Art on View

With changing displays of iconic paintings, sculpture, and decorative arts, there’s always something new to discover in our spacious, light-filled galleries.

North Pavilion - Closed

Medieval and Renaissance sculpture and decorative arts, and rotating exhibitions of illuminated manuscripts. See Building Getty’s Future for what’s changing during closure.

East Pavilion

Sculpture and Italian decorative arts from 1600 to 1800.

Highlights include:

• Rembrand Harmensz. Van Rigjn’s Rembrandt Laughing
• Hendrick ter Grugghen’s Bacchante with an Ape
• Peter Paul Rubens’ The Calydonian Boar Hunt
• Artemisia Gentileschi's Lucretia

South Pavilion - Closed

French decorative arts from 1600 to 1800, including elaborately furnished paneled rooms. See Building Getty’s Future for what’s changing during closure.

West Pavilion

Sculpture and decorative arts of the 1700s and 1800s, along with 19th-century paintings and changing exhibitions of drawings and photographs.

Highlights include:

• Vincent Van Gogh’s Irises
• Paul Cézanne’s Still Life with Apples
• Édouard Manet’s Jeanne (Spring)

Current exhibitions:

• The Holy Family at Home
• Joshua Reynold’s Portrait of Mai and 18th Century Portraiture
• Every Minute is History: Five Views of Los Angeles
• Instante/revelación: Moments in Mexican Photography
• The Making of a Medieval Manuscript
• Odilon Redon: Otherworldly Visions

Outdoor Sculpture

Modern and contemporary sculptures throughout the grounds, including at the tram departure and arrival plazas and next to the Central Garden.

Drawings, Manuscripts, and Photographs Exhibitions

We protect light-sensitive works on paper and parchment by displaying them in rotating exhibitions. Find them in the North Pavilion (manuscripts) and the West Pavilion (drawings and photographs).

Note that lighting in these galleries may be dimmed to protect the art.

Getty Research Institute Exhibitions

The galleries of the Getty Research Institute feature changing exhibitions of rare books, photographs, prints, and other rare materials.

Current Exhibitions:

• Lost. Found. Returned.
• Stendahl’s World: Marketing Ancient Mexico and Modern Art in Los Angeles

Free English-language tours of selected artworks in the permanent collection galleries are offered daily. See times and details.

You may also enjoy a self-guided experience by using our free GettyGuide app, which offers audio stories on hundreds of works of art.

Getty collections also include Greek, Roman, and Etruscan antiquities. See these at the Getty Villa Museum, about 13 miles west of the Center in Pacific Palisades.