Photographs of Africa from the Late 1800s
Six albums by French explorer Edouard Foà reveal African society at the turn of the 20th century.
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Colorful Board Game Turns the French Colonies into Child’s Play
Educating French children to value colonialism.
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The Art of Search and Rescue
Rare documents and photographs in the Research Institute’s collections tell the real-life story of key Monuments Men (and Women).
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Getty Voices: Aztec Idols, Explorers, and Egyptomania
How did a 19th century scholar misidentify an Aztec sculpture as Egyptian?
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Form versus Function: Rare Journals Acquired by the Getty Research Institute
New acquisitions provide researchers crucial context for two key international art movements—Jugendstil and Concrete Art.
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Getty Voices: Encounters with Indigenous Mexico
Maps document the cultural encounters of the Spanish Conquest.
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Harry Smith and Patterns in the Wind
What drove artist Harry Smith to collect paper airplanes on the streets of New York?
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Frederick Hammersley Foundation Donates Archive to the Getty Research Institute
“Despite their precise lines and construction, Hammersley’s work displays a personal touch, guided by his belief in intuition as an important principle for art making.”
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1850s Tehran Revealed in Rare Photographic Album
“The album narrates multiple stories that together provide new insights into the rich history of Persia.”
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Letters by René Magritte Join Research Institute’s Collection
The artist’s business dealings with gallerist Alexander Iolas are the focus of nine revealing letters from the 1950s and ’60s.
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Knoedler, Mellon, and an Unlikely Sale
From Leningrad to Washington D.C.: the complexities of an exceptional art sale
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Harald Szeemann, From Vision to Nail
A five-person team at the Research Institute has finished cataloging Harald Szeemann’s monumental Project Files.
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