What do you do at the Getty? I’m a designer. My work includes graphics, or 2-D design, as well as 3-D design-such as furniture,... Read More
Hidden Gems of the Collection: Paintings That Keep Us Guessing
We continue our look at intriguing but lesser-known works from the Getty’s collection with two more off-the-beaten-path tips from Museum educators. In a previous... Read More
The Rise and Fall of Charles Le Brun: Q&A with Louis Marchesano
I talked to Louis Marchesano, curator of prints and drawings at the Getty Research Institute, about the exhibition Printing the Grand Manner: Charles Le... Read More
What Do Jean-Léon Gérôme and Don Draper Have in Common?
You might have a hard time answering that question as you first stroll through the galleries of the exhibition The Spectacular Art of Jean-Léon... Read More
Encuentros Quemando con Surreal Encanto
Digging for fire at the Getty Research Institute’s recent symposium Vivísimo Muerto: Debates on Surrealism in Latin America, I recalled Guillaume Apollinaire’s thoughts on... Read More
Go Behind the Scenes with Our New Orientation Film
Many first-time visitors to the Getty Center disembark the tram at the top of the hill, take one look around, and wonder out loud,... Read More
Naked or Nude? Gérôme’s Provocative Bodies
During a tour of the new exhibition The Spectacular Art of Jean-Léon Gérôme, curator Mary Morton stopped in front of Gérôme’s Snake Charmer and... Read More
Multicultural Undergraduate Interns Gather for an Arts Summit
June 28th was an unusual Monday for me as an intern at the Getty Foundation. Instead of heading toward the Foundation offices as I... 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
Career Profile: Marcus Adams, Antiquities Preparator
This is the second in our series of Q&As on arts careers. We return from conservation in the field to discuss the behind-the-scenes work... Read More
World Cup Fever Grips the Getty
Looking around the room, I see a virtual United Nations in the grip of soccer fever. Her parents are from Mexico and El Salvador,... Read More
Career Profile: Rand Eppich, Field Projects Manager
This is the first in a series on the Iris about interesting and unusual arts careers. We begin with Rand Eppich of the Getty... Read More
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