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Bringing people together through art. Based in Los Angeles, working globally.
Los Angeles, California
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Archives hold untold of Black art and artists, and Getty is working to make them more accessible. Today Getty awarded $1.8M to cultural institutions across the US through its Black Visual Arts Archives initiative. https://t.co/dhveEcN00k
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The Civil War-era regalia worn by those pictured were sourced from Western Costume Company in North Hollywood, the same costume house that provided props and costumes for D.W. Griffith's 1915 film The Birth of a Nation.
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Few images of Asian soldiers who served in the American Civil War exist; Bruce Yonemoto became interested in how such an imbalance of representation came to shape our current perception of this period in US history.
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For the series “North South East West”, Bruce Yonemoto reinterprets Western visual tropes associated with 19th-century studio portrait photographs, especially as exemplified by carte-de-visite portraits of soldiers from the American Civil War.
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People of all racial and ethnic backgrounds fought on both sides of the American Civil War. The photographs of Bruce Yonemoto, a Los Angeles-based artist and educator, prompt reflections on the ways racial identities are recorded and regularly excluded from history.
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Happy #MosaicMonday! Can you tell what the four people in the corners of this mosaic panel represent? 🧐 Hint: Frankie Valli would be a huge fan. ℹ️ https://t.co/nCBJey5bdN
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Is motherhood a creative act? Get to know this work by artist Annie Hsiao-Ching Wang. In a photo series that has lasted over 20 years, artist Annie Wang explores what it means to be a woman, an artist, and a mother through an autobiographical lens.
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Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955–1985, organized by the @ngadc, is on view at the Getty Center through June 14, 2026. 🎟️ https://t.co/UHJ4eG3Zli
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Inspired by his grandmother’s photo albums and accompanying stories about the Mississippi community where he was raised, Earlie Hudnall has been making portraits in Houston’s historically Black neighborhoods for over 40 years. Like other artists featured in the exhibition
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A quiet moment, made monumental. Alexandre Charpentier’s Young Mother Breastfeeding Her Child celebrates the beauty and dignity of simple, everyday acts of tenderness. Senior Curator of Sculpture and Decorative Arts Anne-Lise Desmas reflects on why this rare work, newly
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We toadally knew you'd find these frogs ribbiting. Hop over to our online collection to see more: https://t.co/EfmYGXP1O0
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How'd you do? Tell us how many you got right, then go read more at https://t.co/QZEso1r7Lc. 🦉 https://t.co/js3rLF4mAV
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Trick question—it's both! Cornelis Ketel represents both gratitude and ingratitude through two figures who each receive a gift from Charity herself, but respond very differently. The man on the left repays Charity by biting and stabbing her. The kneeling woman accepts her
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Design for the central section of The Mirror of Virtue (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection); about 1594; Cornelis Ketel (Dutch, 1548 - 1616); Pen and dark brown ink with brown wash over black
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Vice again! Drawn centuries ago, Jacques de Gheyn II's frog imparts a timeless message about greed. Webbed feet shamelessly shove coins between the amphibian's legs while its prominent, beady eye looks out at the viewer, daring us to consider: Are we going to hoard our money
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Allegory of Avarice (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection); about 1609; Jacques de Gheyn II (Dutch, 1565 - 1629); Pen and brown ink; Unframed: 18 × 13 cm (7 1/16 × 5 1/8 in.); 2003.23
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Vice! Preparing a tapestry for a wealthy client, Jacob Jordaens chose to show a warning: This is what happens when "ill gotten" money is "ill spent." An overturned table, vomiting man, and jumping dog are all signs that this rowdy party has gotten out of control. 🖼️
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A Merry Company (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection); about 1644; Jacob Jordaens (Flemish, 1593 - 1678); Watercolor over charcoal, heightened with white opaque watercolor; Unframed: 21.9 × 23.8
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Virtue and Vice: Allegory in European Drawing invites visitors to the Getty Museum to consider how art from the 16th to the 19th centuries served a moral purpose. To guide interpretation, the artists in this exhibition left visual clues to help differentiate between good and
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Guess the flower! Hint: Californians might be especially fond of this German specimen's local cousin. 🐻
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