In 1957, Los Angeles artist George Herms did just that, setting up his assemblage sculptures among the... Read More
Think Local, Exhibit Global—Research Institute Exhibitions on the Move
Off the tram, up the stairs and take a sharp right before going into the main entrance pavilion. Head into the building across from... Read More
Royal Propaganda, from Prints to Pixels
Spin control—it’s been around for centuries. Louis XIV, king of France from 1660 to 1715, was a master at it, using art—especially the work... Read More
Remembering Count Panza, Pioneering Art Collector
On April 24, Italian businessman and eminent contemporary art collector Count Giuseppe Panza di Biumo, whose papers are held at the Getty Research Institute... Read More
Volcano Observer: Sir William Hamilton and Mount Vesuvius
Sir William Hamilton was known as “the modern Pliny.”
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The Future of Art Bibliography
Today art historians and librarians from Europe and the United States are coming together at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art at “The Future... Read More
An Update on the Earthquake in Chile
The Getty Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT) is a tool for cataloging and retrieving art information. It is being translated into several languages. Our... Read More