Photography/Fotografía: LA & México

Two new exhibitions highlight works that shaped México’s history and helped expand Chicano/a communities in Los Angeles

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  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

    A person seated before a large wooden table looks at a black-and-white stereograph of a streetscape through a modern stereoscope, while other stereographs are scattered on the table.

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

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  1. Remembering the Creativity and Humor of David Hockney

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    Tim Potts and David Hockney at the Getty Center at the Getty Center

    Getty curators look back at two exhibitions that celebrated his 80th birthday

    Sep 3, 2026

  2. Unearthing the Buried History of Christiansborg Castle

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    Two people look at a small, 3D printed object and then at a computer screen with a large 3D rendering of the object on it

    How a Getty Scholar and Getty Graduate Intern are working to strengthen how we record histories of the transatlantic slave trade

    Sep 3, 2026

  3. A Photographer’s Search for Identity

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    A figure in the shape of the human circulatory system stands in front of two skyscrapers dotted with lit windows.

    A major Getty acquisition of photographs by Josef Breitenbach expands the presence of this innovative 20th-century artist and his experimental work in Los Angeles

    Sep 2, 2026

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Blue Paper in Early Modern European Art: A Collaborative Research Resource

Advancing research and fostering dialogue on historical blue paper among curators, historians, conservators, scientists, and practitioners

Drawing of wolves lurking around a shepherd and his flock

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