James Ensor 2.0: “Christ’s Entry into Brussels” Becomes Performance Art
The unruly figures in James Ensor’s massive painting Christ’s Entry into Brussels in 1889 have sneaked off the canvas and into bottles across Los... Read More
contemporary art
The Oakes Brothers’ Final Week at the Getty
The Oakes brothers near completion their three-week drawing project.
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Double Draw: The Oakes Brothers at the Getty
Twin brothers and artists Ryan and Trevor Oakes have similar interests, which isn’t really unusual for twins. However, the brothers have taken their mutual... Read More
Question of the Week: Is It Still a Man’s World?
In 1964, while a student in UCLA’s graduate program in painting and sculpture, artist Judy Chicago enrolled in auto-body school—the only woman in a... Read More
Talking with Artist De Wain Valentine
One of the most influential sculptors active in Los Angeles in the 1960s and ’70s, De Wain Valentine is perhaps best known for his... Read More
Unraveling the Narrative: A Conversation with Photographer Eileen Cowin
In the exhibition Narrative Interventions in Photography, opening October 25, contemporary photographers Eileen Cowin, Carrie Mae Weems, and Simryn Gill present works that explore... Read More
A Visit to Thomas Demand’s Studio
During my work as a Multicultural Undergraduate Intern at the Getty this summer, I was invited to join colleagues from the Getty Research Institute... Read More
Gray Column Rises
One of the most influential sculptors active in Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s, De Wain Valentine is perhaps best known for his... Read More
The Making of Charles Ray’s “Boy with Frog”
Following the sculpture from artist’s conception to installation at the Getty
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Anticipating Mapplethorpe
Inside the Sam Wagstaff papers.
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Three Contemporary Photographers on Cuba
What drew them to Cuba? We asked photographers Alex Harris, Virginia Beahan, and Alexey Titarenko, whose work is featured in the exhibition A Revolutionary... Read More
Symposium on Latin American Art: Live Online This Weekend
Update—videos of this event have been archived here. The three-day symposium Between Theory and Practice: Rethinking Latin American Art in the 21st Century is... Read More