J. Paul Getty Museum

Early Rembrandt Drawing Shows the Artist’s Interest in Humanity

The artwork is one of 39 Dutch drawings to join Getty's collection.

Val Tate | October 15, 2020

A new contest invites participants to consider what they are ‘in pursuit of’

Val Tate | September 30, 2020

How Rita Gomez became Getty’s expert on handling and packing art

Erin Migdol | September 24, 2020

A curator discusses the implications of subtle racism in a work of art.

The J. Paul Getty Museum is launching Getty Virtual Art Explorations, a virtual teaching program that provides live arts education online

Val Tate | August 27, 2020

What we know about this figure discovered in Neferibresaneith’s tomb

A curator muses about the alchemy of early photography and its relationship to her home garden.

Inside the mind and method of one of the most celebrated artists of the Italian Renaissance.

Dive into a fascinating but little-known part of the Getty collections

Sara E. Cole | August 13, 2020

A curator sees her own writing reflected in a manuscript from 1180.

A 15th century calendar page helps a curator make sense of the passing seasons.

A curator meditates on crafts, manuscripts, and the passage of time.