J. Paul Getty Museum

Question of the Week: Do Americans See the World through a Distorted Lens?

Initially designating himself an “ignorant American,” photographer Alex Harris went to Cuba in 1998, camera in tow, without preconceived notions. He simply wondered what... Read More

Jennifer S. Li | July 22, 2011

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

Annelisa Stephan | July 20, 2011

Walker Evans’s Havana, through an Architect’s Lens

Julio César Pérez Hernández, architect and author of Inside Cuba, visits the Getty Center this Thursday to talk about Cuban architecture in conjunction with... Read More

Jessica Portner | July 18, 2011

“Art Is Life. So to Learn It, You Engage with Life”: Mark Bradford on Teaching

Artist Mark Bradford recently visited one of Kristine Hatanaka’s art classes at Culver City High School to talk to students about works they’d created... Read More

Annelisa Stephan | July 6, 2011

Play the Paris Gallery Game!

The exhibition Paris: Life & Luxury transports you to an affluent Parisian home in the mid-1700s. It’s presented in a series of rooms that... Read More

Kim Sadler | July 5, 2011

The Drawing That Once Hung in Thomas Jefferson’s Parlor

An American has slipped his way into exclusive British company—the exhibition Luminous Paper: British Watercolors and Drawings, opening July 19. Owned for years by... Read More

Annelisa Stephan | July 4, 2011

Question of the Week: When Are Memories More Vivid Than Life Itself?

Do you have memories that feel more real than your life today? British painter J. M. W. Turner did, and they are the subject... Read More

Christine Spier | June 30, 2011

AUDIO: Traveling through Bible Lands: The Dream and the Reality

What did 19th-century visitors to the Holy Land photograph?

The Italian Showcase

If our globe had a school playground, could you spot Italy? That’s right, the one voted “most popular.” Good-looking, sharp, charismatic. Plus, a rock... Read More

Nina Diamond | June 14, 2011

Becoming Man Ray: Art, Life, and Paris

The mythology of artistic greatness tends to privilege the spark of creative genius over hard work, sacrifice, and experimentation. Traditionally, the biographies of famous... Read More

Erin Garcia | June 10, 2011

Havana Mon Amour

This weekend, we’re screening a four-part film series, Soy Cuba!, that offers a brutal and beautiful look at Cuba through different perspectives in the... Read More

Juvenio L. Guerra | June 6, 2011

Paris Gamblers: Gaming in 18th-Century France

The well-coiffed elite of the time relished a good card game.