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What About the Carbon Footprint of Exhibitions?

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A Getty-led report brings the climate impact of exhibitions into focus

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Winter 2026

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Latest Magazine Stories

  1. Más allá de la luz

    A pen and watercolor drawing of a winter scene of a village with trees and homes covered in snow, and people surrounding an icy canal.

    El blanco en el arte nunca es simplemente un lienzo vacío

    Mar 19, 2026

  2. Following the Paper Trail

    A drawing of people dancing viewed under a handheld magnifying glass.

    How curators solved mysteries in a 100-year-old prints and drawings collection

    Mar 18, 2026

  3. Take a Walking Tour of Downtown Los Angeles’s Iconic Architecture

    A brown building with a tiled sun detailing at its highest point in the middle of high rise buildings

    How many of these landmarks have you seen?

    Mar 17, 2026

  4. Making the Buddha Head from Merv Whole Again

    A large face emerges from stone in an excavation site as a man wearing a suit stands beside it.

    A collaboration between the Getty Museum and the State Museum of Turkmenistan

    Mar 11, 2026

  5. Is Your Favorite Painting Colored with Crushed Bugs?

    A large portrait of a man in a vivid red robe with a red frame hangs in a gallery setting, while a woman in the lower left of the frame points up at the man.

    Discover red’s rich—and sometimes secretive and violent—history

    Mar 10, 2026

  6. Meet an Ushabti, an Ancient Egyptian Statuette Made for the Afterlife

    Golden-green statue stands with arms crossed and hieroglyphs on its body.

    What we know about this figure discovered in Neferibresaneith’s tomb

    Mar 9, 2026

  7. Getty’s Next PST ART to Focus on Exchange Between Los Angeles and Pacific Rim

    A sculptural installation featuring a circular, fountain-like form with orange branching elements and blue materials arranged around its base, accompanied by an organic mound-like structure nearby.

    The next edition of the Getty Foundation‘s PST ART will be themed around cultural exchanges between Los Angeles and the Pacific Rim. The fourth edition of the initiative is set to open at institutions across Southern California in September 2030.

    Mar 5, 2026

  8. The Ancient Women Who Ruled Their Kingdoms

    A bracelet embedded with colorful, geometric glass pieces around a central figure with wings and wearing a large headdress.

    Long before modern conversations about gender and power, Nubia offered a unique model

    Mar 4, 2026

  9. What Is the Egyptian Book of the Dead?

    Detail from fragmentary papyrus shows markings and symbols

    Taking a deeper look at a little-known part of Getty's collections

    Mar 3, 2026

  10. Born Again

    A person installs a large pair of wings crafted from newspapers on an art gallery wall.

    All kinds of creative people—including mixed-media artist Susan Hannon—call LA home, and many make regular visits to the Getty Center or Getty Villa for inspiration

    Feb 25, 2026

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