J. Paul Getty Museum

Art snapshots, exhibitions and events news, curator’s essays, and more from the Getty Museum.

Louise de Keroualle, Louis XIV’s Seductive Spy

A colorful life of political games in the English and French courts.

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Ashley Medina | June 16, 2016

VIDEO: Alan Nakagawa on His Art Project “Myth Not Myth”

New interactive sculptures question our relationship with the past.

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Getty Media | June 10, 2016

Exploring the Tapestry Artists of Louis XIV

Explore the decorative arts by database.

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Robin E. Johnson | June 8, 2016

My Internship in the Culture Wars

The Perfect Moment: Ajitto, 1981, Robert Mapplethorpe. Gelatin silver print. Jointly acquired by the J. Paul Getty Trust and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, with funds provided by the J. Paul Getty Trust and the David Geffen Foundation. © Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Making Waves: The Thinker, c. 1930, Hiromu Kira. Gelatin silver print. Collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation and Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin

My Internship in the Culture Wars

A fateful summer in Washington, D.C.

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Jack Ludden | June 6, 2016

A Teacher’s Experience with Arts Integration in the Classroom

Through art, students connect and excel.

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Lorenza Arengo Yarnes | June 6, 2016

The Lederer Collection, Lost and Found

Exploring wartime provenance.

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Ashley Medina | May 31, 2016

How Do People Confront Mapplethorpe’s Photography Today?

Facilitating open dialogue among diverse viewpoints.

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William Zaluski | May 12, 2016

Rembrandt at 18

A newly rediscovered Rembrandt offers a glimpse at the budding artist.

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Anne Woollett | May 5, 2016

Orgies of Color: Degas’s Russian Dancers

These exuberant dancers contrast strongly with Degas’s earlier ethereal ballerinas

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Alessandra Nardi | May 3, 2016

A Tour of the “Triumph of Bacchus”

Bacchus and his retinue cavort inside a monumental tapestry.

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Amelia Brown | April 29, 2016

An Italian Masterpiece Visits the Getty for Conservation and Study

A collaborative conservation project begins.

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Yvonne Szafran and Simone Mancini | April 27, 2016

Go Mad for Mosaics

Join us for #MosaicMadness to celebrate mosaics ancient and modern.

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Adrienne Luce | April 26, 2016

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