A look back at the Getty Foundation’s 30 years of support for study and preservation of the visual arts. More»
“Canterbury Cathedral tells the story of England across the centuries since the arrival of St. Augustine in 597—in glass and wood and stone, and in artifacts and music sung daily.” More»
“Looking East” established a platform for international dialogue around art, history, and cultural exchange. More»
Our new Getty Voices series kicks off with a weeklong view into one of the Getty Conservation Institute’s international field projects. More»
Notes and video excerpts from the Getty’s participation in the World Economic Forum. More»
Featuring over 2,000 newly digitized catalogs, a new database will revolutionize Nazi-era art research. More»
The Panel Paintings Initiative is training the next generation of conservators of paintings on wood panels, and including professionals from Eastern Europe is a high priority. In this post, Polish conservator Aleksandra Hola describes her experience with the program. For… More»
“The last view of civilization, the last sight of fields, and trees, and flowers, had come and gone on Christmas Eve, 1901, and as the night fell, the blue outline of friendly New Zealand was lost to us in the… More»
Actor and director Peter Weller is known for his many film and television roles, most famously Robocop in Paul Verhoeven’s campy classic. However, Weller’s interests go far beyond the camera—he is a scholar of Italian Renaissance art who is completing… More»
Conservation treatment represents an important moment in the life of an object, and this is particularly true for the Berthouville Treasure, an extraordinary group of Gallo-Roman silver that arrived at the Getty Villa two years ago. In collaboration with the… More»
Can’t even with the Resurrection.
Intense drama, saturated colors, and bold gestures amplify this emotional and significant moment in the Bible.
Detail of The Resurrection, 1612, Pieter Lastman. J. Paul Getty Museum.