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Photography / Fotografía: LA and México at Getty

A person in skeleton makeup and a dress carries gladiolas, posing against a draped background.

Photographers reframe Los Angeles in “Every Minute is History: Five Views of Los Angeles”

An Investigation of a Self-Portrait by Edgar Degas

A person uses a q-tip to clean a small unframed portrait on an easel in a large, sunlit room.

Why was the surface of Degas’s painting looking cloudy? Why did he use himself as a model, and what’s that red area along the lower edge of the work? Getty staff wanted answers

Odilon Redon’s Dark Humor and Darker Worlds

How Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Darwin, and other 19th-century luminaries influenced French Symbolist artist Odilon Redon

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  1. Art History in the Amazon

    Aerial satellite image of the Amazon River.

    Zoom in to learn how Getty-funded scholars left the classroom to connect with communities, objects, and each other across the Amazon basin

    Sep 9, 2026

  2. Artist Reggie Burrows Hodges on Display at Three Los Angeles Arts Institutions

    Two silhouettes, one taller one shorter, stand against and red and black background resembling a stage.

    Exhibitions mark the artist’s first solo museum presentations in his hometown of Los Angeles

    Sep 8, 2026

  3. Remembering the Creativity and Humor of David Hockney

    Tim Potts and David Hockney at the Getty Center at the Getty Center

    Getty curators look back at two exhibitions that celebrated his 80th birthday

    Sep 3, 2026

  4. Unearthing the Buried History of Christiansborg Castle

    Two people look at a small, 3D printed object and then at a computer screen with a large 3D rendering of the object on it

    How a Getty Scholar and Getty Graduate Intern are working to strengthen how we record histories of the transatlantic slave trade

    Sep 3, 2026

  5. A Photographer’s Search for Identity

    A figure in the shape of the human circulatory system stands in front of two skyscrapers dotted with lit windows.

    A major Getty acquisition of photographs by Josef Breitenbach expands the presence of this innovative 20th-century artist and his experimental work in Los Angeles

    Sep 2, 2026

  6. Inside a Medieval Book of Wronged Women

    screenshot of a colorful manuscript open on a table, displaying a page of text on the left and an illustration on the right

    There’s much more to this 15th century manuscript than its text

    Sep 2, 2026

  7. Getty Presents “Paul R. Williams: Architecture Across the Color Line”

    A negative space drawing of a church with figures of attendees, green trees, and blue sky.

    Learn more about how Paul R. Williams transformed Los Angeles by designing across racial and social boundaries in one of three exhibitions across Los Angeles

    Sep 2, 2026

  8. Un nuevo libro bilingüe pone en primer plano un siglo de fotografía mexicana

    Cover of book “Instante/revelación” featuring an image that shows a black-and-white close-up of abstract, curved plant-like forms.

    Desde retratos icónicos hasta escenas de la vida cotidiana, cerca de 150 imágenes ofrecen un recorrido por la rica tradición fotográfica de México

    Aug 31, 2026

  9. New Bilingual Book Brings a Century of Mexican Photography into Focus

    Cover of book “Instante/revelación” featuring an image that shows a black-and-white close-up of abstract, curved plant-like forms.

    From iconic portraits to depictions of daily life, nearly 150 images illuminate Mexico’s rich photographic tradition

    Aug 31, 2026

  10. Getty Presents “The Holy Family at Home”

    Oil painting of Mary holding the baby Jesus close to her face with Joseph in the background.

    Exhibition explores the tender relationships at the center of the Christian story and the portrayal of Joseph as an active member of the Holy Family

    Aug 31, 2026