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Sears: Can an American Institution Return to Its Design Roots?

Marlyn Musicant | June 15, 2012

Inside the Karl Schneider archive at the Getty Research Institute.

The Seven Plagues of the Ancient Roman City Dweller

Shelby Brown | June 13, 2012

Think city living is a struggle today? The ancient Romans had it just as tough, giving their poets plenty to complain about Roman poetry is filled with entertaining rants against urban evils, which I revisited with glee while preparing...

A Horse, Of Course! Curator Anne Woollett on Equine Painting

Alexandria Sivak | June 6, 2012

Horses have been the subject of paintings, sculptures, drawings, and other renderings for thousands of years. They have been depicted as companions of man, within picturesque landscapes, and in dynamic races, chases, and battles. Anne Woollett, curator of paintings...

From Malibu to Cyprus and Back Again

David Saunders | June 4, 2012

Having spent a good deal of time with Aphrodite of late, I found in Herb Ritts: L.A. Style a real feast—not just for the eyes, but for the mind. The two exhibitions overlap in their focus on the seductive...

Peter Plagens Answers Your Questions [VIDEO]

Annelisa Stephan | May 23, 2012

More videos: • Has Los Angeles’s ecology of evil improved? • Are Huffington Post bloggers “volunteer slaves”? • What do you think about the dismantling of the Barnes Foundation? On Monday we put out a call on Facebook and...

Sleeping with Aphrodite

David Saunders | May 17, 2012

One of the most enjoyable aspects of curating an exhibition is serendipity. Not to say these projects aren’t carefully planned (far from it), but sometimes the physical relationship of two artworks will coincide in an unexpectedly fortuitous way, or...

Fragonard’s “Les Beignets”: How Much Sweeter Can Life Be?

Edouard Kopp | May 14, 2012

In this time of uncertainty, art can bring pleasure to the eye, nourishment to the mind, and also solace to the heart. A work that does just this is Jean-Honoré Fragonard’s Making Fritters (Les Beignets), an enchanting drawing from...

Explorations in Darkness and Light: Odilon Redon

Courtney Wilder | May 3, 2012

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...

The Scent of Love: Ancient Perfumes

Erin Branham | May 1, 2012

Make your own sexy scents inspired by the recipes of the ancients.

Herb Ritts’s Revolutionary Props

Jessica Portner | April 20, 2012

Chains. Pedestals. Balloons. Sea creatures. Those are just some of the props that photographer Herb Ritts employed to set a scene, adorn his models, and capture the viewer. The exhibition Herb Ritts: L.A. Style, on view through August 26,...

Camera-Ready: Hooper Elementary Students on a Digital Scavenger Hunt

Alexandria Sivak | April 16, 2012

The Getty Center is one of the most-photographed landmarks in Los Angeles, with visitors snapping images of its art, architecture, gardens, and breathtaking views. In March, the Getty Museum’s education department chose to up the ante with a “Digital...