Meg Butler

Editor and author

Bio

Meg is the associate digital editor in Getty communications.

Communications, J. Paul Getty Trust Assistant Digital Editor

Stories

  1. Why I Changed My Mind About Concrete

    Article

    A woman in a floral shirt smiles with her mouth open. A concrete building is blurred in the background. Text reads "concrete architecture" and, below it, with empty checkboxes, "brutalism, beautiful"

    Becoming Artsy, Episode 307

    May 16, 2024

  2. Inspired by Blood

    Article

    A person looks at a framed artwork on the wall of a gallery filled with manuscripts and other art objects

    Gabriele Tinti creates poetry at Getty

    May 03, 2024

  3. From Star Trek to Getty's Galleries

    Article

    A man in a red uniform looks down at a glass bottle in his hand

    Kuttrolfen are everywhere

    Apr 30, 2024

  4. What Is a Polyptych?

    Article

    A gilded alterpiece with three panels depicting various saints and scenes in vivid color

    And can you say it three times fast?

    Apr 11, 2024

  5. What Is Attic Pottery?

    Article

    A black vessel with a narrow base and bulbous top adorned with clay-colored figures. One of the central characters leans on a cane and reaches toward another naked figure

    And how do you talk about it?

    Mar 28, 2024

  6. When Apollo Had Purple Hair

    Article

    Three people wander through a gallery of ancient art objects, pointing at descriptions and looking at the art.

    and other things to know about polychromy

    Mar 14, 2024

  7. Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Carmen McRae

    Article

    A black and white photograph of a woman singing into a microphone

    Do you know this seven-time Grammy nominee?

    Mar 12, 2024

  8. What Is a Drug Jar?

    Article

    A jar decorated with a painting of a man with a crutch under one arm, and a blue jar in the other

    When packaging medicine was an art

    Feb 15, 2024

  9. The Black Knight of the Round Table

    Article

    A black African man in a wide hat with white pompoms and bright, highly-decorated, silver armor

    And more medieval images of diversity

    Feb 07, 2024

  10. How to Download Art for Free

    Article

    Photograph of figure standing backwards, in front of a painting depicting blue Irises

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

    Feb 01, 2024