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17 employees helped save the Getty Villa from the fires. They're telling other museums how it was done
For the next 28 hours, Borsay and 16 other staffers organized themselves to supplement fire department efforts and along the way contributed to helping keep the Getty Villa and its priceless art ...
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Workers fight Getty fires
On Jan. 7, the day the Palisades Fire began, more than a dozen Getty staffers used emergency preparation tactics to help save ...
Smithsonian Magazine3d
The ‘Mona Lisa’ Is Moving to a Room of Her Own at the Louvre
As part of a massive renovation, the Leonardo da Vinci portrait will get its own gallery space accessible from a separate entrance ...
Artnet8d
Italian Cultural Chief Disputes Attribution of Famed Getty Bronze, Rankling Locals
One of Italy's top cultural officials is casting doubt over the attribution of Victorious Youth, aka the Getty Bronze, to ...
These are the lost websites that millennials are still missing
Legendary guitarist John Sykes lost his battle with cancer and succumbed to death on Monday, January 20, aged 65. Danielle ...
Yahoo13d
Editorial: The Getty Museum survived the LA fires practically unscathed. There’s a lesson there for all homeowners.
Paul Getty Museum houses Vincent van Gogh’s “Irises” and many ... pruned “to prevent them from becoming fuel for a fire,” as the museum explains on its website. Its irrigated Central Garden is ...
The Independent17d
How the Getty Museum survived LA wildfires as the super-rich take note
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 ...
Artnet17d
How the Getty Museum Survived L.A.’s Fires
As part of the Getty Trust, the museum features European paintings ... We also have a story on our website providing frequent updates on the state of the cultural scene. This week, the J.
The Washington Post17d
Inside the Getty museums’ defense against the L.A. wildfires
Paul Getty Museum faced encroaching flames on two fronts ... is described on the Getty website as a “marvel of anti-fire engineering.” The Villa, which focuses on ancient Greek and Roman ...
The Australian17d
How the Getty Museum is surviving an inferno
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 ...
The Star17d
Spared from the flames: Getty art centre survives Los Angeles wildfires
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 ...
TheWrap17d
J. Paul Getty Trust and Other Arts Organizations Partner for $12 Million Fire Relief Fund
You can also donate via the Getty’s site. The Getty Villa and the Getty Museum in Brentwood were both in the path of the Palisades Fire last week. They was temporarily closed and evacuated but ...