Erin Migdol

Stories

  1. Gesina ter Borch Is No Longer Just a Footnote in Her Brother's Story

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    Watercolor painting of a woman wearing a red skirt and black coat, carving onto the trunk of a tree, next to a country road alongside a body of water with buildings in the distance

    Meet the 17th-century Dutch watercolorist, calligrapher, and archivist

  2. Art That’s Fit for a Queen

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    A light blue vase depicting a woman holding a vessel in her left and with her right arm outstretched

    For royal women of ancient Greece, art and power went hand in hand

  3. Esfuerzos para combatir los incendios en el Museo de la Getty Villa

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    View of the top of the Villa amphitheater and entrance to cafe, with red night sky above

    “Sabía que debíamos cuidar el fuerte”

  4. Protecting a Legacy of African American Art

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    LeRonn Brooks stands with arms crossed between two rows of storage lockers which have multicolored papers stuck to them

    After immersing himself in the New York City art scene, LeRonn Brooks is now building an African American art history archive at Getty

  5. Fighting Fire at the Getty Villa Museum

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    View of the top of the Villa amphitheater and entrance to cafe, with red night sky above

    “I knew that we needed to hold down the fort”

  6. How “Green” Are Getty’s Exhibitions?

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    A person stands in a large garden filled with tall grass

    For the first time, we’re going to find out

  7. The Man With An Emergency Plan

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    A person holds a fire extinguisher while wearing a yellow safety jacket and leads a training

    Meet emergency preparedness specialist Les Borsay, famous around Getty for his sunny disposition, quick wit, and commitment to keeping everyone (and everything) safe

  8. Irises in Bloom

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    Devi Ormond kneels on the ground to inspect plant material while Dr. Boulon watches; they are in a field surrounded by trees

    Tracing Vincent van Gogh’s footsteps at the psychiatric clinic where he painted one of his most enduring works

  9. Gilding the Dollar Store Dolls

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    Rectangular piece of wood painted gold, with six golden Ken dolls glued in a row to the front and a toy golden rhinoceros on top under a dome shaped section in the middle, with bookcases behind it

    To prepare for an upcoming exhibition, Getty staff recreated a gilded medieval altarpiece, featuring half a dozen dolls from the dollar store and lots of gold leaf

  10. When a Piece of Marble Becomes a Lively Portrait

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    A video still of a woman looking at a small marble bust of a two-year old boy

    In this 15th-century sculpture, tiny details bring a young boy to life