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How the Getty Logo Started and Where It’s Going
As Getty’s new digital-friendly logo and first-ever tagline debut, we also look back to the 1980s, when typographer Larry Brady created Getty’s initial commissioned logo and typeface
Recording in Progress
Historian and archivist Keith Rice preserves Los Angeles history through the stories of its minority communities
Is Drawing a Form of Self Care?
Becoming Artsy, Episode 504
How to Merge with the Gods
Getty’s ancient Egyptian “Book of the Dead” manuscripts go on view
What Was Life Like for Kids in the Middle Ages?
Your biggest questions, answered by our medievalists
One Artist Continues Where the Other Left Off
In this new Getty acquisition, Marguerite Gérard and her brother-in-law, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, collaborated on a scene of courtship
Nine Books to Read for Earth Month
A curated reading list brought to you by Getty’s own EcoReads book club
The Secrets to Displaying a 3,600-Year-Old Crown
How mountmakers prepared this delicate headpiece for its Getty Villa debut
Ray Kappe’s Monumental Fireplace, from House Feature to Historic Artwork
Artist Evan Curtis Charles Hall tells the story of the now-lost Erdley House and its innovative, midcentury fireplace and chimney—which survived the Palisades Fire
Rebuilding for Resilience
Drawing on lessons from historic Mediterranean sites, staff are planning a Getty Villa landscape that honors Roman models while adapting to Southern California’s changing environment
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