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A painting of a dense forest of green and brown trees.
A Sunlit Grove of Birch and Pine Trees, about 1903, Hilma af Klint. Watercolor and gouache. Getty Museum, purchased with funds provided by the Disegno Group 2025.72

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  1. How the Getty is preserving L.A.’s Black heritage amid Trump’s DEI rollbacks

    The Getty has ramped up initiatives aimed at preserving Black arts and cultural heritage in Los Angeles

  2. Katherine Fleming and Los Angeles's Getty Center: A fortress of culture amid political turmoil

    The president of the renowned arts institution on the West Coast seeks to further open the museum to the public

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