Ready for a crash course in the many signs and symbols hidden in medieval texts?. In a new exhibition, "Symbols & Signs: Decoding Medieval Manuscripts," you'll find intricately interwoven letters, puzzling monograms, cryptic symbols, and more now on view through August 10, 2025,

Art conservation requires specialized materials. What happens when one vital material is threatened?

In the case of BEVA 371, an adhesive used in the structural treatment of paintings on canvas, it was reformulated through a multi-year collaboration between @nyuifa and @uakron_engr. The new formulation, called BEVA 371 Akron, is safer and more sustainable.

The newly reformulated product, “BEVA 371 Akron,” was made possible by a major conservation science research grant funded by Getty's Conserving Canvas initiative. Learn more:

Happy birthday to the incomparable Miles Davis. Born in 1926, Davis was an iconic jazz musician. Throughout his career, he shaped major stylistic developments in jazz. A true style icon and music innovator, Davis is regarded as one of the greatest trumpeters of all time.

These photographs come from the Johnson Publishing Company Archive, one of the most comprehensive records of Black culture in the 20th century which is currently being digitized and archived by Getty and Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Geminis, it's your time to shine! ♊ . Your medieval guide to Gemini season includes advice like: move house, visit a monarch, make a friend, but under no circumstances should you plant any trees.

What was Los Angeles like pre-freeway? 🚙🚕🚗. Recently digitized, a detailed hand-drawn created by "the only woman map publisher in the country" lets us time-travel to 1927, before the widespread adoption of automobiles:

This hand-colored daguerreotype fits in the palm of your hand and depicts Queen Kalama Hakaleleponi Kapakuhaili of Hawai'i. 🌺 . She became the queen consort of the Kingdom of Hawai'i when she married King Kamehameha III on February 14, 1837. This image was made about 1853–54.

What do animal glue, beeswax, and flour have to do with paintings conservation?. They are a few of the unseen elements of "lining." This conservation technique for old paintings involves attaching a new canvas to the back of the work to increase stability. Learn more:

Happy #WorldGothDay! . Why do we refer to some art and architecture of the Middle Ages as Gothic?

After the Italian Renaissance, Middle Ages architecture was rebranded as “gothic” to diminish its value in comparison to Renaissance architecture. The term “goth” had a negative connotation as it referred to the nomadic Germanic peoples that contributed to the Roman Empire's

Ever wondered what makes a building Gothic?. While Gothic buildings vary in size, location, and age, there are five key elements you can use to identify them:.1. Large stained glass windows.2. Pointed arches.3. Ribbed vaults.4. Flying buttresses.5. Ornate decoration

🎶 Saturdays at the Getty Center just got more musical. Off the 405, our annual summer concert series, returns for five nights this year:

⏰ Concerts will begin with a live DJ set at 6pm before the main performance at 7:30pm. Ticket reservations are required and will be released three weeks before each concert on with additional tickets released the week of each show.

Happy Gemini season! Geminis are believed to be curious and witty, but also impulsive and inconsistent. Sound like a Gemini you know? . Scroll this 🧵 to reveal the dos and don'ts of Gemini season according to medieval astrology. ♊️ [1/4]

According to medieval astrology, Gemini season is a good time for moving houses, doing battle, making new friends, strengthening old friendships, going on pilgrimage, and holding court days with monarchs. [🧵3/4]

According to medieval astrology, Gemini season is a bad time for taking medicine for the arms and planting trees. [🧵4/4]

🔎 Explore the mysterious world of medieval codes in our new exhibition, Symbols and Signs: Decoding Medieval Manuscripts! . Intricately interwoven letters, puzzling monograms, cryptic symbols, and more await to be decoded, now through August 10, 2025, at the Getty Center. ℹ