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Current and Upcoming Exhibitions
For journalists, a frequently updated list with press contacts for current and upcoming exhibitions at the Getty Center and Getty Villa Museum
New Open-Access Book Reframes Emotion and Identity in African Masquerade
In this groundbreaking book, Z. S. Strother disputes assumptions that masks universally hide, reveal, or transform
Dress Code: Drag
In the Johnson Publishing Company Archive, you’ll find photographs of 1950s' drag performers striking a pose at grand balls
Take a Paul R. Williams Tour of Palm Springs
You can still visit four of the pioneering architect’s buildings today
El arte postal se apodera del mundo
Cómo las latinas y los latinos lideraron una revolución por correo
Mail Art Takes On the World
How Latinx and Latin American women led a revolution by mail
An Artist, Histories, and Community: Coming Together Around Kerry James Marshall
Marshall’s work reveals the resilience and complexity of the Black diaspora
How Libraries Pave the Way for Future Scholars of African Art
Scholars’ collections help cultivate the next generation of researchers
Art World, Roxane Gay Is Ready to Discuss Your Grade
We asked acclaimed author and cultural critic Roxane Gay for her thoughts on the Guerrilla Girls—an anonymous art collective with a 40-year history—and how art activism can push museums, and the wider world, toward equity for all
Saving Lost Feminist Video Letters
A Getty conservator preserves rare pieces of guerrilla media