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Why So Blue?

Inside the French mill where blue paper is still made the old-fashioned way

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Handmade blue and white paper dries in the loft at Moulin du Verger paper mill.. Photo: Michelle Sullivan

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How to Download Art for Free

Love Vincent van Gogh’s Irises? You’re in luck.

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Looking at Irises by Vincent van Gogh

In the Headlines

  1. The Getty Gives $17 Million to Museums for Pacific Standard Time

    In 2024, institutions in Southern California will stage some 60 shows on art and science, from climate change to Indigenous futurism

  2. Four L.A. buildings nominated as official City Landmarks recognizing Black heritage

    The designations came about as part of the city’s partnership with Getty to identify, protect and celebrate L.A.’s Black heritage

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