Getty Voices: Attic Pots and Atomic Particles
How did ancient Greeks make their red-and-black pottery?
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J. Paul Getty Museum
Art snapshots, exhibitions and events news, curator’s essays, and more from the Getty Museum.
Neon Hitmen
Tokyo Drifter, screening this weekend, “smacks you in the face with a bucket of WTF paint.”
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Ancient Sicilian Coins: Miniature Masterpieces, Full-Scale Challenges
The designer of the Sicily exhibition at the Getty Villa reveals the challenges of displaying small, double-sided, intricate objects—coins.
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Getty Voices: Looking Closely
How, and why, we made an exhibition with only four objects.
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Dear “Woman in Blue,” Let Me Tell You Of…
“You will be forgotten. Your image, however, will be immortal. Through it, you will travel far—not by horse and cart, or merchant ship, but through the sky…”
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What Makes an Artist Great? Curator Scott Schaefer on Vermeer
Johannes Vermeer is a beloved artist. Is he also a great one?
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Write the Opening Line to Vermeer’s “Lady in Blue”
What do you think the first line of this letter might say? Share your ideas.
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A Call to Arms! Heraldry in Renaissance Florence (And a Mystery You Can Help Solve)
A horse, a salmon, lizards, and the cross of Calvary—learn to decipher coats of arms!
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Church Pews and iPads? Designing “Florence at the Dawn of the Renaissance”
How did the designer and curators create the exhibition “Florence at the Dawn of the Renaissance”?
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On the 12 Days of Christmas, My True Love Gave to Me…
From turtledoves to milkmaids, medieval manuscripts depict the 12 days of Christmas.
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Christmas Adventures, from Silver Screen to Gilded Page
What do Hollywood movies and medieval manuscripts have in common?
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An Ancient Curse Revealed
A curse tablet excavated from Morgantina, Sicily, bears some vengeful words.
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