Collections & Acquisitions News
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One Artist Continues Where the Other Left Off
In this new Getty acquisition, Marguerite Gérard and her brother-in-law, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, collaborated on a scene of courtship
Through the Camera’s Lens, Uncover LA’s Vital Role in the Civil Rights Movement
With rarely seen photos, this book highlights the importance of photography in Los Angeles’s fight for equality
Getty Acquires Two 17th-Century Dutch Still Life Paintings
The artworks are the first by each artist to enter Getty’s collection
Getty Acquires Irving Penn‘s Cuzco Work
Landmark donation includes 189 photographs from the artist’s 1948 project
For the Record
By fostering collaboration between art conservation and archival science—two historically distinct fields—practitioners can better protect cultural heritage
Building a Collection
Who chooses the artworks hanging in Getty's galleries? And why those?
Husband-and-Wife Companion Portraits Join the Getty Collection
Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin was renowned for his striking likenesses
Getty Strengthens its Collection with New Acquisitions
Recent additions bolster Getty’s holdings of antiquities, drawings, sculptures, and photographs
The Adventures of Alexander the Great, Medieval-Style
Alexander battles giants and unicorns in this new addition to Getty’s manuscripts collection
Unconventional Animals Lurking in the Getty Collection
Tigers, lions, and camels galore!