Current and Upcoming Exhibitions

Getty offers changing exhibitions at both locations year-round, complemented by a wide range of public programs.

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Current Exhibitions

Sculpted Portraits from Ancient Egypt

January 24, 2024–January 25, 2027
Getty Villa

Egypt’s 26th Dynasty (664–526 BCE) was a period of revival and renewal. It marks the last great phase of native pharaonic rule in ancient Egypt and is notable for its exceptional artworks, particularly stone sculpture. The achievements of Egyptian artists of this period are vividly expressed in the sculpted portraits of officials associated with the court and priesthood, which were created to be displayed in tombs and temples.

The works in this exhibition are on special loan from the British Museum, London.

Media Contact

Shannon Iriarte
(310) 440-7303
siriarte@getty.edu

Charles Ross: Spectrum 14

September 10, 2024 – September 13, 2026
Getty Center

Spectrum 14 is a calibrated array of prisms that cast a dazzling display of luminous color across the Museum’s rotunda. Bands of spectral light traverse the space in relation to the sun, which follows a slightly different arc through the sky every day. Over time, Ross’s work changes in response to Earth’s rotational orbit, connecting us to the premodern experience of astronomical observation and calculation that defined cycles of days, seasons, and rituals.

This project was commissioned for PST ART as part of the exhibition Lumen: The Art & Science of Light. This is the second “Rotunda Commission,” a series of art installations inspired by the Getty Museum’s collection, architecture, and site.

Media Contact

Cole Calhoun
(310) 440-7186
ccalhoun@getty.edu

Symbols and Signs: Decoding Medieval Manuscripts

May 20–August 10, 2025
Getty Center

Explore the mysterious world of medieval codes through manuscripts. Learn about the clever configurations of textual and visual elements that medieval scribes and artists deliberately and playfully employed to arrest the attention of readers and engage their minds in deciphering divine and worldly secrets. Intricately interwoven letters, puzzling monograms, cryptic symbols, and more await to be decoded.

Media Contacts

Sidney Kantono
(310) 440-6613
skantono@getty.edu

Shannon Iriarte
(310) 440-7303
siriarte@getty.edu

Artemisia Gentileschi’s Strong Women

June 10, 2025–September 14, 2025
Getty Center

In 2020, a massive explosion in the port of Beirut devastated the city. Among the wreckage was a previously unknown painting by Artemisia Gentileschi, the most celebrated woman painter of 17th-century Italy. Depicting a scene from the Greek myth of Hercules, the severely damaged painting came to Getty for in-depth conservation treatment. In an installation focused on its repair, the restored painting is accompanied by four of Gentileschi’s other paintings, highlighting her special focus on donne forti (strong women) from the classical and biblical traditions.

Media Contact

Cole Calhoun
(310) 440-7186
ccalhoun@getty.edu

$3 Bill: Evidence of Queer Lives

June 10, 2025–September 28, 2025
Getty Center

$3 Bill celebrates the contributions of LGBTQ+ artists in the last century. From pioneers who explored sexual and gender identity in the first half of the 20th century, through the liberation movements and the horrors of the HIV/AIDS epidemics, to today’s more inclusive and expansive understanding of gender, $3 Bill presents a journey of resilience, pride, and beauty.

Media Contact

Valerie Tate
(310) 440-6861
vtate@getty.edu

Queer Lens: A History of Photography

June 17, 2025–September 28, 2025
Getty Center

Since the mid-19th century, photography has served as a powerful tool for examining concepts of gender, sexuality, and self-expression. The immediacy and accessibility of the medium played a transformative role in the gradual proliferation of homosocial, homoerotic, and homosexual imagery. Despite periods of severe homophobia, when many photographs depicting queer life were suppressed or destroyed, this exhibition brings together a variety of evidence to explore the medium’s profound role in shaping and affirming the vibrant tapestry of the LGBTQ+ community.

Media Contact

Valerie Tate
(310) 440-6861
vtate@getty.edu

The Kingdom of Pylos: Warrior-Princes of Ancient Greece

June 25, 2025–January 12, 2026
Getty Villa

Encounter the latest discoveries from Messenia, an epicenter of Mycenaean civilization in Late Bronze Age Greece, displayed for the first time outside Europe. Archaeology and cutting-edge science reveal the world of the Griffin Warrior, whose grave held offerings of incomparable artistry. Princely burials in monumental tombs reflect a society that came to be ruled by the Palace of Nestor in ancient Pylos. Carved sealstones, goldwork, elaborate weapons, and wall paintings accompany inscribed tablets that document the final year of a powerful kingdom.

Media Contact

Shannon Iriarte
(310) 440-7303
siriarte@getty.edu

Lines of Connection: Drawing and Printmaking

July 1–September 14, 2025 Getty Center

In Europe, drawing and printmaking have rich interconnected histories evolving from the 15th century—when drawing and printing on paper rose to prominence—to the 19th, when photography and notions of originality significantly altered their relationship. This major loan exhibition tells the story of how artists have worked creatively on paper, crossing boundaries between media and challenging traditions. In addition, see large-scale prints and drawings by LA-based Toba Khedoori, who works across the two media.

Media Contact

Sidney Kantono
(310) 440-6613
skantono@getty.edu

Upcoming Exhibitions

Going Places: Travel in the Middle Ages

September 2–November 30, 2025 Getty Center

In medieval art, the act of movement from one place to another was conceptualized in a variety of imaginative forms. Featuring manuscripts from the Getty’s collection, this exhibition explores the reasons for travel, different modes of medieval travel, and examples of typical travelers. Illustrations often accurately documented the realities of travel and prompted viewers to travel virtually through their imaginations. The exhibition showcases the wide variety of contexts for medieval movement, from religious travel to diplomacy, trade, exploration, and exploitation.

Media Contacts

Sidney Kantono
(310) 440-6613
skantono@getty.edu

Learning to Draw

October 21, 2025–January 25, 2026 Getty Center

Drawing is a skill, gained like any other through study and practice. Combining the movement of the hand with the dedication of the mind, drawing was considered the foundation of the arts of painting, sculpture, and architecture since the Renaissance. Proficiency in drawing was critical for exploring, inventing, and communicating ideas visually, but how was this foundational ability actually learned? This exhibition explores artistic training and the mastery of drawing in Europe from about 1550 to 1850.

Media Contact

Sidney Kantono
(310) 440-6613
skantono@getty.edu

How to Be a Guerrilla Girl

November 18, 2025–April 12,2026
Getty Center

How to Be a Guerrilla Girl presents the inner workings of the anonymous feminist art collective alongside a new commission at the Getty Research Institute. Drawing on the Guerrilla Girls’ archive, the exhibition explores the steps the group took to create their eye-catching and humorous public interventions. The exhibition places the Guerrilla Girls’ well-known posters in the broader context of their data research, protest actions, culture jamming, and distribution methods. Coinciding with the Guerrilla Girls’ 40th anniversary, the exhibition tells the story of their collaborative process and longstanding commitment to call for equity for women and artists of color in the art world.

Media Contact

Valerie Tate
(310) 440-6861
vtate@getty.edu

Beginnings: The Story of the Creation in the Middle Ages

January 27–April 19, 2026
Getty Center

Creation stories imagine the world’s origins, often leading to a shared cultural vision of identity and values. For medieval Christians, the Biblical story of the seven days of Creation was essential to understanding the natural and spiritual realms, as well as humanity’s role in bridging the two. This exhibition features objects from Getty’s manuscripts collection alongside contemporary artworks to explore how the Biblical Creation was visualized, represented, and interpreted both in the Middle Ages and today.

Media Contacts

Sidney Kantono
(310) 440-6613
skantono@getty.edu

Virtue and Vice

February 3–June 7, 2026
Getty Center

This rotation from Getty’s collection explores how European artists from the 16th to 19th centuries made drawings to criticize bad behavior as well as praise virtuous deeds. Drawings of proper and improper conduct range from straightforward examples (charity, lust, and greed) to complex allegories (virtue, decadence, and friendship). Whether warning against sinful ways or celebrating how one should behave, drawings visualized moral codes, political ideologies, and social norms.

Media Contacts

Sidney Kantono
(310) 440-6613
skantono@getty.edu

Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955–1985

February 24–May 24, 2026
Getty Center

Amid the turbulent decades of the mid-20th century, African American and Afro-Atlantic diaspora artists sought to celebrate a distinctly Black culture and advance the struggle for civil rights. Photographic images contributed in myriad ways to the lively exchange of pan-African ideas that propelled the Black Arts Movement. See how an incredible range of artists and activists—from studio and street photographers to graphic designers and community organizers—used photography as a tool for social change.

Media Contact

Valerie Tate
(310) 440-6861
vtate@getty.edu

Instante/revelación: Mexican Photographs from the Greenberg-Steinhauser Collection

July 7–September 27, 2026
Getty Center

Exploring the rich tapestry of cultural and artistic dialogues that have shaped Mexico's photographic history, this exhibition spans the last century and features works by thirteen prominent photographers, including Lola and Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Graciela Iturbide, and Pablo Ortiz Monasterio, among others. The photographs, donated to the Getty Museum over the past 25 years, are accompanied by key publications they circulated in, thereby recording the instants and revelations of these remarkable creative decades.

Media Contact

Valerie Tate
(310) 440-6861
vtate@getty.edu

“Every minute is history”: Five Views of Los Angeles

July 7–September 27, 2026
Getty Center

Discover the work of five photographers whose distinct approaches to the medium helped expand traditional representations of Chicano/a communities in Los Angeles during the second half of the 20th century. Drawing from a wide range of influences, including social documentary practices, staged scenes, fashion and the popular press, these artists—Laura Aguilar, Reynaldo Rivera, George Rodriguez, Patssi Valdez, and Ricardo Valverde—pushed the medium in new and often provocative directions.

Media Contact

Valerie Tate
(310) 440-6861
vtate@getty.edu