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Breast Dressed

Restoring one of Getty’s most unique treasures

A person uses tools to remove a rubber breast from a fabric dress in a lab.
Getty Research Institute assistant conservator Melissa Huddleston works to conserve the Breast Dress.

Reviving Zion

The Conserving Black Modernism grant program is helping to revitalize a Baptist church with deep ties to the civil rights movement

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Photo: Tema Nicole Stauffer

Art & Architecture

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  1. Reviving Zion

    Corner of church building with large glass windows, red brick, and tall metal cross in front.

    The Conserving Black Modernism grant program is helping to revitalize a Baptist church with deep ties to the civil rights movement

  2. Driving around LA with Ed Ruscha

    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

  3. Photography Testing, Testing, One, Two, Three

    Four women wearing dresses and bonnets sit around a small table in a garden, next to trees and a high stone wall

    How we decided whether it was safe to display 150-year-old photos

Ancient Life

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  1. So You Want to Be an Ancient Roman Soldier

    Copper alloy Roman legionary helmet

    For the unprivileged, serving in the ancient Roman army was a path to wealth building, social climbing, and citizenship

  2. Power in a Mummy Portrait

    An ancient portrait in gold and colorful wax of a woman with large eyes and dark brown hair, adorned with earrings, a diadem, and bejeweled necklaces

    Look closely at this beautiful mummy portrait on display at the Getty Villa and you’ll find powerful signs of wealth, status, and beauty

  3. What Everyone Gets Wrong About Women in Ancient Rome

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    Podcaster and historian Emma Southon shares what you probably didn’t learn in history class

Becoming Artsy

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  1. How to Make an Ancient Roman Toga

    Becoming Artsy, Episode 308

  2. Why I Changed My Mind About Concrete

    A woman in a floral shirt smiles with her mouth open. A concrete building is blurred in the background. Text reads "concrete architecture" and, below it, with empty checkboxes, "brutalism, beautiful"

    Becoming Artsy, Episode 307

  3. From Star Trek to Getty's Galleries

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    Kuttrolfen are everywhere

Inside Getty

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  1. Mercedes Dorame: Woshaa’axre Yaang’aro (Looking Back)

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    New commission is inaugural project of new contemporary series

  2. New Illustrated Critical Anthology Collects Writings of Conservationist Giovannoni

    New Building in Old Cities book cover

    The seminal texts by the Italian architect, historian, and conservationist are available in English for the first time

  3. Getty Acquires 17 Remarkable Drawings

    A young woman wearing a pink outfit and hat holds a bouquet of white flowers.

    Drawings by Eva Gonzalès, Degas, Guercino, Joseph Wright of Derby, and others strengthen Getty Museum collection

In the Headlines

  1. $500,000 Getty Prize grant goes to juvenile justice non-profit the Arts for Healing and Justice Network

    Artist Mark Bradford picked AHJN for the grant because of its work to "transform young people’s lives through the power of arts education”

  2. The Getty Gives $17 Million to Museums for Pacific Standard Time

    In 2024, institutions in Southern California will stage some 60 shows on art and science, from climate change to Indigenous futurism

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    Find press contacts, images, and information for the news media

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