Modern & Contemporary Art
Stories about modern and contemporary art, 1800 to today
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Más allá de lo visible en la fotografía mexicana
Estas miradas invitan al espectador a descubrir aquello que puede escapar a primera vista
Beyond the Visible in Mexican Photography
These pictures invite viewers to discover what might not be noticed at first glance
Getty Book on KCS Paniker’s “Written Pictures” Explores Artistic Relationships Across the 20th Century Globe
An important figure in 20th-century Indian modernism, Paniker took inspiration from Paul Klee to make an art entirely his own
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