Fragonard’s “Fantasy Portrait” of Dashing French Duke on Temporary Loan
A dashing portrait of an 18th-century duke by Fragonard visits the Getty.
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Read MoreA nine-foot-tall vase decorated with feathers, snails, and branches is the focus artwork.
Read MoreThe musical artists appeared with a 14-piece orchestra and dancers.
Read MoreIs there any consensus about the definition and field of “Latin American art”? This question was the subject of discussion by a group of international art historians and curators at a recent two-part, two-continent symposium, Between Theory and Practice:...
Read MoreI never expected to witness an evening combining British artists Aubrey Beardsley and Thomas Girtin, goth-rocker Marilyn Manson, Ugly Betty, six contemporary American poets, Stonehenge, improvisational bassist Roberto Miranda, William Blake, and the exhumed body of a Pre-Raphaelite model....
Read MoreDressing for success.
Read MoreGet acquainted with J.M.W. Turner's Modern Rome at the Getty Center.
Read MoreOn the occasion of head preparator Bruce Metro’s retirement today from the Getty Museum after 31 years, chief registrar Sally Hibbard and senior conservator for antiquities Jerry Podany, also longtime Getty employees, sat down to discuss Bruce’s impact on...
Read MoreMexican cooking as we know and love it in the U.S.—moles, carne asada, burritos, cafe con leche, loads of melty cheese—would have been unrecognizable to the Aztecs. They didn’t have cows, pigs, sugar, cheese, butter, cinnamon, or wheat. They...
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