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Dream of Darkness

Screenshot from video game that depicts a dark and shadowy image of an Aztec city, with soldiers coming down from the sky and a woman treating a god's injuries

A new video game looks to a 16th-century manuscript as source material

A Rare 500-Year-Old Manuscript Gets a Second Life Online

Homepage for Digital Florentine Codex website, displaying a blue banner, white search bar, and an image of fishes from the original codex.

The Digital Florentine Codex unlocks a wealth of Mexica (Aztec) history and culture

Shining a Light on Neon

The challenges of protecting neon art have plagued conservators for years. Getty aims to change that

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  1. My Heart Will Go On

    A person leans forward, peering into the glass side of a dark, metallic box filled with moving, neon red powder.

    A piece of vintage tech art gets a new operating system

    Nov 21, 2024

  2. What Water Wants

    The LA river from a distance

    A series of PST ART workshops and educational events celebrate the much ridiculed, and potentially beautiful, LA River

    Oct 24, 2024

  3. Place Names

    A person sits at a table writing in a notebook in front of a projection of a map

    Behind the effort to decolonize data

    Oct 22, 2024

  4. What Happens After Artists Fail?

    Recording Artists dives into the history of a historical event that dreamed big but fell short

    Oct 10, 2024

  5. Art Is the Best Medicine

    An image of a man smiling with his eyes closed. A butterfly sits on his nose. The background is orange on the left and red on the right

    How art transforms the mind and body

    Oct 9, 2024

  6. New Volume Examines Caltech as Site of Both Artistic and Scientific Invention

    Cover of book "Crossing Over: Art and Science at Caltech, 1920–2020" featuring a dark circular shape centered on a teal background.

    Visual scholars delve into a century of immense change through Caltech’s Archives and Special Collections

    Oct 7, 2024

  7. River of Life

    An image divided into three triangle shapes. The right and left show a lush green landscape from above. The middle shows a white embroidered cloth of a helicopter over a town and people

    Carolina Caycedo collaborates with communities across the Americas to envision a fossil fuel–free future

    Sep 25, 2024

  8. Explore the History of London Online, from Roman Walls to Abbey Road

    A man stands in front of a display of artifacts on the wall.

    Historic England and Getty launch public access to the Greater London Historic Environment Record (GLHER)

    Sep 25, 2024

  9. The Revolutionary Compound Microscope

    What can you see through an 18th-century lens?

    Sep 19, 2024

  10. The Androids of the 16th Century

    An x-ray of an automaton's head in profile. The shadow of its inner clockwork is visible

    Uncovering the history of robotics through art

    Sep 12, 2024