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What to Wear: The Art Museum Edition
We asked fashionable visitors at the Getty Center about their outfit inspiration
Photography in the Time of Covid
Five years after the Covid-19 pandemic started, a rotation of photographs at the Getty Museum reflects on a time when the world shut down, but new ways of seeing emerged
An Enlightened Approach to Preserving the Past
See how the microfading tester helps conserve color in heritage objects
And Now for the Female Gaze
Cynthia MacAdams’s photographs show us what a freer future looks like
The Colorful Geometry of Franklin D. Israel’s LA
In the 1980s and ’90s, a small group of architects, including Franklin D. Israel, left a vibrant, playful mark on Los Angeles
Reopening the Getty Villa Museum after the Palisades Fire
Peek into the five-month cleanup and the effort to create an even more fire-resistant site
The Little-Known History of a Lost Earthwork
Andy Goldsworthy’s sculpture in the Getty Library was created to catch the light of the solstice—but then the unexpected struck
Makers' Marks
Getty curators explore the meaning behind artists’ signatures—those flamboyant, modest, or provocatively hidden final flourishes
Can You Crack These Medieval Codes?
Uncover the meanings behind symbols and signs found in medieval manuscripts
In Search of the Stars (and Our Place in the Cosmos)
Becoming Artsy, Episode 405
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