Julian Brooks
Bio
Julian is senior curator of drawings at the Getty Museum, particularly looking after Italian, Spanish, and British works (they're all fairly well-behaved). His own drawing talents are very limited, though he scratches away with a pencil every now and then as an exercise in self-humiliation. Chocolate sustains him through the day. Although he is English (and even educated at Oxford, so he wears a lot of tweed), he adores California. His accent has softened somewhat, and the Ts have turned to Ds; He now says "Geddy" instead of "Getty."
Stories
How Do You Keep a Mural Alive?
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Los Angeles muralist Judy Baca and Getty experts answer your questions
Last-Minute Michelangelo
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Videos shot in the last hours before staff left reflect the poignant moment when we temporarily shut our doors
Hanging Pictures in the Land of Giants
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The design process for London Calling involved lots of foam core and tiny paintings made to scale
A Renaissance Mystery, from a Marriage to a Sacrifice
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What explains an architectural sketch lying underneath the surface of an Andrea del Sarto panel?
“The Sun Is God”: J. M. W. Turner in Los Angeles
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A lover of sun and surf, J. M. W. Turner would have thrived as an Angeleno
Leonardo da Vinci, Renaissance Lefty
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Look closely at a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci and you’ll find telltale signs of his left-handedness
From Auction to Gallery: A Major Renaissance Portrait Drawing for the Getty
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A recently acquired drawing is testament to the sea change that occurred in the art of portraiture during the Renaissance
Seven Things I Learned from Leonardo da Vinci and the Art of Sculpture
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One curator’s takeaways from a one-of-a-kind exhibition