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A Thousand Cuts

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Members of an LA community group share the sculptures they created and issues they pondered after touring Camille Claudel

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2024

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  1. Gilding the Dollar Store Dolls

    Rectangular piece of wood painted gold, with six golden Ken dolls glued in a row to the front and a toy golden rhinoceros on top under a dome shaped section in the middle, with bookcases behind it

    To prepare for an upcoming exhibition, Getty staff recreated a gilded medieval altarpiece, featuring half a dozen dolls from the dollar store and lots of gold leaf

    Sep 24, 2024

  2. The Revolutionary Compound Microscope

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

    Sep 19, 2024

  3. When a Piece of Marble Becomes a Lively Portrait

    A video still of a woman looking at a small marble bust of a two-year old boy

    In this 15th-century sculpture, tiny details bring a young boy to life

    Sep 18, 2024

  4. 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

  5. A Warrior King Returns

    A person wearing an ancient warrior costume and holding a spear looks up above while standing in front of a scaffolding prop and dancer, all on a stone stage in front of a lit display of graphics

    Behind the scenes of Memnon at the Getty Villa

    Sep 12, 2024

  6. Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.)

    A white geometric and domed building has fog emanating from it while a group of onlookers stand outside.

    How a postwar group of artists and engineers tried to invent the future

    Sep 09, 2024

  7. Peek into a 17th-Century Drawing Lesson

    Painting of an artists studio. Three people are around a table for a lesson in drawing. Artworks, sculpture, and instruments surround them

    What the artist is teaching his students...and us

    Sep 05, 2024

  8. See Persepolis as It Was 2500 Years Ago

    Computer rendering of a large stone entryway of an ancient building flanked by two larger-than-life bull statues.

    A new video recreates an ancient site

    Aug 29, 2024

  9. Rembrandt’s Mistakes, and Other Do-Overs in Drawing

    Black and white sketch of a woman in two poses; on the left, she faces away in profile, her head in her hand, while on the right, her hands are folded in front of her, with her head down.

    Cover-ups, crop-outs, and other sneaky tricks artists used to make the most out of their mistakes

    Aug 27, 2024

  10. Going for the Gold

    The main altar of a gilded church, flanked by four paintings.

    An eco-friendly solution shows promise for conserving gilded surfaces in churches across Brazil

    Aug 27, 2024

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