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  1. Capturing the Artist’s Perspective

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    How Getty’s African American Art History Initiative is making history

    Feb 21, 2024

  2. How Ancient Romans Used the Getty Villa Herb Garden

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    These practical plantings had interesting uses

    Feb 08, 2024

  3. What’s Your Favorite Part of Visiting the Getty Villa?

    A couple, a dark-skinned woman wearing a colorful headscarf and medium-skin tone man wearing a loose, white button down, look at a large brown and black vase in a museum gallery

    We asked visitors what stood out to them during their visit

    Feb 07, 2024

  4. How to Download Art for Free

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    Love Vincent van Gogh’s Irises? You’re in luck.

    Feb 01, 2024

  5. Things to Do at the Getty Villa

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    Join in on the fun as we celebrate 50 years in Los Angeles

    Jan 23, 2024

  6. This Artwork Changed My Life

    A child with a face mask and ribbon in her curly hair poses in front of Van Gogh's Irises and holds up her own artistic rendition of the painting on a clipboard.

    We hear from museum visitors on paintings, sculpture, and artworks they were most touched by

    Sep 13, 2023

  7. What If You Lived in the Middle Ages?

    A young person plays checkers in an art gallery filled with manuscripts

    We asked young Getty visitors, “What would you have liked or not liked about life back then?”

    Aug 02, 2023

  8. On Creativity

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    Notes from our readers on finding inspiration in unexpected places

    May 25, 2023

  9. In the Kitchen with Getty Restaurant’s Head Chef

    A chef prepares a pasta dish from scratch in a restaurant kitchen

    Patrick Florendo creates seasonal, refined dishes with a relaxed, home-cooked vibe

    May 16, 2023

  10. How Are You Creative?

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    Getty Center visitors on finding inspiration in nature, self-expression, and circuitry

    May 02, 2023