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No Wave: The Discordant Sound of Downtown New York in the 1970s

A short haired woman wearing a tuxedo holds up air quotes with her hands as she speaks into a microphone on a dark stage.

Insect sounds, a Mickey Mouse drum kit, and sci-fi informed our no wave playlist

Revealing the Secrets of a 16th-Century Painting

painting of the virgin, mary magdalene, baby jesus, and saint john the baptist in a wood frame hanging on a gallery wall

Explore the elaborate details that make this artwork one of a Getty curator’s favorites

The Face on the Leaf

Accra Shepp reveals how he prints photographs on plant leaves, a unique process that he perfected

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  1. Date with a Dish

    Monochrome bronze kitchen with a central stove-top island in an enclosed oval room with decorative swirl patterns on the walls with a large light as part of the ceiling.

    Celebrating Freda DeKnight, one of the many culinary stars whose work can be discovered in the Johnson Publishing Company Archive

    Nov 11, 2026

  2. Food During Wartime

    Black and white image of a couple sorting through food rations.

    Inside a World War II-era cookbook

    Nov 10, 2026

  3. Getty anuncia un importante proyecto para conservar una de las iglesias sagradas del siglo XVII en Perú

    Two people light candles at a church altar with flowers surrounding an image of the Crucifixion. The room features wall paintings of biblical scenes and figures, with sections of exposed brick.

    El proyecto apoyará el refuerzo antisísmico y la conservación de la Iglesia de Rondocan y su colección, incluida una serie de pinturas de Bernardo Bitti que se creían perdidas

    Nov 9, 2026

  4. Getty Announces Major Project to Conserve One of Peru’s Sacred 17th-Century Churches

    Two people light candles at a church altar with flowers surrounding an image of the Crucifixion. The room features wall paintings of biblical scenes and figures, with sections of exposed brick.

    Project will support seismic retrofitting and conservation of the Church of Rondocan and its collection, including a painting series by Bernardo Bitti once thought lost

    Nov 9, 2026

  5. Más allá de lo visible en la fotografía mexicana

    Two people in suits stand in front of a painting hung on stonework wall.

    Estas miradas invitan al espectador a descubrir aquello que puede escapar a primera vista

    Nov 5, 2026

  6. Beyond the Visible in Mexican Photography

    Two people in suits stand in front of a painting hung on stonework wall.

    These pictures invite viewers to discover what might not be noticed at first glance

    Nov 5, 2026

  7. Recetas como memoria

    Bricia Lopez standing at a table, smelling an herb, with dried chiles and various vegetables on the table

    Para la chef Bricia López, del restaurante Guelaguetza, la comida puede preservar los recuerdos de una familia y de toda una cultura.

    Nov 4, 2026

  8. Recipes as Remembrances

    Bricia Lopez standing at a table, smelling an herb, with dried chiles and various vegetables on the table

    For chef Bricia López of Guelaguetza restaurant, food can preserve the memories of a family—and an entire culture

    Nov 4, 2026

  9. These Are a Few of Our Favorite Things

    A still life painting of assorted fruit displayed in ceramic bowls, a wooden board, and around a table covered in white tablecloth.

    We asked four Getty Museum curators to tell us about one particularly intriguing, exquisite, or amusing food-related object in our collections

    Nov 3, 2026

  10. Getty Exhibition Shines Light on Luminous Candlelights by Joseph Wright of Derby

    Dark, shadowed painting of a man in a bold, red coat seated beside a group of adults and children observing a curved model of a solar system.

    A recently rediscovered candlelight painting to be reunited with some of the artist’s most fascinating works

    Oct 29, 2026