Modern & Contemporary Art
Stories about modern and contemporary art, 1800 to today
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Remembering the Creativity and Humor of David Hockney

Getty curators look back at two exhibitions that celebrated his 80th birthday
The Mary Cassatt You Thought You Knew Was Only Part of the Story

Groundbreaking new book challenges more than a century of misconceptions about one of Impressionism’s most revolutionary artists
Postales del Pacífico

Estas imágenes retrataron el auge de Malibú como destino internacional del surf
Postcards from the Pacific

These images captured Malibu as it crested into an international surfing destination
Breast Dressed

Restoring one of Getty’s most unique treasures
Finding the Sublime in Storage

How the most unwieldy object in Raymond Pettibon’s archive illuminates the artist’s career-long plunge into uncharted waters
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
The Art of Queer Punk Rock

Inside the campy world of Off the 405 band Hunx and His Punx
The Woman Who Shaped a Generation of American Ads

Photographer Barbara DuMetz reflects on over 40 years of championing diversity in commercial photography
The Art of Therapy

The healing power of art is well documented, but what about the work made during therapy? The answer could change how we think about art