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

Lumen: Helen Pashgian

August 6, 2024–March 30, 2025
Getty Center

Helen Pashgian’s Untitled (Lens) challenges human perception. The feelings evoked by this meditative sculpture and light installation could be likened to those inspired by medieval sacred spaces that, like Pashgian’s work, use light to take the viewer utterly beyond the outside world, energizing and focusing the mind, and creating transformative experiences.

This installation is part of the exhibition Lumen: The Art and Science of Light.

Media Contact

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

Charles Ross: Spectrum 14

September 10, 2024 – Ongoing
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

Magnified Wonders: An 18th-Century Microscope

September 10, 2024–March 30, 2025
Getty Center

The spectacular French microscope from Getty’s collection is a unique testament to scientific advances and Rococo design in the Age of Enlightenment. It allowed science enthusiasts to immerse themselves in the recently discovered world of the microscopically small. New study and conservation present the cultural and historical context of this magnificent object and reveals its technical complexity in a display which includes its lavish tooled-leather case and specimen slides of natural curiosities.

Media Contacts

Jessica Jurado
(310) 440-6226
jjurado@getty.edu

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

Exploring the Alps

November 12, 2024–April 27, 2025
Getty Center

Based around Giovanni Segantini’s monumental pastel Study for “La Vita” depicting the Alpine peaks that ringed his home in the Engadine Valley in Switzerland, this focused exhibition highlights the different ways in which later 19th-century artists explored and depicted the Alps. Themes include the joys and difficulties of working outdoors and the connections between the land and its inhabitants.

Media Contacts

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

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

Our Voices, Our Getty: Reflecting on Manuscripts

February 4–April 27, 2025
Getty Center

Explore a selection of never-before-seen pages from the Museum’s collection of medieval manuscripts, accompanied by personal interpretations by the Getty’s 2024 participants in the Getty Marrow Undergraduate Internship program. Using nature as a theme, interns reflect on issues ranging from their own relationships to the environment to considerations of contemporary ecological issues, reframing and shedding new light on these historic objects.

Media Contacts

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

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

María Magdalena Campos-Pons: Behold

February 18, 2025–May 4, 2024
Getty Center

Cuban-born Campos-Pons makes vivid photographs, watercolors, installations, and performances that trace the cultural and personal impacts of migration and memory. Her works reflect global histories of labor as they affected her family through enslavement, indenture, and motherhood, emphasizing resilience and respect for her Nigerian and Chinese ancestors. This survey of 35 years of artmaking and activism highlights the interconnectedness between people and their environments, offering an expansive, incisive, and sensorial experience.

Media Contact

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

A Brush with Nature: Romantic Landscape Drawings

February 18–May 25, 2025
Getty Center

Artists in the Romantic period found endless inspiration in the beauty and power of nature. This exhibition highlights how these artists depicted the landscape, from detailed botanical studies to vast vistas. Important Romantic motifs are explored, including the melancholic appeal of ruins and the threat of destructive natural forces. Drawing upon the strengths of the Getty collection, the exhibition features works by important figures in the movement including Caspar David Friedrich, J.M.W Turner, and Théodore Géricault.

Media Contacts

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

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

Gustave Caillebotte: Painting Men

February 25, 2025–May 25, 2025
Getty Center

French painter Gustave Caillebotte’s interest in male subjects sharply distinguishes him from his Impressionist peers. Overwhelmingly, he observed and depicted the men in his life—including his brothers, bachelor friends, fellow sportsmen, and the workers and bourgeois of his neighborhood—and did so in bracingly original paintings that often subverted artistic and gender norms. His distinctive vision of modern masculinity is considered here for the first time in a major international loan exhibition.

Co-organized with the Musée d’Orsay, Paris and the Art Institute of Chicago.

Media Contact

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

Upcoming Exhibitions

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

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

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

Going Places: Travel in the Middle Ages

September 2–November 23, 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

Shannon Iriarte
(310) 440-7303
siriarte@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