In Search of the Berthouville Treasure
The present whereabouts of the Berthouville Treasure are not a mystery. In December 2011 this priceless hoard of ancient Roman artifacts discovered by chance in... Read More
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Pacific Standard Time Takes Berlin
Pacific Standard Time officially ended in Los Angeles on March 31, but it continues nearly 6,000 miles away in Berlin. Pacific Standard Time: Kunst... Read More
Preserving the Photographic Heritage of the Middle East
We treasure our family photos because they are reminders of meaningful memories. The same can be said of the photographic collections held by institutions,... Read More
What Is 砂金石? The Art & Architecture Thesaurus Publishes Chinese Terms
The big news in the Getty Vocabulary Program is that around 3,150 records in the Art & Architecture Thesaurus with one or more Chinese-language... Read More
Catalogs of Łańcut Castle Return Home, in Digital Form
The Research Library at the Getty Research Institute has recently finished digitizing historic catalogs of the library of Łańcut Castle in Podkarpackie, Poland, and... Read More
Looking at Apulian Vases in a New Light
Since 2008, the antiquities conservation and curatorial departments at the J. Paul Getty Museum have been working with colleagues at the Antikensammlung in Berlin... Read More
Looking Inside a Reconstructed Roman God
The J. Paul Getty Museum and the Bibliothèque nationale de France are collaborating on the research and conservation treatment of the Berthouville Treasure, the... Read More
Unlocking the Secrets of an Ancient Fountain
Do you picture archaeological sites as dry, dusty piles of stones? Meet Peirene, an ancient Greek ruin so tantalizing that archaeologists have literally died... Read More
Paving the Way: Mosaic Conservation Training in the Mediterranean Region
The Getty Conservation Institute recently completed the first training course for MOSAIKON, an ambitious collaboration dedicated to improving the conservation and maintenance of ancient... Read More
Rethinking Latin American Art
Is there any consensus about the definition and field of “Latin American art”? This question was the subject of discussion by a group of... Read More
Welcoming the Berthouville Treasure to the Getty Villa
The J. Paul Getty Museum and Cabinet des Médailles of the Bibilotheque nationale de France (the department of coins, medals, and antiques of the National... Read More
A Visit to Thomas Demand’s Studio
During my work as a Multicultural Undergraduate Intern at the Getty this summer, I was invited to join colleagues from the Getty Research Institute... Read More