Al’s Wall
Allen Ruppersberg is known for creating artworks that masquerade as ordinary objects, such as a diner, a hotel, a novel—and now, a wall. The... Read More
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Lyonel Feininger’s Photographic Vision
In the 1920s, Lyonel Feininger was one of Germany’s best-known artists. He painted, drew, and made prints; he sketched caricatures and composed music; he... Read More
Unraveling the Narrative: A Conversation with Photographer Eileen Cowin
In the exhibition Narrative Interventions in Photography, opening October 25, contemporary photographers Eileen Cowin, Carrie Mae Weems, and Simryn Gill present works that explore... Read More
Ruscha Sees L.A.
The Getty has just acquired photographs by Ed Ruscha. Seventy-four prints, including depictions of gas stations from Los Angeles to Oklahoma City along Route... Read More
A Visit to Thomas Demand’s Studio
During my work as a Multicultural Undergraduate Intern at the Getty this summer, I was invited to join colleagues from the Getty Research Institute... Read More
“The Photographer with the Soul of an Architect”: Lucien Hervé
Bridging the visions of Le Corbusier and Lucien Hervé.
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Faces of the Mexican Revolution
Famous and not-so-famous figures of the Mexican Revolution.
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Sam Francis and Mako Idemitsu
Inside the Sam Francis Papers at the Getty Research Institute.
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The Photograph That Kicked Herb Ritts’s Career into High Gere
The Getty Museum acquires 69 photographs by famed fashion and celebrity photographer Herb Ritts.
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Anticipating Mapplethorpe
Inside the Sam Wagstaff papers.
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Question of the Week: Do Americans See the World through a Distorted Lens?
Initially designating himself an “ignorant American,” photographer Alex Harris went to Cuba in 1998, camera in tow, without preconceived notions. He simply wondered what... Read More
Three Contemporary Photographers on Cuba
What drew them to Cuba? We asked photographers Alex Harris, Virginia Beahan, and Alexey Titarenko, whose work is featured in the exhibition A Revolutionary... Read More