Modern & Contemporary Art
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Eight Black Modernist Buildings Receive Getty Support
Grants are part of a partnership with the National Trust for Historic Preservation
The Beauty of Collaboration
Photographer Tim Walker reveals how magic happened during the shoot for his new Getty commission
The Ambitious Plan to Open Up a Treasure Trove of Black History
Check in on the progress of the seven-year project to digitize the Johnson Publishing Company archive
New Volume on Venezuelan Photographer Alfredo Boulton
This title analyzes the full breadth of Boulton’s contributions to Venezuelan art and intellectual culture
Getty Volume Sheds New Light on the Famous Belgian Surrealist’s Artistic Practice and Materials
This volume examines 50 oil paintings made by Magritte between 1921 and 1967
Mercedes Dorame: Woshaa’axre Yaang’aro (Looking Back)
New commission is inaugural project of new contemporary series
New Volume Is a Deep Dive Into Lichtenstein’s Substantial Oeuvre of Outdoor Sculpture
This abundantly illustrated volume is based on extensive archival material, interviews, and technical analyses
The Untold Story of Xerox Art and Its Bold Female Pioneers
Peek inside the art of photocopying
Judith Lauand’s Free Hand
How the only female member of the Brazilian group Ruptura expanded the boundaries of concrete art
New Book Reimagines Representations of Black Subjects in Western Art History
Peter Brathwaite’s innovative homages explore the evolution of Black identity in art history