Buck Teeth and All: True Lies in Early Color Printing
Claiming to invent color printing, Gautier-D’Agoty was actually something of a con man.
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Curator’s Diary: Installing “Messerschmidt and Modernity”
A curator gives a behind-the-scenes glimpse at installing an exhibition.
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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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Together American
In 1942, Dorothea Lange created a poignant photograph of a Japanese-American family’s belongings.
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Expanding Identity: Reflections on the 2012 Getty Intern Arts Summit
This summer, I am working at the Getty Foundation as part of the Multicultural Undergraduate Internship program. The program provides paid internships to diverse students at arts organizations all across L.A., including the Getty. The highlight of my first week was...
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In Search of the Berthouville Treasure
The present whereabouts of the Berthouville Treasure are not a mystery. In December 2011 this priceless hoard of ancient Roman artifacts discovered by chance in the French countryside over 180 years ago was temporarily transferred from its permanent home in...
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Sylvia Sleigh and Lawrence Alloway, Mutual Muses
Intimate relationships visualized: the work and love of Sylvia Sleigh and Lawrence Alloway.
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Sears: Can an American Institution Return to Its Design Roots?
Inside the Karl Schneider archive at the Getty Research Institute.
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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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Looking Under Judy Chicago’s Car Hood
Chicago was one of several California artists in the 1960’s who adopted techniques and materials from L.A.’s car culture.
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From Malibu to Cyprus and Back Again
Having spent a good deal of time with Aphrodite of late, I found in Herb Ritts: L.A. Style a real feast—not just for the eyes, but for the mind. The two exhibitions overlap in their focus on the seductive...
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Peter Plagens Answers Your Questions [VIDEO]
More videos: • Has Los Angeles’s ecology of evil improved? • Are Huffington Post bloggers “volunteer slaves”? • What do you think about the dismantling of the Barnes Foundation? On Monday we put out a call on Facebook and...
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