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  1. When Artworks, Cherished Objects, and Children’s Toys Are Fire Survivors Too

    A person wearing black rubber gloves holds up a toy truck covered in debris.

    Getty’s Fire Recovery Conservation Clinic provided triage for belongings—and healing for victims

  2. The Tiny Stones That Tell Big Stories

    Engraved agate sealstone carved with a combat scene.

    Take a closer look at ancient Mycenaean and Minoan sealstones and how artisans and researchers are still trying to solve their mysteries

  3. Conserving Art’s Sensory Experiences

    art installation that looks like a multicolored cave, with a tall opening and bits of colorful cloth woven around the outside

    Unraveling how we perceive multisensory artworks (like those at the Wired for Wonder exhibition) helps create more nuanced conservation strategies

  4. How Forensics, Fine Art, and the Greek Soccer Team Revealed the Face of a 3,500-Year-Old Warrior

    A bald man is shown from the back, using a haptic device and two computer screens, one with a man's face that looks like it's made of clay; behind that, a man with a realistic face and long curly hair

    A Bronze Age warrior with a fascinating backstory arrives at the Getty Villa Museum

  5. In the Algorithm’s Eyes, “We Are Already Plants”

    A green plant sits under lamps, entwined with colorful balls of light handing from the ceiling

    Slovenian bio artist Špela Petrič explores the vegetal world with artificial intelligence (AI), speculating that humans have more in common with plants than we think

  6. The Woman Who Painted Marie-Antoinette

    painting of a woman wearing a purple dress and straw hat with a large feather and flowers, holding a paintbrush and palette in her arm

    How the partnership between Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun and the queen of France began as an exhilarating adventure and ended in tragedy

  7. The Fabulous Fashion of Eunice W. Johnson

    A group of women wearing brightly colored dresses for a fashion show

    For the glamorous cofounder of Ebony and Jet, haute couture was about much more than looking good

  8. A Playlist to Channel Your Inner Strong Woman

    painting of a woman looking up, while holding a knife to her bare chest

    Inspired by the art and life of Artemisia Gentileschi, one of art history's most formidable women

  9. Dress Code: Drag

    Black and white photograph of dark-skinned person with arms spread wide to reveal luxurious evening wear

    In the Johnson Publishing Company Archive, you’ll find photographs of 1950s' drag performers striking a pose at grand balls

  10. Getty à la Mode

    A medieval illumination of lords and ladies in a hall. The women wear tall pointed princess hats.

    What fashion trends are captured in Getty’s collections? Five curators choose favorites from antiquity through the 18th century