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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. Close Looking: Annibale Carracci

    A man with short gray hair wearing a black turtleneck and black latex gloves sits in a conservator style setting with a small painting on an easel depicting a Madonna and child.

    Getty senior conservator Ulrich Birkmaier invites us into the conservation studio to see a late 1500s masterpiece in a new light

    Feb 20, 2025

  2. New Volume Provides an Essential Reference for the Material Study of Bronze Sculpture

    Guidelines for the Technical Examination of Bronze Sculpture book cover

    This authoritative and thoroughly illustrated book is the most comprehensive resource available on technical examination of bronze

    Feb 7, 2025

  3. How Degas Held It All Together

    A finger points at a detail on a pastel drawing with muted pastel colors, situated on an easel

    Why spray glue onto a canvas?

    Feb 6, 2025

  4. Innovadores suramericanos del arte digital

    A photograph of a large gallery. The floors are wood, the back wall features large works of art. There's a microphone on the floor in the center of the space

    El MOLAA presenta “Arteônica: Arte, ciencia y tecnología en América Latina hoy” hasta el 23 de febrero de 2025

    Jan 30, 2025

  5. South American Visionaries in Digital Art

    A photograph of a large gallery. The floors are wood, the back wall features large works of art. There's a microphone on the floor in the center of the space

    MOLAA presents Arteônica: Art, Science, and Technology in Latin America Today through February 23, 2025

    Jan 30, 2025

  6. The Art of Action

    A group of people lay on a grassy area, spelling the words "Aguas Para a Vida" with their bodies

    PST ART exhibitions go all in for climate and environmental justice

    Jan 10, 2025

  7. How “Green” Are Getty’s Exhibitions?

    A person stands in a large garden filled with tall grass

    For the first time, we’re going to find out

    Jan 7, 2025

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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