Sculpture & Decorative Arts
News and stories about sculpture and decorative arts in Getty’s collections and exhibitions
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Four Retro Devices to Ease Your Digital Burnout
Tired of never-ending app updates and bottomless scrolling? Compare your tedious digital devices to these mechanical objects from the Getty Museum’s Decorative Arts collection, hundreds of years old but still working just fine
Hop into These Fancy Historical Beds
Going to sleep in centuries past was a unique adventure
Purrquoise Speaks!
An exclusive, candid chat with Getty’s most famous cat
Preserving Lacquer One Paper-Thin Layer at a Time
How Getty conservators are working to protect an ancient craft
Getty Casting Call for The Odyssey
Meet characters from The Odyssey in the Getty collection
The Unfolding of an Exquisite Mechanical Table
There's more to this 18th-century table than meets the eye
Seven Art-Inspired Hairstyles to Try This Summer
Which looks are your favorites?
Celebrate Bastille Day with Luxurious French Art
In honor of the French Revolution, we look at the extravagance of French monarchs through the ages
“Unrolling” an 18th-Century Porcelain Vase
Inside the photo shoot that turned a round object flat
Infinite Tenderness, Expressed in Stoneware
Young Mother Breastfeeding Her Child by Alexandre Charpentier joins the Getty collection