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Past Exhibitions

Maria Sibylla Merian & Daughters: Women of Art and Science

Maria Sibylla Merian & Daughters: Women of Art and Science
June 10–August 31, 2008


Ten Years in Focus:  The Artist and the Camera

Ten Years in Focus: The Artist and the Camera
March 25–August 10, 2008


Imagining Christ

Imagining Christ
May 6–July 27, 2008


The Color of Life: Polychromy in Sculpture from Antiquity to the Present

The Color of Life: Polychromy in Sculpture from Antiquity to the Present
March 6–June 23, 2008


Lessons from Bernard Rudofsky

Lessons from Bernard Rudofsky
March 11–June 8, 2008


California Video

California Video
March 15–June 8, 2008


Ten Years of Drawings: What, How, and Why

Ten Years of Drawings: What, How, and Why
January 29–May 4, 2008


Consuming Passion: Fragonard's Allegories of Love

Consuming Passion: Fragonard's Allegories of Love
February 12–May 4, 2008


Rare Finds: Ten Years of Collecting Manuscripts

Rare Finds: Ten Years of Collecting Manuscripts
February 12–April 20, 2008


André Kertész: Seven Decades

André Kertész: Seven Decades
December 18, 2007–April 13, 2008


The Goat's Dance: Photographs by Graciela Iturbide

The Goat's Dance: Photographs by Graciela Iturbide
December 18, 2007–April 13, 2008


The Magnificent Piranesi

The Magnificent Piranesi
December 6, 2007–March 10, 2008


In Focus: The Nude

In Focus: The Nude
October 9, 2007–February 24, 2008


China on Paper: European and Chinese Works from the Late Sixteenth to the Early Nineteenth Century

China on Paper: European and Chinese Works from the Late Sixteenth to the Early Nineteenth Century
November 6, 2007–February 10, 2008


The Decorated Letter

The Decorated Letter
November 13, 2007–January 27, 2008


Medieval Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art

Medieval Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art
October 30, 2007–January 20, 2008


Reflecting Antiquity: Modern Glass Inspired by Ancient Rome

Reflecting Antiquity: Modern Glass Inspired by Ancient Rome
October 18, 2007–January 14, 2008


Taddeo and Federico Zuccaro: Artist-Brothers in Renaissance Rome

Taddeo and Federico Zuccaro: Artist-Brothers in Renaissance Rome
October 2, 2007–January 6, 2008


Recent History: Photographs by Luc Delahaye

Recent History: Photographs by Luc Delahaye
July 31–November 25, 2007


Edward Weston: Enduring Vision

Edward Weston: Enduring Vision
July 31–November 25, 2007


The Herculaneum Women and the Origins of Archaeology

The Herculaneum Women and the Origins of Archaeology
July 12–November 5, 2007


Music for the Masses: Illuminated Choir Books

Music for the Masses: Illuminated Choir Books
August 14–October 28, 2007


Evidence of Movement

Evidence of Movement
July 10–October 7, 2007


Zoopsia: New Works by Tim Hawkinson

Zoopsia: New Works by Tim Hawkinson
March 6–September 16, 2007


Defining Modernity: European Drawings, 1800–1900

Defining Modernity: European Drawings, 1800–1900
June 5–September 9, 2007


Manet's <i>Bar at the Folies-Bergère</i>

Manet's Bar at the Folies-Bergère
June 5–September 9, 2007


Greeks on the Black Sea: Ancient Art from the Hermitage

Greeks on the Black Sea: Ancient Art from the Hermitage
June 14–September 3, 2007


Oudry's Painted Menagerie

Oudry's Painted Menagerie
May 1–September 2, 2007


A Renaissance Cabinet Rediscovered

A Renaissance Cabinet Rediscovered
November 22, 2005–August 5, 2007


Medieval Beasts

Medieval Beasts
May 1–July 29, 2007


Radiant Darkness: The Art of Nocturnal Light

Radiant Darkness: The Art of Nocturnal Light
April 24–July 22, 2007


The Old Order and the New: P.H. Emerson and Photography 1885-1895

The Old Order and the New: P.H. Emerson and Photography 1885-1895
March 27–July 8, 2007


A Place in the Sun: Photographs of Los Angeles by John Humble

A Place in the Sun: Photographs of Los Angeles by John Humble
March 27–July 8, 2007


Art, Anti-Art, Non-Art: Experimentations in the Public Sphere in Postwar Japan, 1950-1970

Art, Anti-Art, Non-Art: Experimentations in the Public Sphere in Postwar Japan, 1950-1970
March 6–June 3, 2007


Made for Manufacture: Drawings for Sculpture and the Decorative Arts

Made for Manufacture: Drawings for Sculpture and the Decorative Arts
February 6–May 20, 2007


Sigmar Polke: Photographs, 1968–1972

Sigmar Polke: Photographs, 1968–1972
February 20–May 20, 2007


Stories in Stone: Conserving Mosaics of Roman Africa; Masterpieces from the National Museums of Tunisia

Stories in Stone: Conserving Mosaics of Roman Africa; Masterpieces from the National Museums of Tunisia
October 26, 2006–April 30, 2007


From Caspar David Friedrich to Gerhard Richter: German Paintings from Dresden

From Caspar David Friedrich to Gerhard Richter: German Paintings from Dresden
October 5, 2006–April 29, 2007


Molten Color: Glassmaking in Antiquity

Molten Color: Glassmaking in Antiquity
January 11–April 23, 2007


French Manuscript Illumination of the Middle Ages

French Manuscript Illumination of the Middle Ages
January 23–April 15, 2007


Casting Nature: François-Thomas Germain's <i>Machine d'Argent</i>

Casting Nature: François-Thomas Germain's Machine d'Argent
July 11, 2006–March 25, 2007


Holy Image, Hallowed Ground: Icons from Sinai

Holy Image, Hallowed Ground: Icons from Sinai
November 14, 2006–March 4, 2007


Where We Live:  Photographs of America from the Berman Collection

Where We Live: Photographs of America from the Berman Collection
October 24, 2006–February 25, 2007


Public Faces/Private Spaces: Recent Acquisitions

Public Faces/Private Spaces: Recent Acquisitions
October 10, 2006–February 4, 2007


Guercino: Mind to Paper

Guercino: Mind to Paper
October 17, 2006–January 21, 2007


A Tumultuous Assembly: Visual Poems of the Italian Futurists

A Tumultuous Assembly: Visual Poems of the Italian Futurists
August 1, 2006–January 7, 2007


The Gospels in Medieval Manuscript Illumination

The Gospels in Medieval Manuscript Illumination
October 31, 2006–January 7, 2007


Enduring Myth: The Tragedy of Hippolytos and Phaidra

Enduring Myth: The Tragedy of Hippolytos and Phaidra
August 24–December 4, 2006


Landscape in the Renaissance

Landscape in the Renaissance
August 1–October 15, 2006


Rubens and Brueghel: A Working Friendship

Rubens and Brueghel: A Working Friendship
July 5–September 24, 2006


Rubens and His Printmakers

Rubens and His Printmakers
July 5–September 24, 2006


Eliot Porter: In the Realm of Nature

Eliot Porter: In the Realm of Nature
June 13–September 17, 2006


The Colors of Clay: Special Techniques in Athenian Vases

The Colors of Clay: Special Techniques in Athenian Vases
June 8–September 4, 2006


Ensor's Graphic Modernism

Ensor's Graphic Modernism
May 2–July 30, 2006


Molten Color: Glassmaking in Antiquity

Molten Color: Glassmaking in Antiquity
January 28–July 24, 2006


The Cult of Saints

The Cult of Saints
April 25–July 16, 2006


Agitated Images: John Heartfield and German Photomontage, 1920-1938

Agitated Images: John Heartfield and German Photomontage, 1920-1938
February 21–June 25, 2006


Carmontelle's Transparency: An 18th-Century Motion Picture

Carmontelle's Transparency: An 18th-Century Motion Picture
March 14–June 18, 2006


Degas at the Getty

Degas at the Getty
March 7–June 11, 2006


Robert Adams: Landscapes of Harmony and Dissonance

Robert Adams: Landscapes of Harmony and Dissonance
February 7–May 28, 2006


Courbet and the Modern Landscape

Courbet and the Modern Landscape
February 21–May 14, 2006


The Getty Villa Reimagined

The Getty Villa Reimagined
January 28–May 8, 2006


Antiquity & Photography: Early Views of Ancient Mediterranean Sites

Antiquity & Photography: Early Views of Ancient Mediterranean Sites
January 28–May 1, 2006


The Medieval Bookshelf: From Romance to Astronomy

The Medieval Bookshelf: From Romance to Astronomy
January 24–April 9, 2006


Drawings from Leonardo to Titian: A North Italian Itinerary

Drawings from Leonardo to Titian: A North Italian Itinerary
December 6, 2005–February 26, 2006


Titian and the Commander: A Renaissance Artist and His Patron

Titian and the Commander: A Renaissance Artist and His Patron
October 4, 2005–February 5, 2006


Scene of the Crime: Photo by Weegee

Scene of the Crime: Photo by Weegee
September 20, 2005–January 22, 2006


Pictures for the Press

Pictures for the Press
September 20, 2005–January 22, 2006


Julius Shulman, Modernity and the Metropolis

Julius Shulman, Modernity and the Metropolis
October 11, 2005–January 22, 2006


Painted Prayers: Books of Hours from the Morgan Library

Painted Prayers: Books of Hours from the Morgan Library
October 18, 2005–January 8, 2006


A Masterpiece Reconstructed: The Hours of Louis XII

A Masterpiece Reconstructed: The Hours of Louis XII
October 18, 2005–January 8, 2006


Paper Art: Collecting Drawings in Holland, 1600–1800

Paper Art: Collecting Drawings in Holland, 1600–1800
September 6–November 20, 2005


The Making of Furniture

The Making of Furniture
October 7, 2003–October 23, 2005


Shrine and Shroud: Textiles in Illuminated Manuscripts

Shrine and Shroud: Textiles in Illuminated Manuscripts
June 28–October 2, 2005


The Artist Turns to the Book

The Artist Turns to the Book
May 24–September 11, 2005


For Your Approval: Oil Sketches by Tiepolo

For Your Approval: Oil Sketches by Tiepolo
May 3–September 4, 2005


Three Roads Taken: The Photographs of Paul Strand

Three Roads Taken: The Photographs of Paul Strand
May 10–September 4, 2005


The Photographs of Frederick Sommer: A Centennial Tribute

The Photographs of Frederick Sommer: A Centennial Tribute
May 10–September 4, 2005


Rembrandt's Late Religious Portraits

Rembrandt's Late Religious Portraits
June 7–August 28, 2005


Light and Water: Drawing in Eighteenth-Century Venice

Light and Water: Drawing in Eighteenth-Century Venice
May 17–August 21, 2005


Masterpieces in Miniature: Italian Manuscripts from the Middle Ages and Renaissance

Masterpieces in Miniature: Italian Manuscripts from the Middle Ages and Renaissance
March 29–June 12, 2005


A Revolutionary Age: Drawing in Europe, 1770-1820

A Revolutionary Age: Drawing in Europe, 1770-1820
January 18–May 1, 2005


Jacques-Louis David:  Empire to Exile

Jacques-Louis David: Empire to Exile
February 1–April 24, 2005


All the Mighty World: The Photographs of Roger Fenton, 1852-1860

All the Mighty World: The Photographs of Roger Fenton, 1852-1860
February 1–April 24, 2005


Drawn to Rome: French Neoclassical Sketchbooks and Prints

Drawn to Rome: French Neoclassical Sketchbooks and Prints
February 1–April 24, 2005


Imagining the Orient

Imagining the Orient
October 5, 2004–April 3, 2005


Images of Violence in the Medieval World

Images of Violence in the Medieval World
December 21, 2004–March 13, 2005


Close to Home: An American Album

Close to Home: An American Album
October 12, 2004–January 16, 2005


The Prismatic Palette: Four Centuries of Watercolors

The Prismatic Palette: Four Centuries of Watercolors
October 5, 2004–January 2, 2005


Cézanne in the Studio:  Still Life in Watercolors

Cézanne in the Studio: Still Life in Watercolors
October 12, 2004–January 2, 2005


Past Presence: Objects of Study at the Getty Research Institute

Past Presence: Objects of Study at the Getty Research Institute
October 26, 2004–January 2, 2005


Byzantium and the West

Byzantium and the West
September 14–December 5, 2004


Coming of Age in Ancient Greece: Images of Childhood from the Classical Past

Coming of Age in Ancient Greece: Images of Childhood from the Classical Past
September 14–December 5, 2004


Spirit into Matter: The Photographs of Edmund Teske

Spirit into Matter: The Photographs of Edmund Teske
June 15–September 26, 2004


Sea Tails: A Video Collaboration

Sea Tails: A Video Collaboration
July 13–September 26, 2004


Visions of Grandeur: Drawing in the Baroque Age

Visions of Grandeur: Drawing in the Baroque Age
June 1–September 12, 2004


The Arts of Fire: Islamic Influences on the Italian Renaissance

The Arts of Fire: Islamic Influences on the Italian Renaissance
May 4–September 5, 2004


Fit for a King: Courtly Manuscripts, 1380–1450

Fit for a King: Courtly Manuscripts, 1380–1450
June 29–August 29, 2004


Photographers of Genius at the Getty

Photographers of Genius at the Getty
March 16–July 25, 2004


The Business of Art: Evidence from the Art Market

The Business of Art: Evidence from the Art Market
March 16–June 13, 2004


Seeking Illumination:  Monastic Manuscripts, 800–1200

Seeking Illumination: Monastic Manuscripts, 800–1200
March 23–June 13, 2004


Recent Acquisitions: Eugène Atget, Brett Weston, William Garnett, Milton Rogovin

Recent Acquisitions: Eugène Atget, Brett Weston, William Garnett, Milton Rogovin
February 3–May 30, 2004


Ancient Art from the Permanent Collection

Ancient Art from the Permanent Collection
February 1, 2000–May 23, 2004


Window onto Spain: Drawings and Prints from Ribera to Goya

Window onto Spain: Drawings and Prints from Ribera to Goya
February 17–May 16, 2004


Images in Light: Newly Acquired Stained Glass

Images in Light: Newly Acquired Stained Glass
October 28, 2003–April 4, 2004


The Glory of the Gothic Page

The Glory of the Gothic Page
December 16, 2003–March 7, 2004


Comic Art: The Paris Salon in Caricature

Comic Art: The Paris Salon in Caricature
November 18, 2003–February 15, 2004


Casting Characters: Portraits and Studies of Heads

Casting Characters: Portraits and Studies of Heads
November 4, 2003–February 1, 2004


Jean-Antoine Houdon: Sculptor of the Enlightenment

Jean-Antoine Houdon: Sculptor of the Enlightenment
November 4, 2003–January 25, 2004


Julia Margaret Cameron, Photographer

Julia Margaret Cameron, Photographer
October 21, 2003–January 11, 2004


Transforming Tradition: Ancient Motifs in Medieval Manuscripts

Transforming Tradition: Ancient Motifs in Medieval Manuscripts
September 23–November 30, 2003


Michelangelo to Vasari: Drawing the Figure in Renaissance Florence

Michelangelo to Vasari: Drawing the Figure in Renaissance Florence
July 15–October 19, 2003


Photographs of Artists by Alexander Liberman

Photographs of Artists by Alexander Liberman
July 22–October 19, 2003


Strange Days: Photographs from the Sixties by Winogrand, Eggleston, and Arbus

Strange Days: Photographs from the Sixties by Winogrand, Eggleston, and Arbus
July 1–October 5, 2003


The Making of a Medieval Book

The Making of a Medieval Book
May 20–September 28, 2003


Illuminating the Renaissance: The Triumph of Flemish Manuscript Painting in Europe

Illuminating the Renaissance: The Triumph of Flemish Manuscript Painting in Europe
June 17–September 7, 2003


Picturing the Natural World

Picturing the Natural World
June 17–September 7, 2003


Between Heaven and Earth: Images of Christ and the Virgin

Between Heaven and Earth: Images of Christ and the Virgin
March 18–June 29, 2003


Robert Motherwell: <i>A la pintura</i>

Robert Motherwell: A la pintura
March 4–June 22, 2003


Surrealist Muse: Lee Miller, Roland Penrose, and Man Ray

Surrealist Muse: Lee Miller, Roland Penrose, and Man Ray
February 25–June 15, 2003


Five Hundred Years of Manuscript Illumination

Five Hundred Years of Manuscript Illumination
February 11–June 1, 2003


Prehistoric Arts of the Eastern Mediterranean

Prehistoric Arts of the Eastern Mediterranean
February 11–May 4, 2003


Bill Viola: The Passions

Bill Viola: The Passions
January 24–April 27, 2003


Mise en Page: The Art of Composing on Paper

Mise en Page: The Art of Composing on Paper
December 17, 2002–March 2, 2003


About Life: The Photographs of Dorothea Lange

About Life: The Photographs of Dorothea Lange
October 15, 2002–February 9, 2003


The Grapes of Wrath: Horace Bristol's California Photographs

The Grapes of Wrath: Horace Bristol's California Photographs
October 15, 2002–February 9, 2003


Landscapes of Myth

Landscapes of Myth
November 5, 2002–February 2, 2003


The Medieval Bestseller: Illuminated Books of Hours

The Medieval Bestseller: Illuminated Books of Hours
October 29, 2002–January 26, 2003


Orazio Gentileschi in Genoa: Paintings for the Palazzo Sauli

Orazio Gentileschi in Genoa: Paintings for the Palazzo Sauli
October 1, 2002–January 12, 2003


Greuze the Draftsman

Greuze the Draftsman
September 10–December 1, 2002


French Drawings in the Age of Greuze

French Drawings in the Age of Greuze
September 10–December 1, 2002


Songs of Praise: Illuminated Choir Books

Songs of Praise: Illuminated Choir Books
July 23–October 13, 2002


Gustave Le Gray, Photographer

Gustave Le Gray, Photographer
July 9–September 29, 2002


The Danube Exodus: The Rippling Currents of the River

The Danube Exodus: The Rippling Currents of the River
August 17–September 29, 2002


Dutch Drawings of the Golden Age

Dutch Drawings of the Golden Age
May 28–August 25, 2002


Rome on the Grand Tour

Rome on the Grand Tour
May 28–August 25, 2002


The Sacred Spaces of Pieter Saenredam

The Sacred Spaces of Pieter Saenredam
April 16–July 7, 2002


The Geometry of Seeing: Perspective and the Dawn of Virtual Space

The Geometry of Seeing: Perspective and the Dawn of Virtual Space
April 16–July 7, 2002


Drawing Italy in the Age of the Grand Tour

Drawing Italy in the Age of the Grand Tour
February 5–May 12, 2002


Manuel Alvarez Bravo: Optical Parables

Manuel Alvarez Bravo: Optical Parables
November 13, 2001–February 17, 2002


Devices of Wonder: From the World in a Box to Images on a Screen

Devices of Wonder: From the World in a Box to Images on a Screen
November 13, 2001–February 3, 2002


Walker Evans: Before + After

Walker Evans: Before + After
July 10–October 28, 2001


Mexico: From Empire to Revolution

Mexico: From Empire to Revolution
February 24–May 20, 2001


Shaping the Great City: Modern Architecture in Central Europe, 1890-1937

Shaping the Great City: Modern Architecture in Central Europe, 1890-1937
February 20–May 6, 2001


Raphael at the Getty

Raphael at the Getty
October 31, 2000–January 7, 2001


Painting on Light: Drawings and Stained Glass in the Age of Dürer and Holbein

Painting on Light: Drawings and Stained Glass in the Age of Dürer and Holbein
July 11–September 24, 2000


Departures: 11 Artists at the Getty

Departures: 11 Artists at the Getty
February 29–May 7, 2000


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