Being Jewish in Austria: Four Questions for Writer and Critic Ruth Kluger
A conversation with writer, literary critic, and Vienna native Ruth Kluger.
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Apocalypse Then: Bulwer-Lytton’s “The Last Days of Pompeii”
The volcanic melodrama paints a picture of a decadent and sinful Pompeii, ready to end.
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Drawings by Contemporaries of Gustav Klimt in W104
Works by Khnopff, Mucha, Kupka, and Matsch are on view at the Getty.
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A Strange and Wonderful Vase at Family Art Lab
A nine-foot-tall vase decorated with feathers, snails, and branches is the focus artwork.
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What Did Ancient Music Sound Like?
Ancient Greek and Roman music through artwork and instruments descended from ancient ones.
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Rubens’s Masterful “Triumph of the Eucharist” Series to Be Conserved
The conversation of Rubens’ work is part of the Getty’s Panel Paintings Initiative.
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Backyard Archaeology at the Villa Ranch House
Students in the UCLA/Getty Conservation Program recently dug up ancient wall paintings buried on the grounds of the Getty Villa. Not real ones, of course—it was all part of a classroom exercise for us conservators-in-training to better understand how...
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A Horse, Of Course! Curator Anne Woollett on Equine Painting
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...
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From Malibu to Cyprus and Back Again
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...
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Pacific Standard Time Takes Berlin
Pacific Standard Time officially ended in Los Angeles on March 31, but it continues nearly 6,000 miles away in Berlin. Pacific Standard Time: Kunst in Los Angeles 1950–1980 opened at the Martin-Gropius-Bau in Berlin on March 15th. With double...
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The Scent of Love: Ancient Perfumes
Make your own sexy scents inspired by the recipes of the ancients.
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The Italian Comedians Go on View in Elegant Company
The Getty Museum’s most recent painting acquisition, Jean-Antoine Watteau’s The Italian Comedians, is now on view at the Getty Center. It’s installed in Gallery S202 with an array of other 18th-century paintings in the collection, including one by Nicolas...
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