Preserving the Legacy of Harald Szeemann
The Harald Szeemann Archive and Library, one of the most important private research collections for modern and contemporary art in the world, is coming... Read More
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All Roads Lead to Rome
What brings a group of architects, conservators, engineers, geologists, scientists, and archaeologists from twenty countries and six continents to Rome? Rocks—or more accurately, stone.... Read More
Getty Foundation Grant Allows Newly Conserved Cosmati Pavement to Be Unveiled at Royal Wedding
The Cosmati Pavement, the medieval tile mosaic floor in front of the Abbey’s High Alter where Prince William and Middleton are expected to take their vows, has in past been rarely visible due to its age and condition, but the floor has been newly conserved thanks in large part to a grant from the Getty Foundation.
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The Getty Research Journal: Diverse, Collaborative, International
The third issue of the Getty Research Journal has just been published. Each year, the Journal presents new research on the Getty’s broad holdings... Read More
Agrigento Youth Returns to Italy on a Pedestal—A Very High-Tech One
Centuries ago, a marble sculpture known as the Agrigento Youth took a violent fall, losing his nose and parts of his arms and legs.... Read More
Pointing East, Thinking West: Felice Beato’s Photographic View
Whether he planted his tripod in India, China, Japan, Korea, or Burma, the Italian-born photographer Felice Beato always portrayed a country’s culture through a... Read More
Writing Verse for “Brush & Shutter”
Greeting you at the entrance to Brush & Shutter: Early Photography in China is a duilian, two lines of Chinese poetry that situate the... Read More
A New Look at Chinese Art
For 25 years the Getty Research Institute has been inviting scholars from around the world to visit, do research, and ask provocative questions. During... Read More
Symposium on Latin American Art: Live Online This Weekend
Update—videos of this event have been archived here. The three-day symposium Between Theory and Practice: Rethinking Latin American Art in the 21st Century is... Read More
Apollo’s Drapery: An Unfolding Puzzle
A new exhibition opening at the Getty Villa, Apollo from Pompeii: Investigating an Ancient Bronze, marks the completion of an 18-month conservation project that... Read More
Stilt-Walking Actors Extend Their Stay at the Getty Villa
The Art of Ancient Greek Theater closed on January 3, but one loan object from the exhibition won’t be making its way back home... Read More
A Close Look at the Agrigento Youth
The Agrigento Youth, a Greek sculpture carved almost exactly 2,500 years ago, is wintering at the Getty Villa. It’s the second work from the... Read More