Long Live Tiki, the Whimsical Soul of Midcentury Modern
Tiki is the style that refuses to die, and its endurance tells us something about Southern California design.
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Getty Voices: Rethinking Art History
In the digital age, is art history still relevant?
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Whispers and Shadows: Ray K. Metzker and “Street Noir”
“I imagine the people in Metzker’s photographs as supporting characters in a film noir—captured on an average day, precisely at the loneliest moment before the cruel twist of fate takes hold.”
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New “Getty Voices” Project Features Creative Angles on Art and Culture, One Week at a Time
This morning we launched Getty Voices, a new social media project on The Iris led by a different member of the Getty community every week.
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Seven Ways of Seeing “Lion Attacking a Horse”
Artwork, relic of lost grandeur, stone monument—this sculpture is many things at once.
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Digital Display: Student Scavenger Hunt on View
John Divola’s collaborative Scavenger Hunt is featured in the Getty Museum Entrance Hall.
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From Getty Intern to Arts Professional: Museum Curator Josh Yiu
Curator of Chinese art at the Seattle Art Museum reflects on his career beginnings at the Getty.
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The Seven Plagues of the Ancient Roman City Dweller
Think city living is a struggle today? The ancient Romans had it just as tough, giving their poets plenty to complain about Roman poetry is filled with entertaining rants against urban evils, which I revisited with glee while preparing...
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Fire and Ice: Artists Get Ready for the Pacific Standard Time Festival
From January 19 to 29, the Pacific Standard Time Performance and Public Art Festival will present more than 30 new public art commissions and re-invented works of performance art inspired by the amazing history of art in Southern California....
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Reimagining Euripides: A 21st-Century “Trojan Women” at the Getty Villa
First performed over 2,400 years ago, Euripides’ Trojan Women is one of the most enduring and moving of classical dramas—and one of the greatest antiwar plays. Beginning September 8, renowned New York-based theater troupe SITI Company premieres a newly...
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Learning from the Old Masters at Getty Drawing Hour
Looking for opportunities to exercise your creativity in 2011? Consider Getty Drawing Hour, a free program that offers a chance to draw from the Old Masters, with lessons—and plenty of encouragement—from a professional artist. I tried it out on...
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Career Profile: Albrecht Gumlich, Objects Conservator
What do you do at the Getty? I’m an objects conservator at the Getty Research Institute. The GRI houses a vast research library, with all sort of material relating to art history. Our special collections contain photographs, prints and...
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