Art & Architecture

Stories about our collections, exhibitions, and the creative process

Featured Stories

This Moment Will Never Happen Again

A man with gray hair, glasses, and a khaki-colored jacket stands in front of a door holding a camera

Anthony Friedkin captured a powerful split second in LGBTQ history

What Does It Mean to Be from LA?

Street map of Los Angeles, with background in yellow and major streets and freeways in white, with neighborhoods labeled

Alta combines genetic science, photographic portraits, and oral storytelling to tell a deeper story of LA

Take a Paul R. Williams Tour of Palm Springs

You can still visit four of the pioneering architect’s buildings today

Latest

  1. Gesina ter Borch Is No Longer Just a Footnote in Her Brother's Story

    Watercolor painting of a woman wearing a red skirt and black coat, carving onto the trunk of a tree, next to a country road alongside a body of water with buildings in the distance

    Meet the 17th-century Dutch watercolorist, calligrapher, and archivist

    Mar 18, 2025

  2. What They Saw: Historical Photobooks by Women Comes to Getty

    A couple piles of colorful photo books sits on a table in front of a large window

    Engage, Touch, Read, See at the Getty Library
    April 8 – May 11, 2025

    Mar 12, 2025

  3. Getty Acquires Archive of Raymond Pettibon

    Concert poster for the Black Flag at the Starwood. A Jesus figure is nailed to a cross and another man hammers the nails in to Jesus.

    Archive covers the Southern California artist’s early practice in the late 1970s to the present day

    Mar 11, 2025

  4. Thrace’s Gold Glimmers Anew

    A collection of gold objects, mostly serving vessels with intricate carvings

    The Getty Villa‘s special exhibition, Ancient Thrace and the Classical World: Treasures from Bulgaria, Romania, and Greece was prematurely closed on January 7, 2025 due to the Palisades Fire. But you can still read on to discover the fascinating treasures of an ancient region spanning present-day Bulgaria, and parts of Romania, Greece, and Turkey

    Feb 27, 2025

  5. Art That’s Fit for a Queen

    A light blue vase depicting a woman holding a vessel in her left and with her right arm outstretched

    For royal women of ancient Greece, art and power went hand in hand

    Feb 26, 2025

  6. Emerson Bowyer and Anne-Lise Desmas Win 2025 Alfred H. Barr Jr. Award for "Camille Claudel"

    Camille Claudel book cover

    Curators Emerson Bowyer and Anne-Lise Desmas have won the College Art Association’s (CAA) prestigious Alfred H. Barr Jr. Award for Camille Claudel, copublished by the J. Paul Getty Museum and The Art Institute of Chicago

    Feb 26, 2025

  7. Honoring the Legacy of Black Craft

    A person in a library flips through a book full of colorful images of quilts

    Quilting books in the Kaplan African American Visual Culture Collection

    Feb 25, 2025

  8. New Volume Delves into the Interconnectedness of Drawings and Prints

    Lines of Connection book cover

    This book elucidates the relatively unexplored relationship between the two media

    Feb 25, 2025

  9. New Book Explores How Botanical World Changed the Trajectory of Art

    Botanical Revolutions book cover

    Author Giovanni Aloi delves into the interconnectedness of humanity, art, and plants

    Feb 25, 2025

  10. New Catalogue Illuminates Ancient Thrace’s Interactions with Greece, Persia, and Rome

    Ancient Thrace and the Classical World book cover

    This lavishly illustrated volume explores the profound impact Thracian art and culture had on the classical Aegean world

    Feb 24, 2025