Getty Research Institute

What We Do

The Getty Research Institute cultivates advanced knowledge of art and its varied histories through scholarship, collections, programs, and public resources.

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Who We Are

About the Getty Research Institute

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Getty Library and Special Collections

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Research Programs and Tools

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Exhibition

Exhibition : How to Be a Guerrilla Girl

Coinciding with the Guerrilla Girls’ 40th anniversary, the exhibition tells the story of their collaborative process and longstanding commitment to call for equity for women and artists of color in the art world

November 18, 2025 to April 12, 2026
Location: Getty Center

A nude female with the head of a gorilla mask reclines against a background of neon pink showing photo strips of people in skirts, boots, and gorilla masks posting in a studio.

Overleaf, foreground: Do Women Have To Be Naked To Get Into The Met Museum? (detail), 1989, Offset print; background: Contact Sheets (details), ca. 1987, Gelatin silver prints. Guerrilla Girls (American, active since 1985). Getty Research Institute, [2008.M.14][1]. Courtesy Guerrilla Girls. © Guerrilla Girls. Design © 2025 J. Paul Getty Trust [1]: http://primo.getty.edu/GRI:GETTY_ALMA21141175040001551

Events

Explore Our Work

Project : Getty Scholars Program

Supporting a vibrant intellectual community to carry out innovative research about art and its histories

1985 – present

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Project : Library Research Grants

Short-term grants offering support for researchers to use the Getty Library’s collections

1997 – present

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Announcement : Submit to the Getty Research Journal

We invite submissions for a special issue of the Getty Research Journal titled “Artistic Exchanges between the Eastern Bloc and Northern Africa during the Global Cold War.” Submit abstracts by October 30, 2025

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Research Guide : Latin American Special Collections at the Getty Research Institute

Introduction to research materials related to the art and cultural histories of Latin America from the colonial period to the present-day

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Resources

Access tools, databases, grants, and initiatives that advance research, teaching, and scholarship in the histories of visual art and cultural heritage