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Nazis Collecting Art: Art Dealer Gustav Cramer’s Wartime Records

Isabella Zuralski-Yeager | August 27, 2012

Letters and records reveal rare information about the art market during World War II.

The Sky Gets a Chance—Gordon Matta-Clark’s Office Baroque

Isabella Zuralski-Yeager | March 6, 2012

A glimpse inside the process of Matta-Clark’s cutouts.

The Carlhian Records

Karen Meyer-Roux | February 21, 2012

A peek inside one of the largest archives at the Getty Research Institute.

The Ordinary Becomes Mystical: A Conversation with Betye Saar

Juvenio L. Guerra | January 4, 2012

On a Sunday, you might find artist Betye Saar at the Pasadena College flea market, scouting for treasures. The energetic 85-year-old is still an active hunter of offbeat and unusual objects, which she combines into sculptures filled with personal,...

Fashion According to the Pope: Short Tunics for Him and Fabulous Jewelry for Her

Bryan C. Keene | August 5, 2011

The current exhibition Fashion in the Middles Ages, closing Sunday, August 14, examines costumes in the pages of medieval manuscripts. At times, the clothing seen in manuscript illuminations reflected the actual styles and fabrics of the Middle Ages—but at...

“Art Is Life. So to Learn It, You Engage with Life”: Mark Bradford on Teaching

Annelisa Stephan | July 6, 2011

Artist Mark Bradford recently visited one of Kristine Hatanaka’s art classes at Culver City High School to talk to students about works they’d created based on his art-making activity RE-RE-Process, available through Open Studio. Initiated by Mark as part...

Selected Shorts Celebrates the Written (and Spoken) Word

Steve Saldivar | March 31, 2011

Rumors of the short story’s death have been greatly exaggerated. Only an appearance by Mark Twain himself could have capped an evening of well-crafted, funny narratives this past weekend at Selected Shorts, an annual series that pairs actors with...

Storyteller Daniel Morden Discusses His Craft

Steve Saldivar | November 12, 2010

Breathing life into ancient tales is both a challenge and an art. Master storyteller Daniel Morden, who performs this weekend at the Getty Villa, has perfected it. His passion and zeal for classic stories—at the Villa, selections from Ovid’s...

Capturing Motherhood, In 50 Words or Less

Annelisa Stephan | May 3, 2010

How do you sum up motherhood in a picture or a phrase? There are over 400 elegant attempts in The Art of Motherhood, a new book from Getty Publications that pairs paintings and sculptures with words from authors as...

GCI and the Jordanian Department of Antiquities: Proud Parents of MEGA-J

Julie Jaskol | April 26, 2010

When eight colleagues from Jordan’s Department of Antiquities (DoA) came to the Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) in early April, they had only an inkling of what was in store. Sure, they knew they were going to be trained on...