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Recreating the Beginning

Artist Harmonia Rosales infuses her medieval-inspired paintings with West African Yoruba mythology to tell a different creation story

painting featuring a woman in profile from mid-chest up, surrounded by gold round emblems featuring different symbols
Portrait of Eve, 2021, Harmonia Rosales. Oil, gold leaf, and silver leaf on panel. The Akil Family, L.2026.4. © Harmonia Rosales. Photo: Brad Kaye

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  1. El arte postal se apodera del mundo

    A grid of postage stamps from Argentina with photographs of mouths open wide, showing their teeth.

    Cómo las latinas y los latinos lideraron una revolución por correo

  2. La Villa inspira

    Photograph of a bearded person wearing a fedora laughing while playing drums on dimly lit stage.

    Poncho Sánchez, ícono del jazz latino, quedó cautivado por las refinadas vasijas de cerámica, la arquitectura y el ambiente sosegado del peristilo exterior de la Villa

  3. Fotógrafos latinoamericanos

    A black and white photograph of a barefooted boy carrying bags as he walk past a store front window

    De las calles de Ciudad de México a las pampas argentinas, estas fotografías detienen en el tiempo lugares, vidas, generaciones y oficios que no se pueden replicar

Art & Architecture

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  1. Mail Art Takes On the World

    A grid of postage stamps from Argentina with photographs of mouths open wide, showing their teeth.

    How Latinx and Latin American women led a revolution by mail

  2. Building a Collection

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    Who chooses the artworks hanging in Getty's galleries? And why those?

  3. An Artist, Histories, and Community: Coming Together Around Kerry James Marshall

    Photos of a symposium with speakers and a live audience.

    Marshall’s work reveals the resilience and complexity of the Black diaspora

Inside Getty

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  1. Inuit Soul Group Pamyua among Lineup for Getty’s Annual Sounds of LA

    A jazz band performs for an audience on the indoor stage of an auditorium with deep purple and pink lighting.

    Jazz, soul, and poetry over three weekends of free performances at the Getty Center

  2. Bryson Family Expands Endowment for Conservation Efforts

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    New Gift to the John E. and Louise Bryson Fund will support all aspects of the Getty Conservation Institute’s work

  3. Art Is on the Way

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    A look at the precision and care Getty professionals use to transport masterpieces

Becoming Artsy

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  1. What Do Bird Feathers Have to Do with Art?

    A brunette woman holding a magnifying glass smiles at a watercolor painting of a colorful bird.

    Find out on Becoming Artsy, Season Five, Episode Three

  2. Jessie Learns to Upcycle with Peder Cho

    A man in a black t-shirt and bucket hat poses with a small backpack between two travertine walls. Large text reads "Fashion made from What?" in capital letters.

    Becoming Artsy, Episode 502

  3. How to Make a Medieval Pocket

    A woman with an excited expression points to a pouch with a floral pattern that is attached to her belt loop, while the text "How to Make a Medieval Pocket" is laid on top of a blue background

    Becoming Artsy, Season Five, Episode One

In the Headlines

  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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