Modern & Contemporary Art
Stories about modern and contemporary art, 1800 to today
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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
How to Be a Guerrilla Girl
An exhibition celebrating 40 years of art, activism, and anonymity
Remembering Getty Trustee Emerita Agnes Gund
The philanthropist and leader used art to champion equity and social justice
Conserving Art’s Sensory Experiences
Unraveling how we perceive multisensory artworks (like those at the Wired for Wonder exhibition) helps create more nuanced conservation strategies
The Fabulous Fashion of Eunice W. Johnson
For the glamorous cofounder of Ebony and Jet, haute couture was about much more than looking good
Idurre Alonso Appointed to Head of Modern and Contemporary Collections at the Getty Research Institute
Ms. Alonso will oversee the GRI’s largest collecting area and will supervise associated curators and staff
The Little-Known History of a Lost Earthwork
Andy Goldsworthy’s sculpture in the Getty Library was created to catch the light of the solstice—but then the unexpected struck
In Search of the Stars (and Our Place in the Cosmos)
Becoming Artsy, Episode 405
The Art of Science
Getty’s upgraded science labs to advance conservation research
A Maze Where Every Path Is Correct
Kidspace’s Wired for Wonder fosters multisensory visitor experiences that provide open, curious—and sometimes smelly—connections to art and science