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Exhibition Tim Walker: Wonderful Things

Photographs inspired by museum collections by internationally renowned fashion photographer, Tim Walker.

A colorful scene of four models in a flower-filled landscape wearing voluminous garments of patterned silk.
Cloud 9, 2018, Tim Walker. Models: Radhika Nair, Chawntell Kulkarni, Kiran Kandola; Fashion: Richard Quinn. Pershore, Worcestershire. Chromogenic print, 100 x 259 cm. © Tim Walker Studio

Highlights

  1. The Gospel at Colonus

    Performance

    A man with his eyes closed and his hand on his chest looks up toward a beam of light.

    The story of Oedipus reimagined as a powerful gospel church service.

  2. Leonardo at Getty

    Several depictions of a small naked child with its arms around a lamb, in varying degrees of detail. Three lines of handwritten text appear at the top of the page.

    Explore Getty’s two da Vinci drawings as they give a glimpse into the mind of this celebrated Renaissance polymath

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Exhibitions

Events

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  1. Ancestral Connections: Youth Theater Summer Institute 2023

    Performance

    A group of young people rehearse for an upcoming play.
    Sat, Jul 29, 2023, 9pm

  2. Modern Games, Medieval Wireframes

    Talk

    A close up of a hand writing the work "Inkulinati" in the style of a medieval manuscript with designs of small animals.
    Wed, Aug 02, 2023, 6pm

  3. Garden Concerts for Kids

    Family

    A seated woman wears a traditional Mexican skirt and holds a guitar against a blue background.

  4. Art Break: A Dog's Life in Antiquity

    Talk

    Marble block carved with a dog on a shelf.
    Thu, Aug 10, 2023, 7pm

Explore the Collection

Discover art from ancient Greece and Italy, Europe from the Middle Ages to the early 1900s, and global photography from its invention to now

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    A person in a large studio works on an art piece.

    Mercedes Dorame’s new Getty Center installation invites visitors to imagine Catalina Island from the Tongva people’s perspective

    Jun 21, 2023

  3. Should Anne of Brittany Have Her Own HBO Drama?

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    Getty medievalist Larisa Grollemond makes a case for a fascinating biopic

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Departments and Resources

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  2. Education

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  3. Conservation

    Our conservation teams research artists’ methods and materials to treat our collections and innovate in the preventive care of art

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