Art & Architecture

Stories about our collections, exhibitions, and the creative process

Featured Stories

When Seashells, Ferns, and Seaweed Went Viral

Two cyanotype photographic prints featuring ferns and algae.

Why Victorian women like photographer Anna Atkins obsessed over natural collectibles

He's the Ebenezer Scrooge of the Middle Ages

A close up of an illuminated manuscript page with an inset illustration of a giant monster with two people in its mouth, and a nude man begging an angel to its left.

A medieval Halloween carol

Bold Lines and Nude Sunbaths

When European modernism met a California health nut

Latest

  1. How to Teach Your Kids to Love Museums

    A seated, light-skinned man with short, dark hair points out details of a painting to a young child, wearing a pink sweater and brightly multicolored shoes, in a large gallery room filled with art.

    It’s never too early—and it’s easier than you think

    Nov 19, 2025

  2. A Podcast-Inspired Tour for Families

    A person with four children walk through a large, painted outdoor corridor with columns, smiling and jumping.

    A new way for kids and adults to experience the Getty Villa

    Nov 6, 2025

  3. How to Make a Medieval Pocket

    A woman with an excited expression points to a pouch with a floral pattern that is attached to her belt loop, while the text "How to Make a Medieval Pocket" is laid on top of a blue background

    Becoming Artsy, Season Five, Episode One

    Nov 6, 2025

  4. Saving Lost Feminist Video Letters

    Back of a person facing a wall of video screens and other technological equipment

    A Getty conservator preserves rare pieces of guerrilla media

    Nov 4, 2025

  5. Husband-and-Wife Companion Portraits Join the Getty Collection

    painted portrait of a bearded man sitting on an armchair and next to it, a painted portrait of a woman with upswept hair sitting on an armchair

    Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin was renowned for his striking likenesses

    Oct 31, 2025

  6. The Personal Side of the Johnson Publishing Company

    Black and white photo of a large group of people posing in front of a building with the sign "Johnson Publishing Co. Inc"

    The “JPC,” publisher of Ebony, Jet, and other magazines celebrating the Black American community, took good care of its staff, too

    Oct 30, 2025

  7. Sixty-Five Feet Under

    Explore haunting photographs of Paris’s Catacombs

    Oct 29, 2025

  8. Why I Was Late to the Office

    A vintage photo postcard of a prairie fire in Dallas, South Dakota, with the text, "A midnight view of the Tripp Co, Prairie Fire. Dallas. S.D. Copyright by S. Downey."

    Photo postcards were the social media posts of the early 20th century

    Oct 28, 2025

  9. Getty Strengthens its Collection with New Acquisitions

    Silhouette of a child jumping off a structure with a light background.

    Recent additions bolster Getty’s holdings of antiquities, drawings, sculptures, and photographs

    Oct 27, 2025

  10. Inside the Guerrilla Girls’s Collective Practice

    A group of ten people wearing gorilla masks, posing against and climbing up a city fence.

    A new Getty show celebrates 40 years of an anonymous collective’s activism against inequity in the art world

    Oct 22, 2025