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Dab a Little 3,000-Year-Old Greek Civilization on Your Wrist
Perfumer Michael Nordstrand distilled ancient Pylos into two scents for the Getty Villa Museum. One ingredient was originally raked from goats’ beards in Crete
Would You Survive a Medieval Road Trip?
Getty’s new computer game time-travels to the 14th century (and the 1980s)
New Documentary Art & Science Collide Premieres Friday, October 17 on PBS
The PBS SoCal film brings to life Getty’s iconic PST ART event, where artists and scientists unite to reimagine our world
The Woman Who Captured Nature in Blue: Anna Atkins and the Birth of Photographic Art
Using cyanotypes, Anna Atkins turned seaweed and sunlight into the world’s first photographically illustrated book
Conserving Art’s Sensory Experiences
Unraveling how we perceive multisensory artworks (like those at the Wired for Wonder exhibition) helps create more nuanced conservation strategies
In the Algorithm’s Eyes, “We Are Already Plants”
Slovenian bio artist Špela Petrič explores the vegetal world with artificial intelligence (AI), speculating that humans have more in common with plants than we think
María Magdalena Campos-Pons: Extreme Weather
A Getty graduate intern visits the galleries to reflect on the connections between identity, displacement, and climate
New Volume Advances Granite Conservation for Historic Structures Worldwide
Uniting research and fieldwork, Getty book provides practical tools for conserving granite in built heritage
New Volume Explores Ed Ruscha’s Streets of Los Angeles Archive
Containing over 900,000 images, the artist’s archive is emblematic of his oeuvre
An Enlightened Approach to Preserving the Past
See how the microfading tester helps conserve color in heritage objects