Modern & Contemporary Art

Stories about modern and contemporary art, 1800 to today

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  1. 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

    Apr 29, 2025

  2. A Paint Out

    Painting of a giant wave, with blue and green colors and white foam, and a tiny surfer at the crest of the wave

    How Raymond Pettibon’s painting methods were recorded in real time to aid future conservation efforts

    Apr 24, 2025

  3. 12 Great Art Movies and Shows to Stream Right Now

    A middle age man with a cigarette hanging from his mouth stands against a dark blue sky with enlarged sparks flying in front of his face

    Getty staff picks include a satirical horror thriller, a glass-blowing competition show, and Orson Welles’s final film

    Mar 20, 2025

  4. Getty Acquires Archive of Raymond Pettibon

    Concert poster for the Black Flag at the Starwood. A Jesus figure is nailed to a cross and another man hammers the nails in to Jesus.

    Archive covers the Southern California artist’s early practice in the late 1970s to the present day

    Mar 11, 2025

  5. Protecting a Legacy of African American Art

    LeRonn Brooks stands with arms crossed between two rows of storage lockers which have multicolored papers stuck to them

    After immersing himself in the New York City art scene, LeRonn Brooks is now building an African American art history archive at Getty

    Feb 12, 2025

  6. Getty Presents María Magdalena Campos-Pons: Behold

    Side-by-side photographs in black surrounds of a woman painted with white brushstrokes leans back with a floral linen head wrapping. In her left arm she holds up long-stemmed white flowers.

    Acclaimed exhibition heads to its only the West Coast venue

    Feb 10, 2025

  7. An Abolitionist Pod Grows in Inglewood

    Two people stand in front of a white art gallery in front of a 1950s-style sign that advertises a grocery store called Crenshaw Dairy Mart

    Crenshaw Dairy Mart plants the seeds for liberation

    Jan 30, 2025

  8. What Does It Mean to Be from LA?

    Street map of Los Angeles, with background in yellow and major streets and freeways in white, with neighborhoods labeled

    Alta combines genetic science, photographic portraits, and oral storytelling to tell a deeper story of LA

    Jan 28, 2025

  9. The Art of Action

    A group of people lay on a grassy area, spelling the words "Aguas Para a Vida" with their bodies

    PST ART exhibitions go all in for climate and environmental justice

    Jan 10, 2025

  10. In Their Own Words

    A woman in a bright orange sweatshirt and gray sweatpants stands in a foggy coastal brush with an ultramarine stripe at her foot that extends over the brush like a trail

    In the YouTube series Artist Dialogues, contemporary creators get real about the unique challenges of conserving their art

    Nov 27, 2024