A Close Look at the Agrigento Youth
The Agrigento Youth, a Greek sculpture carved almost exactly 2,500 years ago, is wintering at the Getty Villa. It’s the second work from the... Read More
J. Paul Getty Museum
Art snapshots, exhibitions and events news, curator’s essays, and more from the Getty Museum.
Question of the Week: Demure or Coquettish? Revealing or Concealing?
Can an artist do justice to a beautiful woman? This sensuous terracotta bust by Joseph Chinard captures the elegance and grace of legendary beauty... Read More
Honey, They’re Playing Our Painting
Many couples have a favorite song, a tune that conjures up memories of blissful infatuation and unending devotion. Elia and Maranatha have a painting.... Read More
Drawing the Line: Conserving Master Drawings with a Light Touch
The intriguing exhibition The Secret Life of Drawings—closing this Sunday at the Getty Center—unveils hidden clues to unfinished works on paper, undiscovered sketches, and... Read More
Finding the Grace in Trees
The relationship between the individual tree and the scene or the event depicted is what is interesting to see and to understand. Each photo tells a unique story. Trees are sometimes so old, they have seen so much. Trees don’t wait for the photographer to be beautiful or expressive, they just are.
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Reframing Robert Mapplethorpe
Frances Terpak, curator of photographs, talks about the new Robert Mapplethorpe Archive.
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Did Parchment Smell? Your Manuscript Questions, Answered
Answers to your questions about illuminated manuscripts.
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Drawing from Antiquity: A Chance to Slow Down Time
Jaime Ursic believes everyone should study drawing. Not just because she’s an artist, but because it gives you two near-magical gifts: looking closely, and... Read More
A Lasting War: Representing Troy in Ancient Greece and Medieval Europe
For ancient Greeks and medieval Europeans, the Trojan past lived in the present.
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In Search of Messerschmidt’s “Vexed Man”
New for summer 2012—The Vexed Man is back at the Getty, but he’s moved from his usual haunts for the exhibition Messerschmidt and Modernity,... Read More
Question of the Week: Is the Viewer Part of an Artwork?
More than 60 people sit, chat, and play in this elaborate composition outside the entrance to the Jardin Turc, or Turkish Garden Café, in... Read More
Imagining the Culinary Past in France: Recipes for a Medieval Feast
Even in the Middle Ages, food was not a matter to be taken lightly.
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