LOS ANGELES, CA.- Highlighting Italy’s rich cultural heritage, the J. Paul Getty Museum is celebrating the 150th anniversary of Italian unification with the Italian Showcase, a presentation of objects from its permanent collection that draws visit…
Getty Museum Celebrates Italian Anniversary by Showcasing Objects in Its Collection
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Highlighting Italy’s rich cultural heritage, the J. Paul Getty Museum is celebrating the 150th anniversary of Italian unification with the Italian Showcase, a presentation of objects from its permanent collection that draws visit…
Clothes Make the Medieval Man and Woman in Getty Center Manuscript Exhibition
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Personal style reveals a lot about a person, even as far back as the Middle Ages. Just as today, a haute couture gown demonstrates the social status of the person wearing it and a doctor’s white coat discloses an individual’s occupati…
Clothes Make the Medieval Man and Woman in Getty Center Manuscript Exhibition
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Personal style reveals a lot about a person, even as far back as the Middle Ages. Just as today, a haute couture gown demonstrates the social status of the person wearing it and a doctor’s white coat discloses an individual’s occupati…
Historic Abraham Louis Breguet Pocket Watches Go on View at the J. Paul Getty Museum
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The J. Paul Getty Museum announced the loan of four pocket watches created by Abraham -Louis Breguet (1747 – 1823), founder of the Breguet watch company. These watches, part of the company’s historic timepiece collection, da…
Historic Abraham Louis Breguet Pocket Watches Go on View at the J. Paul Getty Museum
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The J. Paul Getty Museum announced the loan of four pocket watches created by Abraham -Louis Breguet (1747 – 1823), founder of the Breguet watch company. These watches, part of the company’s historic timepiece collection, da…
Getty Museum Displays Photographs of Cuba Before, During, and After the Revolution
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Cuba’s attempt to forge an independent state with an ambitious set of social goals, all the while moored to powerful political and economic interests, has been a source of fascination for nations, intellectuals, and artists alike…
Getty Museum Displays Photographs of Cuba Before, During, and After the Revolution
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Cuba’s attempt to forge an independent state with an ambitious set of social goals, all the while moored to powerful political and economic interests, has been a source of fascination for nations, intellectuals, and artists alike…
Getty Brings Together Over 40 Drawings, Predominantly Recent Acquisitions
LOS ANGELES, CA.- In the past few years, the Getty Museum has focused on building its holdings of German and Austrian drawings from the 18th through the early 20th centuries thanks to important acquisitions and gifts, which is unveiled for the first ti…
Newly Acquired Turner’s "Modern Rome-Campo Vaccino" on View at the Getty
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The J. Paul Getty Museum announces that J.M.W. Turner’s masterpiece Modern Rome – Campo Vaccino (1838-39) is now on view at the Getty Center. The recently acquired painting shows a view of Rome from the Capitoline Hill, as if looking …