Welcome! We're so glad you're thinking about bringing your students to the Getty Center. An Arts Access field trip provides K-12 students with an immersive and inclusive onsite opportunity to engage ...

This exhibition explores the art of food created for royal court and civic celebrations in early modern Europe.

In both myth and art, Aphrodite's beauty was often embellished with precious jewelry. The goddess's adornment served as a model for mortal women, and this aspiration can be seen on items of jewelry ...

Brief biography of Messerschmidt's life and work, including art studies in Vienna, important commissions, and mental instability later in life ...

Guide to structure of metals including metallographic techniques and interpretation of microstructure for the conservation scientist and conservator.

Explore the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center and the Getty Villa.

MALE NARRATOR: “Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street. Fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what’s happening.” – Coco Chanel [swooshing ...

In 1966, Ed Ruscha drove a car rigged with a motorized camera to capture Los Angeles’ most iconic street: Sunset Boulevard. He created a time capsule of its famed facades, beginning a sixty-year-long ...

This publications aims to foster collaboration and knowledge-sharing among international institutions and different stakeholders dedicated to conserving earthen heritage.

Section of the Vienna Codex by an anonymous Mixtec artist. Hand-colored etching and aquatint after original maunscript in Alexander von Humboldt, Vues des Cordillères, et monuments des peoples ...

Since the mid-19th century, photography has served as a powerful tool for examining concepts of gender, sexuality, and self-expression. The immediacy and accessibility of the medium has played a ...

This online exhibition offers an in-depth look into the novel pedagogy of the Bauhaus, highlighting student explorations, masters’ theories, and a variety of colorful media drawn from the Getty ...