Art & Architecture

Stories about our collections, exhibitions, and the creative process

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Gardeners of Counterspace

Two people positioned among foliage in front of a crypt portico with two Greek columns with display of photographic images

How an art collective created community in the heart of 1980s East Berlin

Capturing the Artist’s Perspective

Brightly colored fuzzy video still of Ulysses Jenkins wearing head wrap in close up with a purple background

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

Modern Architecture Needs Protecting Too

The next generation of conservators gathered in LA—an essentially 20th-century city—for a course in preserving newer gems of cultural heritage

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  1. Made to Fade

    Two photos side by side: the left is a sepia-toned screenshot of a web browser showing a hand facing palm out and the webpage title Artform; on right is of a negative on desk under lamp with red light

    For Phil Chang, the art of these photographs is in their disappearance

    Apr 24, 2024

  2. Blood Makes Noise

    An illuminated page. Jesus and a man in a red cloak walk with a crowd behind him. Jesus is covered in bleeding wounds. Headphones are Photoshopped onto his head, an iPhone is Photoshopped in his hand.

    Take a listen to this playlist inspired by the themes in Blood: Medieval/Modern

    Apr 24, 2024

  3. Getty Returns Ancient Bronze Head to Türkiye

    A green and bronze cast of a man's head with curly hair, with hollow eyes.

    Head from a Statue of a Youth has been taken off view at the Getty Villa Museum

    Apr 24, 2024

  4. A Chandelier Occupied by Fish

    A detail of an ornate chandelier. In a clear bowl at its base are two photoshopped fish

    The story behind the unusual form of a French chandelier made in the early 1800s

    Apr 18, 2024

  5. Photography Testing, Testing, One, Two, Three

    Four women wearing dresses and bonnets sit around a small table in a garden, next to trees and a high stone wall

    How we decided whether it was safe to display 150-year-old photos

    Apr 17, 2024

  6. A Female Renaissance Painter Receives Her Due

    An oil painting of a woman painting a painting of a woman kissing a small child

    New Getty publications reframe the careers of two underrecognized women artists from the Renaissance and Baroque eras

    Apr 16, 2024

  7. Driving around LA with Ed Ruscha

    A black and white photograph of a man with sunglasses driving a pickup truck while two other men stand in the back with a mounted camera.

    With a retrospective coming to LACMA this April, explore the artist’s sprawling Streets of LA archive

    Apr 11, 2024

  8. The Real Woman Behind the Manet Painting

    A colorful painting of a woman with a parasol and beautiful dress, next to a black and white portrait of a woman in a beautiful dress and ornate hat

    Curators delve into the identity of the model who posed for Spring

    Apr 10, 2024

  9. New Book Explores Fascinating History of Art Dealers in Transatlantic Art Market

    Money in the Air book cover

    This new volume draws on dealer archives to illuminate the establishment of the American art world

    Apr 05, 2024

  10. Hippolyte Bayard: A Persistent Pioneer

    A sepia-toned photograph of a man standing in front of a gridded trellis with gardening tools to his left. He leans on a rain barrel.

    Exhibition presents an extraordinarily rare opportunity to view some of Bayard’s highly fragile photographs dating from the 1840s

    Apr 04, 2024