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Rebuilding for Resilience

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Drawing on lessons from historic Mediterranean sites, staff are planning a Getty Villa landscape that honors Roman models while adapting to Southern California’s changing environment

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  1. Harry Gesner’s Buildings “Surf” the California Hillsides

    A circular home with a wraparound deck and a green tiled roof emerges from foliage above the ocean.

    How a modernist architect linked the natural and built environments

    Jul 28, 2026

  2. Odilon Redon’s Dark Humor and Darker Worlds

    Skeletons against a black background.

    How Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Darwin, and other 19th-century luminaries influenced French Symbolist artist Odilon Redon

    Jul 22, 2026

  3. Breast Dressed

    A person uses tools to remove a rubber breast from a fabric dress in a lab.

    Restoring one of Getty’s most unique treasures

    Jul 16, 2026

  4. Getty Casting Call for The Odyssey

    A man wearing a bronze helmet and armor, with fabric draped over his shoulder, looks toward the horizon with a nervous expression as an army of Trojans stands behind him amid the chaos of battle.

    Meet characters from The Odyssey in the Getty collection

    Jul 15, 2026

  5. Moda para conciertos: qué ponerse

    A person in a stylish green outfit poses for a photo in a lush courtyard.

    Estos visitantes de Getty deslumbraron con su estilo en Off the 405

    Jul 15, 2026

  6. The Unfolding of an Exquisite Mechanical Table

    wooden table decorated with gilt bronze mounts on the sides and legs, shown from the top of the legs to the surface of the table

    There's more to this 18th-century table than meets the eye

    Jul 14, 2026

  7. Three Art-Inspired Summer Hair Looks, From an Oscar Winning Hairstylist

    A horizontal image of a woman in an art gallery with a curly updo hairstyle, wearing a gown, and staring at a painting of a woman who is wearing the same thing

    Becoming Artsy, Episode 505

    Jul 9, 2026

  8. Seven Art-Inspired Hairstyles to Try This Summer

    Side-by-side images of paintings featuring fashionable women with elegant dresses and hairstyles.

    Which looks are your favorites?

    Jul 9, 2026

  9. Celebrate Bastille Day with Luxurious French Art

    Three dark blue vases with gilded accents, painted with colorful scenes

    In honor of the French Revolution, we look at the extravagance of French monarchs through the ages

    Jul 9, 2026

  10. Finding the Sublime in Storage

    A surfboard with a painted figure on it surfing a large, abstract wave.

    How the most unwieldy object in Raymond Pettibon’s archive illuminates the artist’s career-long plunge into uncharted waters

    Jul 7, 2026

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