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Before me sat a poet, flanked on each side by his muses. Was this Orpheus himself? His lyre was missing, and he looked off in the distance. Were the muses ...
The Getty Villa opened in 1974 by Billionaire oilman J. Paul Getty, according to the nonprofit Los Angeles Conservancy. The art patron modeled the site off a Roman country house buried by the ...
The Getty Villa, which is already closed to the public on Tuesdays, was “swiftly closed” to non-emergency staff after the fire started in the morning.
The Getty Villa activated its emergency operations center at 10:40 a.m. Tuesday, and within two hours, the fast-moving blaze had reached the grounds. Here's how the staff, museum and precious art ...
The Getty Villa will reopen with the new exhibition "The Kingdom of Pylos: Warrior-Princes of Ancient Greece", a showcase of over 230 works of art and artifacts from Messenia, ...
J. Paul Getty, the American billionaire, “a symbol of oil, wealth and power,” discovered Herculaneum and the Villa of the Papyri early in the twentieth century. He started buying Greek and ...
The Getty Villa reopens from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday through Monday, starting June 27. Online reservations are required. Only 500 guests will be allowed daily.
Palisades Fire closes Los Angeles County's Getty Villa 11:02. While it's normally closed to the public on Tuesdays, the Getty Villa extended its closure to next week amid the Palisades Fire.
The Palisades Fire reached the Getty Villa museum but didn't harm its collection. NPR speaks with Katherine Fleming, president and CEO of the Getty Trust, about how the museum protects its antiques.
The Getty Villa activated its emergency operations center at 10:40 a.m. Tuesday, and within two hours, the fast-moving blaze had reached the grounds. Here's how the staff, museum and precious art ...