Modern & Contemporary Art
Stories about modern and contemporary art, 1800 to today
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Born Again

All kinds of creative people—including mixed-media artist Susan Hannon—call LA home, and many make regular visits to the Getty Center or Getty Villa for inspiration
“Let Me Get to Work"

Photographer Coreen Simpson reflects on five decades of documenting Black culture
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
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