Erin Migdol

Bio

Erin is an editor at Getty. She shares stories about Getty's incredible art, research, people, discoveries, and resources. She's a Bay Area native, a UC Davis grad, and has called Los Angeles home for more than 10 years.

Communications, J. Paul Getty Trust Editor

Stories

  1. Hop into These Fancy Historical Beds

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

    Going to sleep in centuries past was a unique adventure

    Oct 20, 2026

  2. The Face on the Leaf

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    A portrait printed on a leaf in a booklet laid on a table.

    Accra Shepp reveals how he prints photographs on plant leaves, a unique process that he perfected

    Oct 13, 2026

  3. An Investigation of a Self-Portrait by Edgar Degas

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    A person uses a q-tip to clean a small unframed portrait on an easel in a large, sunlit room.

    Why was the surface of Degas’s painting looking cloudy? Why did he use himself as a model, and what’s that red area along the lower edge of the work? Getty staff wanted answers

    Aug 20, 2026

  4. What Scholars of Antiquity and Ancient Myth Really Thought of The Odyssey

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    A still from the film, The Odyssey, of a ship crossing the sea toward two cliffs.

    Did Christopher Nolan’s adaptation do the ancient tale justice?

    Aug 13, 2026

  5. Breast Dressed

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    A person uses tools to remove a rubber breast from a fabric dress in a lab.

    Restoring one of Getty’s most unique treasures

    Jul 16, 2026

  6. The Unfolding of an Exquisite Mechanical Table

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    wooden table decorated with gilt bronze mounts on the sides and legs, shown from the top of the legs to the surface of the table

    There's more to this 18th-century table than meets the eye

    Jul 14, 2026

  7. Seven Art-Inspired Hairstyles to Try This Summer

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    Side-by-side images of paintings featuring fashionable women with elegant dresses and hairstyles.

    Which looks are your favorites?

    Jul 9, 2026

  8. “Unrolling” an 18th-Century Porcelain Vase

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    A tall decorative vase made of porcelain and mounted in gilt bronze.

    Inside the photo shoot that turned a round object flat

    Jun 17, 2026

  9. The Art of Queer Punk Rock

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    four people wearing leather outfits and sunglasses sit in an open-top pink convertible car

    Inside the campy world of Off the 405 band Hunx and His Punx

    Jun 4, 2026

  10. This Little Frog Is Trying to Tell You Something

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    Ink drawing of a frog sitting on top of coins, clutching a spherical object in one hand and has it's left leg sticking out toward the viewer.

    Drawings curator Stephanie Schrader digs into his timeless message

    Jun 2, 2026