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Recording in Progress
Historian and archivist Keith Rice preserves Los Angeles history through the stories of its minority communities
Is Drawing a Form of Self Care?
Becoming Artsy, Episode 504
How to Merge with the Gods
Getty’s ancient Egyptian “Book of the Dead” manuscripts go on view
What Was Life Like for Kids in the Middle Ages?
Your biggest questions, answered by our medievalists
One Artist Continues Where the Other Left Off
In this new Getty acquisition, Marguerite Gérard and her brother-in-law, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, collaborated on a scene of courtship
The Secrets to Displaying a 3,600-Year-Old Crown
How mountmakers prepared this delicate headpiece for its Getty Villa debut
Ray Kappe’s Monumental Fireplace, from House Feature to Historic Artwork
Artist Evan Curtis Charles Hall tells the story of the now-lost Erdley House and its innovative, midcentury fireplace and chimney—which survived the Palisades Fire
Seven Movie MacGuffins in Celebration of Provenance Research Day
In these films, an art object’s history is part of the plot
Punk Rock Playlist
A curated collection of songs inspired by the Guerrilla Girls
Instructions for the Unexpected
How a new Getty digital publication brings the experimental scores of John Cage, Fluxus, and the neo-avant-garde back to life