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A Lasting War: Representing Troy in Ancient Greece and Medieval Europe

Mary Louise Hart | January 31, 2011

For ancient Greeks and medieval Europeans, the Trojan past lived in the present.

The Display of Art in Roman Palaces

Gail Feigenbaum and Lisa Cherkerzian | January 25, 2011

At a time when we’re accustomed to viewing art in museums—and often in galleries that more or less resemble a white cube—it’s worth thinking back a few centuries to the way many of the paintings and objects in collections...

Imagining the Culinary Past in France: Recipes for a Medieval Feast

Annelisa Stephan | January 21, 2011

Even in the Middle Ages, food was not a matter to be taken lightly.

Study and Play for Visiting Scholars at the Getty Research Institute

Andrea Arauz | January 14, 2011

Each year, the Getty Research Institute invites scholars and artists to work on projects that go hand in hand with a chosen theme. This year’s theme is The Display of Art, a broad, deep topic examining how ideas and...

My Odyssey through the Aegean Islands

Nigel McGilchrist | December 30, 2010

Art historian and archaeologist Nigel McGilchrist is taking us to the Aegean—and you can come along! On January 13, he’ll give a free illustrated talk at the Getty Villa on his nearly seven years exploring seventy of these beautiful...

Let Me Tell You a Story: Docent Tours That Entertain and Educate

Annelisa Stephan | December 22, 2010

If you’re planning to visit the Getty this holiday, you may be surprised to learn that we have no tour guides. Instead, we have engineers, film producers, social workers, photographers, teachers, doctors, artists, salespeople, landscapers, and just about every...

Peter Greenaway Speaks at the Getty on Cinema and Art History

Peter Tokofsky | December 15, 2010

Filmmaker Peter Greenaway speaks at the Getty Center tonight as part of our Getty Perspectives lecture series, which invites distinctive artists and scholars to offer their perspectives on the visual arts. I’ve long wanted Peter Greenaway to be part...

Looking With New Eyes at Scholarly Art Catalogues

Kelly Presutti | December 10, 2010

The scholarly catalogue has long been a critical part of a museum’s mission, providing authoritative information about collection objects for scholars, students, and the general public. Richly illustrated and often based on years of painstaking research, print catalogues form...

Italian Artists’ Books

Isotta Poggi | December 3, 2010

Highlights from the Getty Research Institute’s collection of Italian artists’ books.

Day Without Art: Reflecting on Art, Fragility, and Loss

Eric Bruehl | December 1, 2010

The frailty of the human condition—and the cruelty of untimely loss of life—is one of art’s oldest and most enduring themes. Every year on December 1, we’ve reflected on this theme for Day Without Art, an international day of...