J. Paul Getty Museum

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A celebration of Hal Fischer’s Gay Semiotics

What did we learn about the painting while the Museum was closed?

Amy Hood | May 18, 2021

How ancient people fought their greatest fears

Jeffrey Spier | May 11, 2021

How Maria Sibylla Merian learned about the tiny living things around her

(Hint: it’s not easy)

Sara E. Cole | May 4, 2021

Limited number of visitors permitted with free reservations

Julie Jaskol | April 15, 2021

The painting represents the artist at the height of her expressive powers

Amy Hood | March 30, 2021

Photographer Jo Ann Callis on making and connecting with art

Mazie Harris | March 23, 2021

Curator Kenneth Lapatin sleuths out the truth about the Getty Gnaios

Julie Jaskol | March 22, 2021

Our medievalists answer your biggest questions

Three stories that show how women have created throughout history

The surprising story of an unusual collaboration between a Renaissance manuscript’s scribe and its painter