Art & Architecture

Stories about our collections, exhibitions, and the creative process

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  1. The Art of Photo Booths

    When the sign said, “Close the curtain, strike a pose, and collect your photos here,” you were in for a treat

  2. The Mary Cassatt You Thought You Knew Was Only Part of the Story

    Cover of book "Cassatt Reconsidered" featuring an Impressionist painting of a girl braiding her hair, with head tilted back, and wearing a loose garment in a room setting.

    Groundbreaking new book challenges more than a century of misconceptions about one of Impressionism’s most revolutionary artists

  3. Photography / Fotografía: Los Ángeles y México en Getty

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

    Los fotógrafos reinterpretan Los Ángeles en Cada minuto es historia: cinco miradas sobre Los Ángeles

  4. 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”

  5. Getty Celebrates Long-Awaited West Coast Debut of Reynolds’ “Portrait of Mai”

    An oil portrait painting of a Polynesian man standing barefoot yet elegant in his cream-colored sash, turban, and robe before an idealized tropical landscape.

    Three years after jointly acquiring the painting with the National Portrait Gallery, London, it will finally go on display in Los Angeles

  6. 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

  7. Current and Upcoming Exhibitions

    Purple flowers with bright green leaves and stems.

    For journalists, a frequently updated list with press contacts for current and upcoming exhibitions at the Getty Center and Getty Villa Museum

  8. A Totally Tubular Surfing Playlist

    A black and white image of five young men in plaid shirts all holding a surfboard and smiling at the camera.

    Songs to surf—or boogie—to

  9. Photography / Fotografía: Los Ángeles y México en Getty Instante/revelación: Moments in Mexican Photography

    A black-and-white photograph of a woman leaning out of a window, she and the surrounding building are shadowed in a cross-hatch lattice.

    La exposición explora el rico entramado de diálogos culturales y artísticos que han dado forma a la historia fotográfica de México

  10. Photography / Fotografía: LA and México at Getty “Instante/revelación: Moments in Mexican Photography”

    A black-and-white photograph of a woman leaning out of a window, she and the surrounding building are shadowed in a cross-hatch lattice.

    Exhibition explores the rich tapestry of cultural and artistic dialogues that have shaped Mexico’s photographic history