The Power of Telling Your Own Story
A conversation inspired by what Blondell Cummings kept in her archive
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Scholars share their work advancing our understanding of art and culture.
Putting the Pieces Together
Art history is littered with broken objects. How a group of Getty scholars is rethinking the concept of the fragment
A Gem of a Mystery
Curator Kenneth Lapatin sleuths out the truth about the Getty Gnaios
Online Exhibition Explores Palmyra in English and Arabic
Launching today, Return to Palmyra features a story of growing up among the ruins of the ancient city and one family's work to preserve its history
Can Art and Science Solve the Most Complex Challenges of the 21st Century?
Getty awards 45 grants to Southern California institutions as part of the next Pacific Standard Time initiative
Exquisite Views of Nature in a 16th-Century Book
A close look at the flowers, fruits, seedpods, insects, and other small creatures inMira Calligraphiae Monumenta
How Fixing a Spelling Error Clarified a Clock’s History
A clue in a sale catalog helped expand the object’s record
Remembering the Toxcatl Massacre: The Beginning of the End of Aztec Supremacy
A seminal manuscript tells the Indigenous side of a historic battle
Why It Matters Who Owns Art
Who owned this artwork before a museum? Provenance, explained.
From Ancient Scotland to Online Auctions: A Tale of Roman Nails
When a colleague asked, “What is the weirdest thing you’ve worked on in storage?” I instantly replied, “A group of Roman iron nails!”
How Should the World Respond to the Deliberate Destruction of Cultural Heritage?
On saving heritage and human lives.
Developing an “Inner Feeling” for Materials with Paper Modeling at the Bauhaus
Paper as creative material at the Bauhaus.
