Pastels, Portraits, and Paramours
An introduction to Swiss artist Jean-Étienne Liotard through his pastels.
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J. Paul Getty Museum
Art snapshots, exhibitions and events news, curator’s essays, and more from the Getty Museum.
Back to School: Great Teachers Get Creative at the Core
A weeklong program helps teachers bring artworks into their classrooms.
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The Future of Museums Is in Our Homes: Orhan Pamuk’s Museum Manifesto
Inside the unusual museum of the Nobel Prize-winning author.
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Walk, Look, and Learn
A drawing unfolds a story about 18th-century fashion and manners.
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Dogs at the Medieval Banquet
Who let the dogs in?
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A Rare Medieval Alabaster
A delicately carved statuette of Saint Philip joins the collection.
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Framing a Frames Exhibition
How to hang a frame.
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Andrea del Sarto’s Seductive Saints
Why Renaissance artists rendered sacred bodies beautiful and erotic.
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Poem for a Boxer at Rest
“In composing a poem inspired by the Boxer, it was natural for me to speak from his point of view.”
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A Renaissance Mystery, from a Marriage to a Sacrifice
A chance discovery within an Andrea del Sarto panel.
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A Hidden Rembrandt Has Been Digitally Reconstructed in Color
A hidden Rembrandt is revealed.
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A Hero’s Journey and the Dance of Dragons
Over-the-top tales of Alexander the Great from the pages of medieval manuscripts.
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