The Italian Showcase
If our globe had a school playground, could you spot Italy? That’s right, the one voted “most popular.” Good-looking, sharp, charismatic. Plus, a rock... Read More
Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Posts related to the Department of Sculpture and Decorative Arts at the J. Paul Getty Museum.
Paris Gamblers: Gaming in 18th-Century France
The well-coiffed elite of the time relished a good card game.
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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 It Better for a Leader to Be Loved, or Feared?
Question of the Week is a series inspired by our Masterpiece of the Week tours, offered daily at 4:00 p.m. Featuring an open and... Read More
In the Sketching Gallery, It’s Time to Create
Sketch from the masters in a friendly, unthreatening space.
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Objects and Memories: Edmund de Waal on Tracing a Family Collection
Renoir's portrait of Cahen d-Anvers and de Waal's netsuke
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Question of the Week: Fake vs. Real—Does It Matter?
Question of the Week is a series inspired by our Masterpiece of the Week tours, offered daily at 4:00 p.m. Featuring an open and... Read More
Get the Scoop on Spooky Art for Halloween
Playing games with spooks and monsters!
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Question of the Week: Is Beauty A Curse?
Question of the Week is a new blog series inspired by our Masterpiece of the Week tours, offered daily at the Getty Center at... Read More
Seven Things I Learned from “Leonardo da Vinci and the Art of Sculpture”
Now that the Leonardo exhibition has closed, as co-curator—along with Anne-Lise Desmas, associate curator in the Department of Sculpture and the Decorative Arts—I can... Read More
Art Stops: A Fanciful Chandelier Ride
We were about to go see gallery teacher Audrey Chan’s favorite artwork in the whole museum. “What are the some of the rules we... Read More
Cabinet of Wonders
The Augsburg Display Cabinet—the Getty Museum’s 17th-century “cabinet of curiosities” on display starting tomorrow in our New Galleries for Medieval and Renaissance Sculpture and... Read More