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Getty Voices: Photographing the Dream 26 Aug 2013 | 10:33 pm
To mark the anniversary of the March on Washington, editor and poet Dinah Berland shares Leonard Freed’s powerful photographs of the event, unknown for nearly 50 years and newly brought to light in th...
What Do Paleographers Do? 23 Aug 2013 | 09:10 pm
Paleographers at work: Participants in the Mellon Summer Institute in French Paleography at the Getty Research Institute decode a 14th-century manuscript on chess. Paleography is the study of old han...
Graduate Internships Offer Hands-On Opportunities for Emerging Conservation Professionals 22 Aug 2013 | 11:42 pm
From analyzing high-tech plastics to studying tsunami recovery, graduate interns gain valuable experience in heritage conservation Tim Michiels investigates the Kasbah of Taourirt in Morocco. As a gr...
Treasures from the Vault: The Unexplored Archive of Otto Muehl 21 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
Newly catalogued, the Viennese artist’s archive is a rich source for the study of postwar European art Sketchbook from September 5, 1985, with cover painted by Otto Muehl. The Getty Research Institut...
Getty Voices: Behind the Scenes at the GCI 19 Aug 2013 | 10:52 pm
Getty Voices opens the lab doors this week, courtesy of Dave Carson of the Getty Conservation Institute. He explains what conservation science is all about and how the staff of the Getty Conservation ...
The Kids’ Perspective: Recess Monkey at the Getty 17 Aug 2013 | 10:00 pm
At any given time in the hours leading up to a Garden Concert for Kids, there are at least three kids rolling down the hill in the garden. It’s like a law of physics—at one point last weekend I counte...
Artists of the Getty Graffiti Black Book on Style, Street Art, and Special Books 16 Aug 2013 | 09:10 pm
“What I liked about the Book of Friends is that it’s an idea that’s centuries old, but modern graffiti artists have been keeping the tradition alive through the common practice of “getting up” on blac...
Sicily, The International Island 16 Aug 2013 | 02:02 am
A cultural crossroads since ancient times, Sicily took on a truly international character in the Middle Ages Bay of Palermo, Sicily, 1963, Samuel J. Magnolia. Mural painting, about 8 1/2 x 15 ft. Pho...
Thrust, Parry, Download! 15 Aug 2013 | 12:42 am
Aiming Points on the Body (detail), from Fiore dei Liberi, Fior di Battaglia, possibly Venice or Padua, ca. 1410. Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment, 11 x 8 1/8 in. The J. Paul Getty Muse...
Getty Voices: Graffiti Black Book 13 Aug 2013 | 11:29 pm
The Getty Research Institute has a new and unusual acquisition. Straight from the creative hands and minds of the Los Angeles street art community, the Getty Graffiti Black Book is a 21st-century cont...
