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Hop into These Fancy Historical Beds
Going to sleep in centuries past was a unique adventure
The Cozy Recipes Getty Staffers Are Cooking Up This Holiday Season
Pumpkins, potstickers, pierogi, and more: Getty staffers tell us about the handed-down or newly discovered recipes they love to make every fall or winter
Revealing the Secrets of a 16th-Century Painting
Explore the elaborate details that make this artwork one of a Getty curator’s favorites
The Face on the Leaf
Accra Shepp reveals how he prints photographs on plant leaves, a unique process that he perfected
Four Retro Devices to Ease Your Digital Burnout
Tired of never-ending app updates and bottomless scrolling? Compare your tedious digital devices to these mechanical objects from the Getty Museum’s Decorative Arts collection, hundreds of years old but still working just fine
Banned, Burned, and Still Read
From the Catholic Church’s list of banned books to underground Cold War magazines, Getty Research Institute collections trace six centuries of censorship and the creative ways readers, writers, and artists have shared forbidden ideas
A Snapshot of Leimert Park
Documenting the rhythms of this historic neighborhood through photography
Getty Has a Podcast for That
With hundreds of episodes on art, architecture, cultural heritage, and history, Getty’s podcasts have something for every occasion
Making a Medieval Manuscript, from Raw Materials to Illuminated Masterpiece
New Getty exhibition takes you behind the scenes of each stage of bookmaking
This Yoko Ono Book Channels Dadaism and Buddhism
The act of considering the art is the art
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