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New Volume Advances Granite Conservation for Historic Structures Worldwide
Uniting research and fieldwork, Getty book provides practical tools for conserving granite in built heritage
Young-Adult Book on Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun Highlights Her Extraordinary Achievements
The favorite artist of Marie Antoinette overcame gender barriers, personal heartbreak, and political turmoil to become one of the greatest portrait painters of all time
New Volume Explores Ed Ruscha’s Streets of Los Angeles Archive
Containing over 900,000 images, the artist’s archive is emblematic of his oeuvre
An Enlightened Approach to Preserving the Past
See how the microfading tester helps conserve color in heritage objects
And Now for the Female Gaze
Cynthia MacAdams’s photographs show us what a freer future looks like
The Colorful Geometry of Franklin D. Israel’s LA
In the 1980s and ’90s, a small group of architects, including Franklin D. Israel, left a vibrant, playful mark on Los Angeles
Reopening the Getty Villa Museum after the Palisades Fire
Peek into the five-month cleanup and the effort to create an even more fire-resistant site
Getty Receives Transformative Gift of Rare Italian Manuscript Illuminations
The donation further enhances the Getty’s manuscripts collection and is the largest gift of works of art to the Museum in decades
The Little-Known History of a Lost Earthwork
Andy Goldsworthy’s sculpture in the Getty Library was created to catch the light of the solstice—but then the unexpected struck
Makers' Marks
Getty curators explore the meaning behind artists’ signatures—those flamboyant, modest, or provocatively hidden final flourishes