Examine Getty’s much-loved painting, Irises by Vincent Van Gogh, from the perspective of modern conservation science. This exhibition shows how the artist’s understanding of light and color informed ...
The Getty Villa, separate from the main museum in Brentwood, was designed by Robert E Langdon Jr and Ernest C Wilson Jr, opened in 1974 and has since been renovated. Although it wasn’t in the ...
It is the worst fire event in L.A.’s history and has taken 24 lives. As part of the Getty Trust, the museum features European paintings, including Van Gogh’s Irises, and works by Rembrandt ...
As wildfires ravaged greater Los Angeles last week, the J. Paul Getty Museum faced encroaching flames on two fronts. Blazes nearly surrounded the Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades, coming within ...
Roughly 45 museum workers have been conscripted into revolving, round-the-clock shifts to fan out and patrol the dozens of hilltop acres surrounding the Getty’s two campuses: the older Getty ...
Inside, the galleries can be closed off with a vault-like double door that, museum officials say, is practically impenetrable. “Getty staff, the art collections and buildings remain safe from ...
The Getty Villa Museum, which is home to a large collection of artifacts and antiquities from Rome and Greece, is located directly off the Pacific Coast Highway in the Pacific Palisades area of ...
By Nicole Fell J-Hope is officially heading out on his first-ever solo world tour. The 30-year-old rapper, a member of K-Pop supergroup BTS, will travel to 15 cities, including six stops in North ...
The country’s richest museum has spent millions over the years fortifying its architecture to prepare for disaster. Under siege by Los Angeles wildfires, the J. Paul Getty Museum is emerging as ...
As flames whip the Pacific Palisades, the storied Getty Villa museum has withstood the Los Angeles wildfires, preserving its 44,000-plus items thanks to strategy and architecture designed for ...
In 1974, oil magnate J Paul Getty opened a museum of his holdings in a faux villa in Malibu, based on the remains of the Villa dei Papiri in Herculaneum. Derision from critics and ridicule from ...
Under siege by Los Angeles wildfires, the J. Paul Getty Museum is emerging as a near-miraculous beacon of disaster preparedness. Behind the scenes, it’s taking a small army to defend.