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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Mummy Magic at the Getty Villa
Visitors explore the mummy of Herakleides and make their own model mummies.
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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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To Hell and Back: Dante’s Inferno in Art and Film
UPDATE: The screening of the 1911 film L’Inferno, scheduled for Saturday, June 23, at 3:00 p.m., has been cancelled. We apologize for the inconvenience.... Read More
Why Have There Been No Great (Wikipedia Articles on) Women Artists?
What’s the top hit when you google Louise Nevelson, Dorothea Lange, or Betye Saar? Wikipedia, of course. The online encyclopedia anyone can edit, Wikipedia... Read More
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,... Read More
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Peter Plagens Answers Your Questions [VIDEO]
More videos: • Has Los Angeles’s ecology of evil improved? • Are Huffington Post bloggers “volunteer slaves”? • What do you think about the... Read More
Art Education Isn’t Just for Kids
I’ve always appreciated art, but creating art never seemed like something I could do. Creating a drawing or painting was what talented people did,... Read More
Masterpiece of the Week: A Silver Treasure Spared the King’s Meltdown
This silver fountain, featured in the exhibition The Life of Art and our current Masterpiece of the Week tours, is a survivor of one... Read More
Camera-Ready: Hooper Elementary Students on a Digital Scavenger Hunt
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.... Read More
World War Zinnemann
From Casablanca to Saving Private Ryan, the horrors and heroisms of World War II have provided decades of cinematic material. However, as director Fred... Read More
Unmasking Scandal at Villa Theater Lab
Villa Theater Lab invites performers to work in residence at the Getty Villa for two weeks, workshopping new theater pieces and presenting them in... Read More