LOS ANGELES–During the seventeenth century, Dutch political and religious freedom as well as maritime trade and military strength ushered in an era of economic prosperity. In this…
Getty Museum
Explore ancient art in a new way at the Getty Villa starting April 18. Travel through 3,500 years of ancient history and see over 1,300 objects from ancient Greece, Rome, and Etruria, from…
Among the most surprising aspects of Rembrandt’s prodigious output are twenty-three surviving drawings closely based on portraits made by artists working in Mughal India. These drawings mark a…
Court painters from the Mughal empire in India created detailed portraits of some of the most powerful and wealthy figures of the 17th century. These paintings traveled to Europe through trade,…
GETTY MUSEUM PRESENTS A QUEEN’S TREASURE FROM VERSAILLES: MARIE-ANTOINETTE’S JAPANESE LACQUER
The exhibition brings to the U.S. examples of Japanese lacquer…
Medieval manuscripts preserve stories of faith, romance, and knowledge, but their luxurious illuminations can sometimes reveal hidden prejudices as well.
THE J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM PRESENTS PASTELS IN PIECES
January 16–July 29, 2018
at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Getty Center…
This spring The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA), will conduct a thorough conservation of Jackson Pollock’s abstract expressionist painting Number 1, 1949 (1949), a treasure of MOCA’s…
