A Landmark Antiquities Agreement with Greece
This week, several of my colleagues and I had the pleasure of welcoming to the Getty Villa the Minister of Culture and Tourism for... Read More
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“The Photographer with the Soul of an Architect”: Lucien Hervé
Bridging the visions of Le Corbusier and Lucien Hervé.
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A Project of Seismic Proportions
As Californians, we are well aware of the damage that results from earthquakes, even in new buildings constructed with modern materials. But what happens... Read More
Chiurazzi Bronzes, from Pompeii to Malibu
The two bronze statues at the heart of the current Getty Villa exhibition Apollo from Pompeii: Investigating an Ancient Bronze—set to close September 12—may... Read More
Sam Francis and Mako Idemitsu
Inside the Sam Francis Papers at the Getty Research Institute.
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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
Question of the Week: Do Americans See the World through a Distorted Lens?
Initially designating himself an “ignorant American,” photographer Alex Harris went to Cuba in 1998, camera in tow, without preconceived notions. He simply wondered what... Read More
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
Three Contemporary Photographers on Cuba
What drew them to Cuba? We asked photographers Alex Harris, Virginia Beahan, and Alexey Titarenko, whose work is featured in the exhibition A Revolutionary... Read More
Walker Evans’s Havana, through an Architect’s Lens
Julio César Pérez Hernández, architect and author of Inside Cuba, visits the Getty Center this Thursday to talk about Cuban architecture in conjunction with... Read More
Welcome to Alfred Schmela’s Art Gallery!
After several months of writing and archival processing, I’ve just finished my work on the archive of Galerie Schmela. The archive’s 172 boxes and 25 flat... Read More
The Italian Showcase
If our globe had a school playground, could you spot Italy? That’s right, the one voted “most popular.” Good-looking, sharp, charismatic. Plus, a rock... Read More