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Waxing and Waning of Summer in Decorative Arts & Sculpture Conservation

Michelle Lim | September 4, 2012

The quest for the perfect wax to buff and protect outdoor sculptures at the Getty.

How Do You Conserve a Dancing Sculpture? Magic.

Steve Saldivar | December 12, 2011

Recently, we needed a little magic to get a sculpture in working order. Stephan von Huene’s Tap Dancer—which springs to life every half hour in the first room of our Crosscurrents exhibit—hadn’t danced since 2003, when it was on...

Come Eye to Wild Eye with the Bronze Sculptures in the Getty Villa Gardens

Annelisa Stephan | November 14, 2011

The statues at the Getty Villa mirror the display at the Villa dei Papyri.

Seven Things I Learned from “Leonardo da Vinci and the Art of Sculpture”

Julian Brooks | July 13, 2010

Now that the Leonardo exhibition has closed, as co-curator—along with Anne-Lise Desmas, associate curator in the Department of Sculpture and the Decorative Arts—I can take stock of some of the things I’ve learned. I’m sad to see the exhibition...

Interpreting Sacred Scripture across Faiths

Desiree Zenowich | June 7, 2010

How do people of different faiths read, interpret, and depict the sacred texts known in the Christian tradition as the Old Testament? Come explore the question with us this Sunday as Reverend Alexei Smith, director of the Office of...

Capturing Motherhood, In 50 Words or Less

Annelisa Stephan | May 3, 2010

How do you sum up motherhood in a picture or a phrase? There are over 400 elegant attempts in The Art of Motherhood, a new book from Getty Publications that pairs paintings and sculptures with words from authors as...