Treasures from the Vault

Knoedler, Mellon, and an Unlikely Sale

From Leningrad to Washington D.C.: the complexities of an exceptional art sale

A five-person team at the Research Institute has finished cataloging Harald Szeemann’s monumental Project Files.

Pietro Rigolo | June 26, 2013

As director of the Venice Biennale, curator Harald Szeemann created new ways of showing art—and new places to show it.

Melanie Tran | May 31, 2013

A fake Leonardo? The scandalous court case of art dealer Joseph Duveen.

Emmabeth Nanol | May 23, 2013

The glamorous owner of the Galleria dell’Ariete in Milan was key to the careers of Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns, among many others.

Annette Leddy | March 28, 2013

The Robert Mapplethorpe archive is now available at the Getty Research Institute.

The William Krisel archive is the latest addition to the Getty Research Institute’s architecture collections.

Laura Dominguez | December 18, 2012

Letters and records reveal rare information about the art market during World War II.

Books for needlework and lace are among the rarest of early modern printed books.

Inside the Karl Schneider archive at the Getty Research Institute.

Marlyn Musicant | June 15, 2012

Inside the mind of art historian Luigi Salerno.

Insley Julier | May 25, 2012

A glimpse inside the process of Matta-Clark’s cutouts.