If Statues Could Talk…
There’s a new emperor in town—an 8-foot-tall bronze Tiberius, to be exact.
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Getty Curators Pick the Best Art Movies Ever Made (And a Few of the Worst)
Art on the silver screen, from beautifully rendered dramas to eyebrow-raising campfests.
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Which Artist Would You Recommend to a Space Alien?
A beginner’s guide to the human mind and heart.
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The Museum That Proudly Defies Understanding
If the wall label says it, it must be true. Right?
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Four Minds on Herzog: A Conversation with Anne Woollett
The deep appeal of the imagined landscape.
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Beyond Digitization—New Possibilities in Digital Art History
Museums and libraries have digitized millions of works of art. Now what?
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Art and Experience in Canterbury and L.A.
A medieval prayer book was a personal liturgical space. Small and portable, one needed only to open the book to enter.
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Four Minds on Herzog: A Conversation with Paul Young
“I think he sees Hearsay of the Soul as a poem, and doesn’t want to make a documentary—that was a very deliberate choice. It feels very personal, and that’s what makes it interesting.”
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In This Unusual Exhibition, Sculpture Is Best Viewed by Car
Art best viewed from behind the wheel? In Century City, cast bronzes of SoCal fauna create an outdoor, drive-by art gallery. A tour.
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New Audio Tour Celebrates the Getty Villa’s 40th Anniversary
Did you know Romans kept eels as pets and bought them…jewelry? Come stroll the grounds of this 40-year-young institution to hear that story and a few others besides.
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David Hockney in the Promised Land
Why is vibrant color, like green, characteristic of Hockney’s landscapes of Northern England?
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Getty Voices: Aztec Idols, Explorers, and Egyptomania
How did a 19th century scholar misidentify an Aztec sculpture as Egyptian?
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