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This free volume is the first Arabic translation of key readings on the archaeological conservation of mosaics. Part of MOSAIKON, the book discusses mosaics in the Mediterranean Basin and the primary conventions of the conservation of mosaic cultural heritage. Download the book

A report on the first five years of Keeping It Modern describes the impact of grants focused on the conservation of significant modern movement buildings around the world. Read the report

This is a report on 15 years of Foundation grantmaking for Pacific Standard Time. Included are the goals and impact of the two iterations of this region-wide collaboration of arts organizations across Southern California: Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945–1980 and PST: LA/LA. Read the report

The Foundation's Keeping It Modern initiative supports the conservation of significant 20th century architecture. The Keeping It Modern Report Library makes freely available the resulting conservation plans and technical reports produced by grantees. Visit the Report Library

This report released in 2018 includes highlights of the Panel Paintings Initiative, a program to train the next generation of panel paintings conservators before the current experts retire. Read the report

This report released in 2017 commemorates twenty-five years of the Getty Marrow Undergraduate Internship program and features profiles of intern alumni working in the visual arts. Read the report

In 2016, the Getty Foundation hired the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) to conduct a grantee perception survey of the Foundation's active organizational grantees. Read the summary report

Museum Catalogues in the Digital Age is the final report for the Online Scholarly Catalogue Initiative (OSCI), which was dedicated to rethinking the museum scholarly collection catalogues for the digital age. Read the report

A decade after Hurricane Katrina struck the Louisiana coast, the Foundation released a report on the impact of its Fund for New Orleans. The initiative provided support in the wake of the storm to help revitalize the city's cultural institutions as they recovered. Read the report

Prepared by the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC), the Economic Impact Analysis report for Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945–1980 summarizes the significant impact of this collaborative initiative to the local and regional economies. Read the report

Closer to Van Eyck is a free, open access web application that allows users to zoom into over 1 billion pixels of the famous Ghent Altarpiece. Hosted by KIK-IRPA and supported by Panel Paintings Initiative grants. Explore the site

In 2007 the Getty Foundation released L.A. Art Online: Learning from the Getty's Electronic Cataloguing Initiative. This report summarizes the experiences of 21 Los Angeles-area museums in making information about their visual arts collections available online. Read the report

In 2008 the Foundation completed a major evaluation of the Getty Marrow Undergraduate Internship program that included a survey of past participants. As a result, we began offering professional development programs for alumni. Read the executive summary

In 2000, the J. Paul Getty Trust and Harvard's Project Zero held a conference on arts education at the Getty Center, Beyond the Soundbite: What the Research Actually Shows About Arts Education and Academic Outcomes. Read the proceedings