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  1. Getty Acquires Major Painting by Luis de Morales

    A painting of gaunt man leaning a wooden cross against his shoulder.

    A refined devotional work strengthens the museum’s collection of Spanish art

    Apr 17, 2025

  2. A Medieval Feminist Manuscript Makes Its Getty Museum Debut

    Manuscript illustration of a woman sitting at a desk with an open book, facing a group of young women

    How a pioneering feminist writer championed women’s moral and intellectual power

    Mar 26, 2025

  3. Getty Acquires Archive of Raymond Pettibon

    Concert poster for the Black Flag at the Starwood. A Jesus figure is nailed to a cross and another man hammers the nails in to Jesus.

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

    Mar 11, 2025

  4. Recording Artists: Experiments in Art and Technology

    A group of people stand around a large video camera in a cluttered loft space

    Artists and engineers explore the creative potential of new technologies in this season of Recording Artists

    Oct 8, 2024

  5. Getty Returns Ancient Bronze Couch to Türkiye

    A metal couch with legs and rails of cast bronze over an iron framework, and perforated copper sheets riveted together and wrapped around iron rail cores.

    Getty worked with officials in Türkiye to arrange return of the object

    Sep 17, 2024

  6. New Getty Book Explores the Use of Paper, Light, and Shadow in European Drawings

    Cover of Book “Paper and Light: Luminous Drawings” featuring a lit candle at the center, casting a warm glow on its surroundings.

    This volume examines the creation of light on paper in drawings by European masters

    Sep 12, 2024

  7. New Volume Tells the Story of How Art and Technology Merged in the 1960s

    Cover of book “Sensing the Future: Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.)” featuring a background that transitions from dark gray to light gray. The title is displayed in white letters.

    This book explores the creation of Experiments in Art and Technology and their groundbreaking projects

    Sep 12, 2024

  8. Finally, the Other Half of the Story

    Two manuscript pages next to each other. On the left, an illustration of Jesus being held by Mary, surrounded by women in robes with halos. On right, a man kneeling, facing Christ, with men around him

    Missing for nearly 180 years, a manuscript page, only half of an illustration, travels from France to Getty for a happy reunion

    Jul 10, 2024

  9. Getty Acquires Rediscovered Masterpiece of the Flemish Renaissance

    A woman holds her infant close to her chest in one arm, while holding cherries in her other hand.

    Madonna of the Cherries by Quentin Metsys strengthens Getty Museum’s collection of Netherlandish painting

    Jul 3, 2024

  10. Getty Acquires Work by Artist Mercedes Dorame

    A rock covered in abalones.

    The newly acquired works relate directly to the sculptural objects in the Rotunda Commission currently on view until June 16 in the Museum’s Entrance Hall

    Jun 13, 2024