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  1. How Forensics, Fine Art, and the Greek Soccer Team Revealed the Face of a 3,500-Year-Old Warrior

    A bald man is shown from the back, using a haptic device and two computer screens, one with a man's face that looks like it's made of clay; behind that, a man with a realistic face and long curly hair

    A Bronze Age warrior with a fascinating backstory arrives at the Getty Villa Museum

  2. In the Algorithm’s Eyes, “We Are Already Plants”

    A green plant sits under lamps, entwined with colorful balls of light handing from the ceiling

    Slovenian bio artist Špela Petrič explores the vegetal world with artificial intelligence (AI), speculating that humans have more in common with plants than we think

  3. The Woman Who Painted Marie-Antoinette

    painting of a woman wearing a purple dress and straw hat with a large feather and flowers, holding a paintbrush and palette in her arm

    How the partnership between Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun and the queen of France began as an exhilarating adventure and ended in tragedy

  4. The Fabulous Fashion of Eunice W. Johnson

    A group of women wearing brightly colored dresses for a fashion show

    For the glamorous cofounder of Ebony and Jet, haute couture was about much more than looking good

  5. A Playlist to Channel Your Inner Strong Woman

    painting of a woman looking up, while holding a knife to her bare chest

    Inspired by the art and life of Artemisia Gentileschi, one of art history's most formidable women

  6. Dress Code: Drag

    Black and white photograph of dark-skinned person with arms spread wide to reveal luxurious evening wear

    In the Johnson Publishing Company Archive, you’ll find photographs of 1950s' drag performers striking a pose at grand balls

  7. Getty à la Mode

    A medieval illumination of lords and ladies in a hall. The women wear tall pointed princess hats.

    What fashion trends are captured in Getty’s collections? Five curators choose favorites from antiquity through the 18th century

  8. Turn Up the Fashion

    black and white photo of a woman wearing an off the shoulder evening gown, surrounded by dress forms that are as tall as her

    Strut down the catwalk or your kitchen with this fashion-inspired playlist

  9. Forever Fashion

    A crowd looks on as a woman puts on a pair of tights

    Getty conservators and scientists work to preserve plastic fashions from the 20th century to today

  10. When an Artist Becomes a Scientist

    Tom Learner leans on a marble countertop in a large, clean laboratory

    At school, Tom Learner had to choose between art and science; now, as head of science at the Getty Conservation Institute, there’s no need