A Lasting War: Representing Troy in Ancient Greece and Medieval Europe
For ancient Greeks and medieval Europeans, the Trojan past lived in the present.
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My Odyssey through the Aegean Islands
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...
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Let Me Tell You a Story: Docent Tours That Entertain and Educate
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...
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Career Profile: Kristen Kido, Gallery Teacher
What is your job at the Getty? I work as a gallery teacher at the Getty Villa. Gallery teachers lead tours in the museum and get to talk with visitors about art all day long. In the Museum we...
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L.A. Teachers Explore Greek Vases in the Collections Store Room at the Getty Villa
Eleven teachers enter an underground room at the Getty Villa. In a space with wooden crates marked “fragile” sits a large table. They are asked to put on latex gloves as an aura of anticipation fills the air. “When...
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Day Without Art: Reflecting on Art, Fragility, and Loss
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...
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Dürer’s Conserved “Adam” and “Eve” Unveiled at the Prado
Inside the process of conserving a Renaissance masterpiece.
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High School Students Explore Photojournalism with Sudharak Olwe
Don’t call Sudharak Olwe a teacher. When the photojournalist from India met with a class from Venice High School at the Getty Center to discuss technique and creativity in photography, he turned the gathering from a workshop into a...
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Ancient Greek Pottery Lends Its Secrets to Future Space Travel
Science connects future space travel with ancient ceramic pots.
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Question of the Week: Fake vs. Real—Does It Matter?
Question of the Week is a series inspired by our Masterpiece of the Week tours, offered daily at 4:00 p.m. Featuring an open and upbeat discussion among visitors and gallery teachers, the tours feature a new object and pose...
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Seven Documentaries Inspired by Photojournalism
“Witnesses in Action,” the documentary film series I curated earlier this month, followed the lenses of brave and talented photographers who took their cameras to far-flung locales. We started in mile-long factories in China, travelled to bizarre beached shipwrecks...
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Innovating Art History from Brazil to L.A. and Back
Last week the Getty Research Institute hosted a visitor from Brazil, Eliana de Azevedo Marques. She is chief librarian at the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism at the University of São Paulo. We gave her a tour of our...
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