LOS ANGELES, CA.- The J. Paul Getty Museum announced today the acquisition of The Italian Comedians (ca. 1720) by Jean-Antoine Watteau (French, 1684–1721). The large oil painting (50 7/8” x 36 3/4“) was painted at the height of Watteau&…
Getty is First Museum to Provide Expanded Google Goggles Experience to Visitors
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The J. Paul Getty Museum announced a collaboration with Google that enables visitors using the Google Goggles ™ mobile application to now have immediate access to rich online resources for information about paintings in the Museu…
Getty is First Museum to Provide Expanded Google Goggles Experience to Visitors
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The J. Paul Getty Museum announced a collaboration with Google that enables visitors using the Google Goggles ™ mobile application to now have immediate access to rich online resources for information about paintings in the Museu…
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…
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…
Karol Wight Appointed Executive Director of The Corning Museum of Glass
CORNING, NY.- Karol Wight, senior curator of antiquities at the Getty Villa and internationally renowned specialist in Roman glass, was named the next executive director of The Corning Museum of Glass, the world’s foremost museum dedicated to the …
Karol Wight Appointed Executive Director of The Corning Museum of Glass
CORNING, NY.- Karol Wight, senior curator of antiquities at the Getty Villa and internationally renowned specialist in Roman glass, was named the next executive director of The Corning Museum of Glass, the world’s foremost museum dedicated to the …
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…