Patricia Lagarde’s Fantastic Island
An old fishing boat inspires a fantastic tale of heroism and disaster.
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recent acquisitions
Édouard Manet’s Spring Joins the Getty Museum Galleries
For Manet, fashion and the femininity were metaphors for the skilled artifice of painting itself.
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The Radical Artistic Vision of Manet’s Jeanne (Spring)
This beautiful painting contains the germ of modern art as we know it.
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Anatomy in Wax, Wood, and Ink
“These prints preserve a fascinating moment in the history of art and science, through the meeting point of anatomy.”
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Chris Killip Reveals the Sublime in the Everyday
Chris Killip’s photographs depict hard-working people in a bleak yet visually stunning setting.
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Three Drawings from the Dutch Golden Age
Three Dutch drawings join the collection.
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Who Is George Seurat’s “Indian Man”?
Help us solve an art-historical mystery.
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Children in Another World: The Photographs of Arthur Tress
Sixty-six photographs by Arthur Tress join the collection.
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Frederick Hammersley Foundation Donates Archive to the Getty Research Institute
“Despite their precise lines and construction, Hammersley’s work displays a personal touch, guided by his belief in intuition as an important principle for art making.”
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Laughing Out Loud! Rembrandt Self-Portrait Now on View at the Getty
A youthful, confident Rembrandt shakes things up in the paintings galleries.
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Father-and-Daughter Pastels by William Hoare Now on View
Newly acquired portraits tell the unusual story of British banking heir Henry Hoare and the artist who depicted him.
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Letters by René Magritte Join Research Institute’s Collection
The artist’s business dealings with gallerist Alexander Iolas are the focus of nine revealing letters from the 1950s and ’60s.
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