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Who Was the Original Master of Gore?
This Spanish painter’s later works were extremely dark
Fotógrafos latinoamericanos
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
Latin-American Photographers
From the streets of Mexico City to the Argentine Pampas, these photographs capture moments in lives, generations, and professions that cannot be replicated
A Seat at the Table
In their photograph series Being There, artists Lee Shulman and Omar Victor Diop wanted to give viewers “moments to dream, to question, to project their own stories”
He's the Ebenezer Scrooge of the Middle Ages
A medieval Halloween carol
Celebrating the Breadth of Black Art in Brazil
How one art historian is expanding the narrative of art history
What Goes on Inside Getty’s Vaults?
How a graduate intern helps save art, archives, and energy
Honoring India’s Modern Heritage
How modernist architecture in India is being preserved for posterity
Dab a Little 3,000-Year-Old Greek Civilization on Your Wrist
Perfumer Michael Nordstrand distilled ancient Pylos into two scents for the Getty Villa Museum. One ingredient was originally raked from goats’ beards in Crete
Taking a Stand for Freedom of the Press—and Artistic Freedom
Ann Philbin and NPR celebrated at the Getty Prize Dinner
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