PreviewBook Club
New Getty publication brings together life-affirming DIY masterpieces made during lockdown
Participants worldwide re-created famous works by Vermeer, Munch and Klimt—using everyday household items
NewsFrieze Los Angeles 2020
Kicking off Frieze LA week at the Getty, art world honours Art for Justice Fund
Performance and panel discussion underline the plight of the incarcerated
BlogIn the frame
Building Bridge-s: Solange Knowles curates a two-day programme of performances, films and talks at the Getty Center in Los Angeles
NewsArt market
Art storage demands flare as California fires rage
Calls for emergency art storage are putting pressure on art shipment and insurance firms
NewsGetty Center
Wildfire spread close to the Getty Center, but an official says the art is ‘just fine’
The campus in the Santa Monica Mountains was designed to resist fire, with a powerful irrigation system, million-gallon water tank and air conditioning that pushes smoke out instead of letting it in
PreviewExhibitions
At last, Dora Maar emerges from her lover Picasso’s shadow
Major survey of the Surrealist photographer at Centre Pompidou will travel to Tate Modern and the Getty Center
NewsConservation & Preservation
Cai Guo-Qiang’s explosive art, preserved for the ages
Getty scientists explore the artist’s use of gunpowder and other materials for a definitive new book
News
The Getty, the world’s richest museum, hunts for wealthy patrons
Some are concerned that new fundraising drive will lure donors from other Los Angeles institutions
PreviewExhibitions
Pioneering curator Harald Szeemann celebrated in two Los Angeles shows
Getty draws on vast archive while ICA LA reconstructs 1974 exhibition in Swiss apartment
NewsGetty Center
Getty reopens as California wildfires rage on
Fire-resistant museum was closed for three days
ArchiveExhibitions
Getty Centre displays Killip’s chronicle of de-industrialised Britain
Images from In Flagrante make up the core of this solo exhibition
ArchiveArt market
A strong local identity in the LA market
Twentieth-century design, Western and Latin American art, movie memorabilia and jewellery dominate the auctions