J. Paul Getty Museum

The Christian Empire that Grew from Classical Roots

Explore the Getty Villa’s summer exhibition “Heaven and Earth” through one of its most compelling masterpieces.

Mary Louise Hart | April 2, 2014

Children in Another World: The Photographs of Arthur Tress

Sixty-six photographs by Arthur Tress join the collection.

Alexandria Sivak | March 27, 2014

Medieval Masterpieces from Greece Now on View

The largest presentation of Byzantine art ever seen in Los Angeles begins on Greek Independence Day.

Elizabeth Morrison | March 25, 2014

Great Literature Inspires Culinary Creations for “Selected Shorts”

Two of life’s pleasures come together this weekend: stories and food.

Sarah Cooper | March 20, 2014

Why Is This Drawing in a Museum?

A look inside a sketchbook by Degas reveals the story behind a unusual drawing.

Sarah Waldorf | March 17, 2014

Letting Jackson Pollock’s “Mural” Speak for Itself

“It was time to do something.” Jackson Pollock’s Mural, conserved.

Melissa Abraham | March 6, 2014

This Exhibition Is a Total Trip—Through Time

Time-travel to Victorian England.

Annelisa Stephan | February 21, 2014

Ancient Myth, Contemporary Politics

Jacques-Louis David made Greco-Roman myths directly relevant to the contemporary public, as this sly drawing shows.

Alexandria Sivak | January 27, 2014

New Audio Tour Celebrates the Getty Villa’s 40th Anniversary

Did you know Romans kept eels as pets and bought them…jewelry? Come stroll the grounds of this 40-year-young institution to hear that story and a few others besides.

Nina Diamond | January 16, 2014

A Medieval Soap Opera

Falling in love in the Middle Ages was more of a roller-coaster ride than today’s soap operas.

Elizabeth Morrison and Bryan Keene | January 7, 2014

Bigger Than Ourselves: Episcopal Priest Dr. Gwynne Guibord on Finding the Sacred through Art

“All space, all beings, and all creation is sacred—but we don’t walk through life seeing it that way. Art offers a transition, helping us leave behind the secular world and move into a sacred place.”

Annelisa Stephan | December 11, 2013