Kirsten Lew

Author

Bio

Kirsten is an associate digital media producer at the Getty Research Institute. She has a PhD in English from UCLA.

Content and Digital Strategy, Getty Research Institute Associate Digital Media Producer

Stories

  1. Driving around LA with Ed Ruscha

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    A black and white photograph of a man with sunglasses driving a pickup truck while two other men stand in the back with a mounted camera.

    With a retrospective coming to LACMA this April, explore the artist’s sprawling Streets of LA archive

    Apr 11, 2024

  2. Grete Stern’s Weird World of Dreams

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    A woman in a blouse, skirt, and heels clambers up a rocky cliffside to escape ocean waves.

    Images from a 1940s pulp magazine are a surreal peek into the female subconscious

    Mar 13, 2024

  3. Ghost in the Machine

    Article

    A woman sits in front of a 70s-era computer

    You might be worried about AI, but throughout history, humans have used new technologies to create art

    Mar 09, 2024

  4. What Music Do Artists Listen to While They Work?

    Article

    A black and white photograph of a man stomping on a black circle in a white artist's studio

    At one LA-based printmaking workshop, atmosphere was everything

    Feb 13, 2024

  5. The Secret History of a Middle Eastern Photo Album

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    A sepia photograph of a city with flat-roofed buildings, minarets, and in the background, a hill atop which sits a walled fortress.

    Sometimes an acquisition has an air of mystery to it

    Jul 20, 2023

  6. The Art of Collecting

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    A woman in a pink shirt with a pearl necklace stands in front of a painted red wall with the words "Exhibition continues" above her head.

    An acquisition of four works honors a curator’s legacy

    Jun 14, 2023

  7. Decadent Dining at a Royal Coronation

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    A man in a grey wig flowing down past his shoulders and an ermine robe with gold and salmon-colored velvet stands looking at the viewer. To the left is a crown sitting on cushions.

    Inside a historic, extravagant 17th-century feast

    May 04, 2023

  8. There and Back Again

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    A light-skinned woman in an elegant dress sits on the bed next to a toy doll. Behind her is a maid with darker skin in uniform. Both figures appear to be the same woman

    Getty Scholars map the human histories of art and migration

    Apr 06, 2023

  9. A Potato Pie for Supper

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    A colorful interior of a large 17th century kitchen with two figures on the left rolling out pie crust, a person putting a pie into an oven, and a row of pies on a table

    Try this Renaissance recipe at your next holiday feast

    Nov 17, 2022

  10. Putting the Pieces Together

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    Rectangular plaque made of pottery depicting black figures, a body lying in state attended by family members

    Art history is littered with broken objects. How a group of Getty scholars is rethinking the concept of the fragment

    Apr 28, 2021