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Reboot Your Life With Marina Abramović
Thomas Stewart tries out the new self discovery card set available at the Getty Museum Store
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The Revolutionary Compound Microscope
What can you see through an 18th-century lens?
Art & Architecture
Mapping London's Cultural Heritage
A new digital database now provides users worldwide with access to detailed information on almost 90,000 historic buildings and sites in London
Going for the Gold
An eco-friendly solution shows promise for conserving gilded surfaces in churches across Brazil
A Sonic Tour of the Most Musical Street in Los Angeles
Listen to a special playlist and audio tour inspired by Ed Ruscha’s iconic photos of Sunset Boulevard
Ancient Life
See Persepolis as It Was 2500 Years Ago
A new video recreates an ancient site
So You Want to Be an Ancient Roman Soldier
For the unprivileged, serving in the ancient Roman army was a path to wealth building, social climbing, and citizenship
Power in a Mummy Portrait
Look closely at this beautiful mummy portrait on display at the Getty Villa and you’ll find powerful signs of wealth, status, and beauty
Inside Getty
When Getty is “muy padre’’
Why would a teacher in Tijuana, Mexico, bring her ninth-grade students to the Getty Center every year, braving two 300-mile, 12-hour-round-trip bus rides with 90 14- and 15-year-olds?
A Thousand Cuts
Members of an LA community group share the sculptures they created and issues they pondered after touring Camille Claudel
Dear Future Self
Getty Marrow Emerging Professionals reflect on how the pilot program is shaping their passion for museums
In the Headlines
$500,000 Getty Prize grant goes to juvenile justice non-profit the Arts for Healing and Justice Network
Artist Mark Bradford picked AHJN for the grant because of its work to "transform young people’s lives through the power of arts education”
The Getty Gives $17 Million to Museums for Pacific Standard Time
In 2024, institutions in Southern California will stage some 60 shows on art and science, from climate change to Indigenous futurism
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