Erin Migdol

Stories

  1. The Woman Who Painted Marie-Antoinette

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    painting of a woman wearing a purple dress and straw hat with a large feather and flowers, holding a paintbrush and palette in her arm

    How the partnership between Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun and the queen of France began as an exhilarating adventure and ended in tragedy

  2. When an Artist Becomes a Scientist

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    Tom Learner leans on a marble countertop in a large, clean laboratory

    At school, Tom Learner had to choose between art and science; now, as head of science at the Getty Conservation Institute, there’s no need

  3. Jewelry That Makes the Past Present

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    Round gold brooch with image of a lion's face in the center, made out of tiny glass beads.

    How revival jewelry keeps ancient fashions alive

  4. Lights, Camera, Fashion

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    A person in a stylish suit looks at a book of photographs.

    As a curator of photographs at the Getty Museum, Paul Martineau often explores his passion for fashion photography

  5. Reopening the Getty Villa Museum after the Palisades Fire

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    People in an outdoor courtyard use sponges to clean dirt off an intricate mural painting

    Peek into the five-month cleanup and the effort to create an even more fire-resistant site

  6. Can You Crack These Medieval Codes?

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    Manuscript page with a grid showing the completed ffi letter, with owls wearing hats, tree branches, and purple drapes on both sides.

    Uncover the meanings behind symbols and signs found in medieval manuscripts

  7. In Search of the Stars (and Our Place in the Cosmos)

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    person wearing brown coat standing overlooking green mountains, with text saying Season 4 Finale Inspired by PST Art: Art and Science Collide

    Becoming Artsy, Episode 405

  8. Finding Their Voice Behind the Lens

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    A teenage girl shows off a negative of a picture.

    Getty’s María Magdalena Campos-Pons exhibition inspires the next generation of artists

  9. Buscando sus voces detrás de la lente

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    A teenage girl shows off a negative of a picture.

    La exposición María Magdalena Campos-Pons de Getty inspira a la próxima generación de artistas

  10. Gesina ter Borch Is No Longer Just a Footnote in Her Brother's Story

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    Watercolor painting of a woman wearing a red skirt and black coat, carving onto the trunk of a tree, next to a country road alongside a body of water with buildings in the distance

    Meet the 17th-century Dutch watercolorist, calligrapher, and archivist