“The Last Days of Pompeii” and the Archaeology of Imagination
The stories we weave around the ruins and remains of Pompeii say much about ourselves.
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Field Report from the Art History Olympics, the 33rd CIHA Congress
The International CIHA meeting is the scholarly Olympics of the art history world.
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Lindsey Davis on Writing the Ancient World
Crime, romance, scandal in ancient Rome—Davis discusses her popular historical novels.
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Art with an On-Off Switch: Restoring Stephan von Huene’s Tap Dancer
Art with an On-Off Switch: Restoring Stephan von Huene's Tap Dancer
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Explorations in Darkness and Light: Odilon Redon
My job as research assistant to Marcia Reed, chief curator at the Getty Research Institute, and Louis Marchesano, curator of prints & drawings, might be described as “research becomes eclectic.” In addition to investigating a wide array of potential...
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Watteau’s Serious Clown Comes to the Getty
Antoine Watteau is famous for his theatrical pictures of the 18th-century French megarich at their elegant balls and fêtes galantes. Theater of a different kind figures in The Italian Comedians, a beautiful and poignant painting that has just joined...
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From Auction to Gallery: A Major Renaissance Portrait Drawing for the Getty
I find auctions terrifying. Mesmerizing, but terrifying. When a major early Renaissance portrait drawing came up for auction at Sotheby’s in New York a month ago, my stomach was in my mouth. It was the sort of drawing one...
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Eros, the Naughty Superhero of Love
An introduction to the trouble-making Eros (Cupid).
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In Studio: Ed Moses
Artist Ed Moses opened his studio and shared insights into his creative process last December 18 as part of In Studio, a program we in the Museum’s Education Department organized featuring six artists whose work is included in the...
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Cocteau Dreams, In Nitrate
“One of the characteristics of the dream is that nothing surprises us in it. With no regret, we agree to live in it with strangers, completely cut off from our habits and friends.”―Jean Cocteau We’re offering an array of...
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A “French ‘Mona Lisa’” Comes to L.A.: Manet’s “Portrait of Madame Brunet”
The Getty Museum's most recent addition to the paintings collection.
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Welcoming the Berthouville Treasure to the Getty Villa
The J. Paul Getty Museum and Cabinet des Médailles of the Bibilotheque nationale de France (the department of coins, medals, and antiques of the National Library of France) are collaborating on the research and conservation treatment of the Berthouville Treasure,...
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