Struck by Lightning at the Louvre
Sometimes the best way to discover your life’s work is by simple good luck.
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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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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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A Medieval Soap Opera
Falling in love in the Middle Ages was more of a roller-coaster ride than today’s soap operas.
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The Miracles at Canterbury
Born from Thomas Becket’s martyrdom on December 29, 1170, the stained glass in Trinity Chapel at Canterbury Cathedral reveals some of the most fascinating tales of the miraculous.
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An Illuminated Christmas
A nearly 900-year-old nativity scene, rendered in gold and jewel tones.
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Giorgio Vasari’s Monumental Painting “Last Supper” Reemerges After Nearly 50 Years
For the first time in 47 years, the five wooden panels that make up Giorgio Vasari’s “Last Supper” are joined together again to make the artwork whole.
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Learning from Snowflakes
A seemingly simple pop-up book can be the springboard to teach kids about identity and individuality.
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Form versus Function: Rare Journals Acquired by the Getty Research Institute
New acquisitions provide researchers crucial context for two key international art movements—Jugendstil and Concrete Art.
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Bigger Than Ourselves: Episcopal Priest Dr. Gwynne Guibord on Finding the Sacred through Art
“All space, all beings, and all creation is sacred—but we don’t walk through life seeing it that way. Art offers a transition, helping us leave behind the secular world and move into a sacred place.”
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