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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
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
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
The Personal Side of the Johnson Publishing Company
The “JPC,” publisher of Ebony, Jet, and other magazines celebrating the Black American community, took good care of its staff, too
Why I Was Late to the Office
Photo postcards were the social media posts of the early 20th century
Inside the Guerrilla Girls’s Collective Practice
A new Getty show celebrates 40 years of an anonymous collective’s activism against inequity in the art world
Getty Names Joan Weinstein to Newly Created Role Overseeing Institution-Wide Program Planning
Weinstein to continue as Getty Foundation director until a successor is appointed