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This LA Map Has No Freeways
A 1927 map tells stories of Los Angeles before widespread automobile adoption, including historical injustices
When Is Painting Men a Revolutionary Act?
We asked Paul Perrin of the Musée d’Orsay and art historian Jonathan Katz why this was a radical act in 19th-century France.
A Maze Where Every Path Is Correct
Kidspace’s Wired for Wonder fosters multisensory visitor experiences that provide open, curious—and sometimes smelly—connections to art and science
What is Off the 405
Who’s there, what are they wearing, what should I bring? We’re answering all of your questions before you come.
The City, Through Her Eyes
From Buenos Aires to Dublin, explore the world’s cities through photobooks
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Chasing Rainbows
Charles Ross has created solar spectra around the world for six decades; now Getty Center visitors can experience—or even bathe themselves in—his giant spills of rainbow
A Paint Out
How Raymond Pettibon’s painting methods were recorded in real time to aid future conservation efforts
Untold Stories
It’s hard to access archives of Black art—Getty wants to change that
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