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The latest about Getty’s work, collections, and exhibitions

How to Use the Getty Library

A beginner’s guide to becoming a reader at the Getty Library

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Fighting Fire at the Getty Villa Museum

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

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The Palisades fire as seen from the Getty Villa Museum Cafe

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

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    “Sabía que debíamos cuidar el fuerte”

  2. Innovadores suramericanos del arte digital

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    El MOLAA presenta “Arteônica: Arte, ciencia y tecnología en América Latina hoy” hasta el 23 de febrero de 2025

  3. ¡Getty es muy padre!

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    ¿Por qué una profesora de Tijuana, México, año tras año traería al Getty Center a sus estudiantes de noveno grado y se embarcaría en una excursión de más de trescientas millas y doce horas de viaje de ida y vuelta en dos viajes con noventa jóvenes de catorce y quince años?

  4. Lo que Frida Kahlo tenía en su baño

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    En 2005, dos artistas mexicanas se encontraron a través del espacio y el tiempo

Art & Architecture

All Art & Architecture Stories

  1. What Makes a City Hall Historic?

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    How a Black modernist gem helped put Carson, CA on the map

  2. Take a Paul R. Williams Tour of Palm Springs

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    You can still visit four of the pioneering architect’s buildings today

  3. Getty Invests $1.55M to Preserve Black-Designed Modern Architecture

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    Partnership with African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund supports the identification and preservation of Black modernist sites

Inside Getty

All Inside Getty Stories

  1. What They Saw: Historical Photobooks by Women Comes to Getty

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    Engage, Touch, Read, See at the Getty Library
    April 8 – May 11, 2025

  2. Getty Acquires Archive of Raymond Pettibon

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    Archive covers the Southern California artist’s early practice in the late 1970s to the present day

  3. Getty Appoints Kelly Moody as Vice President of Development and Institutional Advancement

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    Kelly Moody to Join Getty on March 31

Becoming Artsy

All Becoming Artsy Stories

  1. How to Make an Ancient Roman Toga

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    Becoming Artsy, Episode 308

  2. Why I Changed My Mind About Concrete

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    Becoming Artsy, Episode 307

  3. From Star Trek to Getty's Galleries

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    Kuttrolfen are everywhere

In the Headlines

  1. In Los Angeles, when art and science reshape the world of tomorrow.

    In California, the powerful Getty Foundation brings together artists and scientists to address major contemporary challenges

  2. Inside the dash to save the Getty Villa from the Palisades fire: A timeline

    The Palisades fire ultimately spared the Villa and its more than 44,000 objects, including many Roman, Greek and Etruscan relics

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    Find press contacts, images, and information for the news media

  2. Getty Magazine

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    In-depth stories and personal perspectives

  3. All News

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    All press releases and stories about Getty’s projects, exhibitions, and collections