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Made to Fade
For Phil Chang, the art of these photographs is in their disappearance
Getty Returns Ancient Bronze Head to Türkiye
Head from a Statue of a Youth has been taken off view at the Getty Villa Museum
Getty Acquires Painting by Bartolomeo Manfredi
The playful genre painting bolsters Getty’s collection of works by Caravaggio’s followers
Photography Testing, Testing, One, Two, Three
How we decided whether it was safe to display 150-year-old photos
The 19th-Century Selfie Pioneer
Before Instagram influencers, there was Hippolyte Bayard
Getty Acquires Painting by Sophie Fremiet
The first painting by Fremiet to enter a U.S. museum, Portrait of a Woman strengthens Getty’s collection of neoclassical art
Hippolyte Bayard: A Persistent Pioneer
Exhibition presents an extraordinarily rare opportunity to view some of Bayard’s highly fragile photographs dating from the 1840s
Nineteenth-Century Photography Now
Explore historical photography through a contemporary lens
How to Drink Like an Ancient Roman
With Getty-Villa inspired cocktails, spirits, and spritzers
Getty Exhibits Greek, Maya, and Moche Painted Pottery Side-By-Side for the First Time
More than 40 ancient painted vessels from three cultures will be on view at the Getty Villa until July 29