J. Paul Getty Museum

Irving Penn's Cuzco Man, Woman, and Crying Infant, negative 1948, print 1989. Platinum-palladium print.
Getty Acquires Photographer Irving Penn’s Cuzco Work
The J. Paul Getty Museum has acquired a major group of photographs by the 20th century American photographer Irving Penn.
Mom at Work (detail) from Family Pictures and Stories, 1978–1984, Carrie Mae Weems. Gelatin silver print.
Getty Museum Focuses on Photography and the Black Arts Movement
Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955-1985, on view at The J.
Villagers on Their Way to Church from Book of Hours, about 1550. Simon Bening (Flemish, about 1483 – 1561). Tempera colors and gold paint.
Getty Manuscripts Exhibition Focuses on Travel in the Middle Ages
Going Places: Travel in the Middle Ages will showcase the many ways artists during the Middle Ages depicting the many reasons for travel and ways of undertaking it.
Initial V: Christ Blessing, cutting from a gradual, 1423 – 1424, by Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, about 1370 – 1423). Tempera colors and gold.
Major Donation of Italian Manuscript Illuminations to Getty
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Papyrus of Pasherashakhet (detail), Egyptian, c375 - 275BC, ink on papyrus
Ancient Book of the Dead Egyptian Manuscripts On Show at Getty For First Time
A new exhibition will showcase the J. Paul Getty Museum’s collection of ancient Egyptian manuscripts bearing spells from the Book of the Dead.
Illuminated manuscript of the Virgin Mary
Illuminated Manuscripts of the Virgin Mary Exhibition at the Getty
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Book of Hours image King David in Penitence
Medieval Books of Hours go on Exhibit at the Getty Museum
Los Angeles – Books of hours were among the most widely produced and used manuscripts in the Middle Ages.
Temple of Baalshamin, Louis Vignes, 1864. Albumen print.
Online Getty Exhibition Explores Palmyra in English and Arabic
Los Angeles – For centuries the ruins of the ancient city of Palmyra have captured the imagination– testaments to the legacy of the prosperous multicultural center of trade that once domi
Saint Luke manuscript
The Getty Presents “Blurring the Line: Manuscripts in the Age of Print”
Los Angeles — Throughout the Middle Ages (about 500-1500), texts and images were disseminated primarily through handwritten and hand-drawn materials.
Notre-Dame
Notre-Dame Celebrated in New Exhibit
Who can forget the searing images of Notre-Dame burning on April 15 of this year?