Once, Twice, Three Times! Students Make the Museum Their Own
Palms Elementary was our partner this year for Art Together, a pilot program that invited students to explore the Museum in depth over multiple... Read More
Getty Center
Hidden Gems of the Collection: Paintings That Keep Us Guessing
We continue our look at intriguing but lesser-known works from the Getty’s collection with two more off-the-beaten-path tips from Museum educators. In a previous... Read More
Encuentros Quemando con Surreal Encanto
Digging for fire at the Getty Research Institute’s recent symposium Vivísimo Muerto: Debates on Surrealism in Latin America, I recalled Guillaume Apollinaire’s thoughts on... Read More
Go Behind the Scenes with Our New Orientation Film
Many first-time visitors to the Getty Center disembark the tram at the top of the hill, take one look around, and wonder out loud,... Read More
Naked or Nude? Gérôme’s Provocative Bodies
During a tour of the new exhibition The Spectacular Art of Jean-Léon Gérôme, curator Mary Morton stopped in front of Gérôme’s Snake Charmer and... Read More
Photographic Magic with the Diana Camera
Photographer April Rocha sent us an excited e-mail a while ago, sharing her enthusiasm for the Diana camera, which she noticed was available at... Read More
Summer Solstice at the Research Library
Once a year, light and shadows align.
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Interpreting Sacred Scripture across Faiths
How do people of different faiths read, interpret, and depict the sacred texts known in the Christian tradition as the Old Testament? Come explore... Read More
Seeing L.A. through Catherine Opie’s Lens
For six months, I lived up the hill from Sunset and Coronado in Silverlake. I’d go to Mariela’s for burritos—always a little too watery,... Read More
Art Circles—Better than Bowling
On a recent Saturday night, nearly 20 visitors tried to make sense of a huge, mysterious painting in the Getty Center’s Flemish gallery. Mysterious,... Read More
Selected Shorts: Story Meets Storyteller
It’s one thing to see a writer read her own work, but when someone else gets their hands on it, the fluid dynamic between... Read More
Celebrate National Public Gardens Day with Us
A great excuse to get out there and enjoy our local green spaces!
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