A Brief Introduction to the Art of Ancient Assyrian Kings
Reliefs that once adorned kings’ palaces.
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J. Paul Getty Museum
Art snapshots, exhibitions and events news, curator’s essays, and more from the Getty Museum.
How Photographs of Poverty in the Americas Ignited an International Battle over Propaganda
Rival publishers pit two photographers against each other on a global scale.
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35 Prints by Laura Aguilar, Photographer of Radical Vulnerability, Join the Getty Collection
Aguilar’s work adds a unique voice to the Getty’s photographs collection, which spans the origins of photography to today.
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Exhibition Examines Michelangelo’s Working Process through Rare Original Drawings
See 28 drawings on rare loan outside Europe.
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Notre-Dame’s Centuries of Survival, Captured in Art
A guided tour of Notre-Dame's gems and the stories they tell.
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The Heal Pairs Humor with Pathos to Retell Sophocles’s Story of a Wounded Warrior
On making ancient Greek drama new again.
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Seven European Paintings from LACMA Now On View at the Getty
LACMA masterpieces in the Getty Center galleries.
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It Begins Again: “The Flávio Story” Retold
Exhibition focuses on one the most complicated, compelling, and revisited stories of the famed photographer’s career.
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Exhibition Explores the Villa dei Papiri, Inspiration for the Getty Villa and Source of the Classical World’s Only Complete Library
New exhibition focuses on the Getty Villa’s ancient model
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As Layers of Old Varnish Are Removed, Italian Renaissance Painter Ercole de’ Roberti’s Brilliance Is Revealed Once Again
Newly conserved paintings of a nearly forgotten master.
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VIDEO: Book of Beasts at the Getty
A dive into the medieval bestiary.
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PODCAST: Real and Fantastical Beasts from the Medieval World to Contemporary Art
What did people in medieval Europe believe about animals and how have those beliefs impacted art and culture then and now?
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