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  1. If Walls Could Talk

    A black-and-white photo of a large group of people standing outside the art deco facade of Clifton's cafeteria.

    Conserving buildings central to African American history—including the safe havens listed in a guidebook for Black travelers—tells a fuller, more honest American story

  2. Inside the Frame

    Three people sit on the trunk of a car along a city road.

    By pointing the camera at his friends, Jerry McMillan produced a portrait of the Los Angeles art scene as essential as any painting

  3. Infinite Tenderness, Expressed in Stoneware

    A stone relief sculpture of a profile of a woman sitting on a chair breastfeeding her baby.

    Young Mother Breastfeeding Her Child by Alexandre Charpentier joins the Getty collection

  4. Turning a Vision of Getty's Future into Reality

    A man with a slight smile leans forward on a round table in an outdoor patio.

    Executive vice president of Finance and Operations Pierre Ouillet shares a glimpse of his past as an aerospace engineer and a peek into the future of Getty

  5. ¿Cómo era la vida de los niños en la Edad Media?

    manuscript illustration depicting a group of boys watching and cheering for two other boys who are riding on barrels and using spears to pretend to joust, with one boy falling off his barrel

    Nuestros medievalistas responden a las preguntas que nos hicieron nuestros seguidores en las redes sociales

  6. Can You Tell Right from Wrong in These Drawings?

    17th-century Dutch and Flemish artists took the call to instruct—and amuse—seriously

  7. The Art of Therapy

    People in a room with shelves and large tabletop counters covered in foam look at artworks and newspaper clippings

    The healing power of art is well documented, but what about the work made during therapy? The answer could change how we think about art

  8. How the Getty Logo Started and Where It’s Going

    A painting of a large group of people dancing in a park overlaid by the Getty logo.

    As Getty’s new digital-friendly logo and first-ever tagline debut, we also look back to the 1980s, when typographer Larry Brady created Getty’s initial commissioned logo and typeface

  9. Recording in Progress

    Photograph of a person reading aloud from paper and two people gazing at them around a table inside a room.

    Historian and archivist Keith Rice preserves Los Angeles history through the stories of its minority communities

  10. Is Drawing a Form of Self Care?

    A woman in a striped sweater and jeans draws a statue while standing in an art gallery.

    Becoming Artsy, Episode 504