Question of the Week: How Have You Been Called to Charity?
Have you been called to acts of service? Did you answer the call? Saint Francis of Paola, who lived in the 1400s, was called.... Read More
J. Paul Getty Museum
Art snapshots, exhibitions and events news, curator’s essays, and more from the Getty Museum.
Homer’s “Iliad,” Told in 135 Voices
It was an unusual day at the Villa. People wandered about with numbers clipped to their lapels. Intense conversations took place about Homer’s poetry,... Read More
The Nazarenes: German Artists Illuminating the Spirit of the Age
In the emerald-green galleries of the exhibition Spirit of an Age: Drawings from the Germanic World, I was drawn to a cluster of quiet... Read More
The Museum as Classroom: Q&A with Guest Scholar George Hein
George Hein, a leading authority on museum education whom the Museum’s Education Department invited as a guest scholar this spring, says that museums are... Read More
Harvard Historian Robert Darnton on Blogging, 18th-Century Style
Opening this week at the Getty Center is Paris: Life & Luxury, which traces the refined activities that took place inside a luxurious Parisian... Read More
Mortals Pay Homage to Homer’s “Iliad,” Epic of Gods and War
Mighty sieges and human follies. The bravado of warriors and the rages and schemes of gods. The Iliad, one of the best-told epics of... Read More
Dancing with Degas: New Curriculum Brings Art and Movement into the Classroom
As a fourth-grade teacher, I take every opportunity to integrate art into the classroom. So when I was asked to be on the Teacher... Read More
Agrigento Youth Returns to Italy on a Pedestal—A Very High-Tech One
Centuries ago, a marble sculpture known as the Agrigento Youth took a violent fall, losing his nose and parts of his arms and legs.... Read More
Festival a Family Affair at the Getty Center
Early-morning showers and threatening clouds didn’t keep families from coming to our most recent Family Festival, a celebration of Chinese, Indian, and Japanese culture.... Read More
Draw a Tree with Us—It’s Easy!
I have the good fortune to spend my days on a hillside with a view, in buildings filled with artistic treasures and surrounded by... Read More
Pointing East, Thinking West: Felice Beato’s Photographic View
Whether he planted his tripod in India, China, Japan, Korea, or Burma, the Italian-born photographer Felice Beato always portrayed a country’s culture through a... Read More
Van Gogh’s Irises / Haiku Verses from Readers / An Invitation
Over 60 haiku in honor of Vincent van Gogh.
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