Inspiring human connections and mutual understanding through art

How to Train your Drawing

Drawing is the foundation of many other arts, but how was it learned and eventually mastered? Our new exhibition looks at the art of drawing in Europe, starting in the 16th century, and explores the methods that helped the good became great.

Learning to Draw exhibition
Chalk sketch of a colonnade with various busts and statues; in the distance, a figure can be seen on the ground, sketching.

What We Do

  1. Our Locations

    Three people, a woman with long dark hair and a man pushing an elderly woman in a wheelchair, wander through a museum gallery filled with marble sculpture busts

    Enjoy the art, architecture, and gardens of our two unique sites

  2. Art & Archives

    Two people wander through an art gallery filled with sculptures, pointing to the details in a stone bust

    Our art and research collections span ancient to modern times

  3. Research & Conservation

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    We conduct and support research and conservation of visual art and cultural heritage in Los Angeles and throughout the world

News & Stories

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  1. Inside the Guerrilla Girls’s Collective Practice

    Article

    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

  2. Recipe for Success

    Article

    Three people pull a plastic sheet away from an unstretched canvas painting laid on a table.

    Scientists and conservators are using a Getty grant to reinvent a crucial art conservation material

    Oct 22, 2025

  3. Getty Strengthens its Collection with New Acquisitions

    Press Release

    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

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Academic Outreach & Engagement

Creating resources, opportunities, and communities for faculty and students

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Resources

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Explore tools and support for work and study in visual art and cultural heritage