Art & Architecture

Stories about our collections, exhibitions, and the creative process

Featured Stories

Mail Art Takes On the World

A grid of postage stamps from Argentina with photographs of mouths open wide, showing their teeth.

How Latinx and Latin American women led a revolution by mail

Building a Collection

A painting of a dense forest of green and brown trees.

Who chooses the artworks hanging in Getty's galleries? And why those?

An Artist, Histories, and Community: Coming Together Around Kerry James Marshall

Marshall’s work reveals the resilience and complexity of the Black diaspora

Latest

  1. Sights and Sounds of the Revolution

    woman with long braids wearing headphones, in a room with artwork on the walls and DJ equipment in the background

    KCRW DJ Novena Carmel discusses art and activism and crafts her own playlist inspired by the Black Arts Movement

    Feb 20, 2026

  2. Right Hand Man

    Free-form sketch of the Walt Disney Concert Hall on paper.

    How Frank Gehry’s sketching practice lent a musicality to his buildings

    Feb 18, 2026

  3. Inside a Modernist Beacon in Koreatown

    Street view of a white building with decorative concrete screens.

    A Getty grant is helping a historic church designed by “Hollywood’s architect” to better serve its community

    Feb 18, 2026

  4. Three Major Los Angeles Art Institutions Celebrate Paul R. Williams

    A negative space drawing of a church with figures of attendees, green trees, and blue sky.

    Getty, LACMA, and USC Fisher Museum of Art present a landmark, multi-site exhibition series honoring the life and work of groundbreaking architect Paul R. Williams.

    Feb 18, 2026

  5. Recreating the Beginning

    painting featuring a woman in profile from mid-chest up, surrounded by gold round emblems featuring different symbols

    Artist Harmonia Rosales infuses her medieval-inspired paintings with West African Yoruba mythology to tell a different creation story

    Feb 17, 2026

  6. What Do Bird Feathers Have to Do with Art?

    A brunette woman holding a magnifying glass smiles at a watercolor painting of a colorful bird.

    Find out on Becoming Artsy, Season Five, Episode Three

    Feb 12, 2026

  7. The Good, the Bad, and the Beautifully Drawn at Getty

    New drawings exhibition examines how European artists depicted good and bad behavior

    Feb 12, 2026

  8. Galloping into Lunar New Year: Fascinating Horse Imagery in Medieval Manuscripts

    A detail of a horse drawn on manuscript in tempera colors and gold and silver paint.

    The horse is a potent symbol of vitality, strength, and transformation

    Feb 11, 2026

  9. 14 Movies to Stream about Art and Love

    A woman wearing a red dress and flower in her hair looks up into the eyes of a man leaning over for a kiss.

    Add these films to your Valentine’s Day watch list

    Feb 10, 2026

  10. Current and Upcoming Exhibitions

    Purple flowers with bright green leaves and stems.

    For journalists, a frequently updated list with press contacts for current and upcoming exhibitions at the Getty Center and Getty Villa Museum

    Feb 10, 2026