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PST ART: Art & Science Collide

Encounter the intersections of art and science at the Getty Center.

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Torus (detail), 2021, exhibition copy 2023, Deana Lawson. Transmission hologram on glass plate. Courtesy of the artist, Gagosian, New York, and David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles. © Deana Lawson. Photo: Matthew Schreiber

Highlights from Getty’s Collection

Drawing, full body of a person with curly black hair, turned to the left and leaning against a stick

This sheet speaks to the artist's ceaseless interest in life's humanity and humility.

Ornate canopy bed, with draped blue curtains forming the canopy and blue upholstery on the gold bed frame

In the 1700s, grand beds like this one stood in deep niches in the bedroom of a palace or mansion belonging to wealthy patrons.

A statue of naked man petting a wolf and holding a large stick, photographed inside the Getty Villa gallery

This was found in 1790 near the ruins of the villa of the Roman emperor Hadrian at Tivoli outside Rome.

Purple flowers with bright green leaves and stems.

Each one of Van Gogh’s irises is unique. He studied their movements and shapes to create a variety of curved silhouettes.

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    A lion bites savagely into the back of an onager—an Asian wild ass—that lies on the ground.
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    A line engraving of one large and one small chrysanthemum in bloom amidst several leaves and with Latin writing in the upper corners.
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  2. Would you drink out of a 2,000-year-old silver stag?

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  3. PST ART at Getty

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    A boombox set diagonally with a gradient overlay shading from orange to green.

    New Getty shows will explore the wonders of light, medieval astrology, the microscopic, and what happens when you put artists and engineers in a room together

    Aug 15, 2024

Art Resources

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  2. K–12 Teaching

    Several elementary school children sit cross-legged on the floor of a gallery at the Getty Center looking towards a teacher who is not in frame.

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  3. Art Activities for Kids

    Seated at a table, a woman folds paper while the child sitting next to her wears a costume made from construction paper and other materials.

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