Art & Architecture

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Odilon Redon’s Dark Humor and Darker Worlds

Skeletons against a black background.

How Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Darwin, and other 19th-century luminaries influenced French Symbolist artist Odilon Redon

Breast Dressed

A person uses tools to remove a rubber breast from a fabric dress in a lab.

Restoring one of Getty’s most unique treasures

The Unfolding of an Exquisite Mechanical Table

There's more to this 18th-century table than meets the eye

Latest

  1. An Investigation of a Self-Portrait by Edgar Degas

    A person uses a q-tip to clean a small unframed portrait on an easel in a large, sunlit room.

    Why was the surface of Degas’s painting looking cloudy? Why did he use himself as a model, and what’s that red area along the lower edge of the work? Getty staff wanted answers

    Aug 20, 2026

  2. 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

    Aug 12, 2026

  3. A Totally Tubular Surfing Playlist

    A black and white image of five young men in plaid shirts all holding a surfboard and smiling at the camera.

    Songs to surf—or boogie—to

    Aug 11, 2026

  4. Photography / Fotografía: Los Ángeles y México en Getty Instante/revelación: Moments in Mexican Photography

    A black-and-white photograph of a woman leaning out of a window, she and the surrounding building are shadowed in a cross-hatch lattice.

    La exposición explora el rico entramado de diálogos culturales y artísticos que han dado forma a la historia fotográfica de México

    Aug 11, 2026

  5. Photography / Fotografía: LA and México at Getty “Instante/revelación: Moments in Mexican Photography”

    A black-and-white photograph of a woman leaning out of a window, she and the surrounding building are shadowed in a cross-hatch lattice.

    Exhibition explores the rich tapestry of cultural and artistic dialogues that have shaped Mexico’s photographic history

    Aug 11, 2026

  6. New Acquisitions on View: Paintings by Georges Lemmen and Peder Balke

    Two paintings side by side, one of a woman crocheting and the other of a moon-lit coast with boats.

    These paintings are small—but powerful

    Aug 5, 2026

  7. Postales del Pacífico

    Photographic square print of a beautiful sunrise, with lavender, blood orange, and fuchsia hues cascading across the sky and reflecting on the shimmering ocean.

    Estas imágenes retrataron el auge de Malibú como destino internacional del surf

    Aug 4, 2026

  8. Postcards from the Pacific

    Photographic square print of a beautiful sunrise, with lavender, blood orange, and fuchsia hues cascading across the sky and reflecting on the shimmering ocean.

    These images captured Malibu as it crested into an international surfing destination

    Aug 4, 2026

  9. Harry Gesner’s Buildings “Surf” the California Hillsides

    A circular home with a wraparound deck and a green tiled roof emerges from foliage above the ocean.

    How a modernist architect linked the natural and built environments

    Jul 28, 2026

  10. Getty Presents “The Making of a Medieval Manuscript”

    Manuscript illumination of a haloed figure sitting at a stand with writing implements in hand.

    Exhibition features the in-depth process of creating medieval books

    Jul 27, 2026