Art & Architecture

Stories about our collections, exhibitions, and the creative process

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  1. The Woman Who Shaped a Generation of American Ads

    woman leaning on a table behind a large camera, with a vase of flowers, bowl of fruit, and basket of bread on the table and photography lights above

    Photographer Barbara DuMetz reflects on over 40 years of championing diversity in commercial photography

  2. Getty Awards $1.8M to Increase Access to Black Visual Arts Archives

    A woman paints on a canvas in a studio with a kitten sitting on her shoulder.

    Critical support for eight new projects will activate essential documents of the history of Black art in the U.S.

  3. Why Were These Two Women Nearly Written Out of Art History?

    elaborate gold framed painting depicting woman wearing a green dress and ribbon holding an artist's palette and paintbrush, next to a portrait of a woman sitting in a chair holding an artist's palette

    Meet Michaelina Wautier and Anne Vallayer-Coster, expert painters who are only now getting their due

  4. 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

  5. If Walls Could Talk

    A black-and-white photo of a large group of people standing outside the art deco facade of Clifton's cafeteria.

    Conserving buildings central to African American history—including the safe havens listed in a guidebook for Black travelers—tells a fuller, more honest American story

  6. Inside the Frame

    Three people sit on the trunk of a car along a city road.

    By pointing the camera at his friends, Jerry McMillan produced a portrait of the Los Angeles art scene as essential as any painting

  7. Infinite Tenderness, Expressed in Stoneware

    A stone relief sculpture of a profile of a woman sitting on a chair breastfeeding her baby.

    Young Mother Breastfeeding Her Child by Alexandre Charpentier joins the Getty collection

  8. ¿Cómo era la vida de los niños en la Edad Media?

    manuscript illustration depicting a group of boys watching and cheering for two other boys who are riding on barrels and using spears to pretend to joust, with one boy falling off his barrel

    Nuestros medievalistas responden a las preguntas que nos hicieron nuestros seguidores en las redes sociales

  9. Can You Tell Right from Wrong in These Drawings?

    17th-century Dutch and Flemish artists took the call to instruct—and amuse—seriously

  10. The Art of Therapy

    People in a room with shelves and large tabletop counters covered in foam look at artworks and newspaper clippings

    The healing power of art is well documented, but what about the work made during therapy? The answer could change how we think about art