Art & Architecture

Stories about our collections, exhibitions, and the creative process

Featured Stories

The City, Through Her Eyes

A view of a double-page spread of a book. On the left is a black and white photograph of a woman in the subway. On the right is a black-and-white photograph of parked cars in a street.

From Buenos Aires to Dublin, explore the world’s cities through photobooks

Decode Medieval Manuscripts in New Getty Exhibition

Names written in superimposed letters on a gold decorated page of a calligraphy book.

Exhibition explores the mysterious world of codes through manuscripts

New Open-Access Book Explores Mid-20th-Century Experimental Scores

Featuring over 2,000 objects and expert commentary, The Scores Project provides a comprehensive view of a groundbreaking moment in art history

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  1. Performing the Archive

    Person in sunglasses and dark sweater leaning against painted cinderblock wall

    How one artist brought a ‘60s performance score to life in the Glendale mall

    Sep 17, 2025

  2. Hidden in Plain Sight

    Black and white photograph of women in formal attire next to a white church, with one woman holding a sign that reads, "We are not satisfied–We want justice now–Equal rights congress".

    How two Getty interns are helping to honor and preserve Los Angeles’s Black heritage

    Sep 16, 2025

  3. 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

    Sep 16, 2025

  4. Silly Stories from Inside the Museum

    Logo image for If Objects Could Talk podcast featuring an illustrated, colorful owl peering through an open doorway.

    A new Getty podcast for young visitors and their families

    Sep 8, 2025

  5. A Forgotten Modernist Reclaimed: Leopold Fischer’s California Legacy

    Exiled in L.A.: The Untold Story of Leopold Fischer's Domestic Architecture book cover

    Discover the work of this little-known architect, whose oeuvre includes Weimar-era social housing and quietly influential domestic architecture in Los Angeles

    Sep 5, 2025

  6. This Drawing Is Designed to Trick You

    A drawing of four Durer prints, religious texts, and a creased newspaper page sit atop a faux burled wood tabletop.

    Can you find the dividing line between real and unreal?

    Sep 4, 2025

  7. The Adventures of Alexander the Great, Medieval-Style

    manuscript page featuring script above an illumination of an army fighting a man riding on a swine

    Alexander battles giants and unicorns in this new addition to Getty’s manuscripts collection

    Aug 28, 2025

  8. Meet Getty’s Head of Education

    A woman in a black dress wearing bright blue glasses leans against the wall of a museum gallery. Behind her is a group of children seated on the floor of the gallery.

    Keishia Gu is responsible for “exploration, enrichment, for just pure joy and creativity”

    Aug 26, 2025

  9. Unconventional Animals Lurking in the Getty Collection

    A lion bites savagely into the back of an onager—an Asian wild ass—that lies on the ground.

    Tigers, lions, and camels galore!

    Aug 26, 2025

  10. Daido Moriyama Captured the Soul of Postwar Japan in Gritty, Groundbreaking Photographs

    Book cover featuring a collage of Japanese text and illustrations in green and black colors

    New Getty anthology brings together four iconic early-career photobooks—previously available only in limited Japanese editions

    Aug 22, 2025