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Kirsten Lew

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Bio

Kirsten is an associate digital media producer at the Getty Research Institute. She has a PhD in English from UCLA.

Content and Digital Strategy, Getty Research Institute Associate Digital Media Producer

Stories

  1. Meet Me at the Library

    Article

    A person pushes a cart between bookshelves

    A haven for all things art history

    Apr 8, 2025

  2. A History of Loss

    Article

    A photo of a man with a cigarette sitting in a chair wearing a white shirt and pants sits in a dressing room with pink walls, a mirror, and flowers in a vase

    Getty Scholars approach ideas of extinction in art

    Mar 4, 2025

  3. Decadent Dining at a Royal Coronation

    Article

    A painting of a man in a long curly wig with an ermine robe

    Inside a historic, extravagant 17th-century feast

    Jul 30, 2024

  4. Driving around LA with Ed Ruscha

    Article

    A black and white photograph of a man with sunglasses driving a pickup truck while two other men stand in the back with a mounted camera.

    With a retrospective coming to LACMA this April, explore the artist’s sprawling Streets of LA archive

    Apr 11, 2024

  5. Grete Stern’s Weird World of Dreams

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    A woman in a blouse, skirt, and heels clambers up a rocky cliffside to escape ocean waves.

    Images from a 1940s pulp magazine are a surreal peek into the female subconscious

    Mar 13, 2024

  6. Ghost in the Machine

    Article

    A woman sits in front of a 70s-era computer

    You might be worried about AI, but throughout history, humans have used new technologies to create art

    Mar 9, 2024

  7. What Music Do Artists Listen to While They Work?

    Article

    A black and white photograph of a man stomping on a black circle in a white artist's studio

    At one LA-based printmaking workshop, atmosphere was everything

    Feb 13, 2024

  8. The Secret History of a Middle Eastern Photo Album

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    A sepia photograph of a city with flat-roofed buildings, minarets, and in the background, a hill atop which sits a walled fortress.

    Sometimes an acquisition has an air of mystery to it

    Jul 20, 2023

  9. The Art of Collecting

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    A woman in a pink shirt with a pearl necklace stands in front of a painted red wall with the words "Exhibition continues" above her head.

    An acquisition of four works honors a curator’s legacy

    Jun 14, 2023

  10. There and Back Again

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    A light-skinned woman in an elegant dress sits on the bed next to a toy doll. Behind her is a maid with darker skin in uniform. Both figures appear to be the same woman

    Getty Scholars map the human histories of art and migration

    Apr 6, 2023