A Portrait by Anton Raphael Mengs Goes on View at the Getty Center
Friendship and a shared interest in classical antiquity brought this painter and subject together.
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J. Paul Getty Museum
Art snapshots, exhibitions and events news, curator’s essays, and more from the Getty Museum.
Race and Representation in the Nativity Scene
How the political relationship between Africa and Europe manifests in a famous Biblical image.
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Highlights from Unseen: 35 Years of Collecting Photographs
Getty’s senior curator of photographs walks you through a new show of previously unexhibited images.
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Giovanni di Balduccio’s The Annunciation Goes on View at the Getty Center
See these finely carved marble sculptures, which are newly added to Getty's medieval collections.
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Video: The Art of Making a Tapestry
Visit a traditional workshop in France to discover the art of weaving.
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Who Is Bob the Dog and Why Did Manet Paint His Portrait?
What we know about this little pup
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The Crown: Was the Rembrandt Painting Really in the Royal Collection?
We answer your burning questions about Old Man in Military Costume as seen on Netflix’s The Crown
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PODCAST: The Lives of Titian
Learning about a Renaissance master through the accounts of his contemporaries.
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Research Uncovers New Clues to the Histories of 250-Year-Old Decorative Objects
Four artworks, four intriguing personalities.
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Rediscovered Painting by Bronzino Goes on Permanent View at the Getty Center
A Renaissance rediscovery joins the collections.
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A Brief Introduction to the Art of Ancient Assyrian Kings
Reliefs that once adorned kings’ palaces.
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How Photographs of Poverty in the Americas Ignited an International Battle over Propaganda
Rival publishers pit two photographers against each other on a global scale.
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