Amanda Berman

Bio

Amanda is the curatorial assistant in the Department of Sculpture and Decorative Arts at the Getty Museum. She researches the department's artwork, updating records for the online collection pages. Her museum interests include 18th-century furniture, historic preservation and architectural history, and issues of accessibility and inclusion in curatorial practice.

Sculpture and Decorative Arts, J. Paul Getty Museum

Stories

  1. What Is Provenance?

    Article

    A closeup of the wizened carved face of a statue of St John the Baptist

    Who owned this artwork before a museum, and why it matters

    Oct 6, 2022

  2. From the Society Pages to the Museum

    Article

    Ornate canopy bed, with draped blue curtains forming the canopy and blue upholstery on the gold bed frame

    How Gilda Darthy’s bed tells a story about writing women back into history

    Mar 24, 2021

  3. How Fixing a Spelling Error Clarified a Clock’s History

    Article

    Golden clock on a foundation of two box plateaus, with female figures sitting on either side

    A clue in a sales catalog helped expand the object’s record

    Aug 4, 2020

  4. Research Uncovers New Clues to the Histories of 250-Year-Old Decorative Objects

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    Inside a museum gallery with green wallpaper and decorative art objects such as oval portrait paintings, candelabras, and bureaus, with people milling about.

    A curatorial researcher finds offbeat personalities and events linked to four French decorative arts objects

    Oct 22, 2019