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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 23h
With the Latina Lesbian series, Laura Aguilar produced a type of social documentary #photography. By capturing life on the margins, #Latina #Lesbians combats negative stereotypes about queer women both within & outside the Chicano/Latino community. 📷 bit.ly/4hSh0q6
Portrait of a woman wearing large, black frame glasses and a black jacket posing with one elbow resting on her knee. Bookshelves filled with books and framed pictures line the wall behind her. Text: My motivation comes from within. This is where my heritage as a woman and Latina lives. It reminds me always of how far I have come and how far I still have to go. - Jay Jay, 1987
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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It’s Purrquoise’s world, and we’re just living in it. In an *exclusive* interview, he touches down on his international travels, his east coast frienemy, and his starring role in Getty’s new season of the If Objects Could Talk podcast. www.getty.edu/news/purrquo...
Installation view of Purrquoise, the turquoise colored ceramic cat sitting on a gold throne at the Getty Museum.
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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
national ghost hunting day is a day for ghosts who hunt...right? 👻
Profile of a seated man with a beard. A faint image of a woman is visible behind him. The way she is positioned, behind and above him, may be read as menacing. Hence the text, "I'll find you in every lifetime (threat)."
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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Which medieval creature are you? Pause to find out.
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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Libras are said to be friendly and compassionate, but indecisive. Sound like a Libra you know? Scroll this 🧵 to reveal the dos and don'ts of Libra Season. ♎️
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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
What inspired this #photograph? 📸 Hear artist Cecilia Salcedo Méndez describe in her own words how close looking over time inspired her creative process.
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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
¿Qué inspiró esta #fotografía? 📷 Escuche a la artista Cecilia Salcedo Méndez describir cómo la observación paciente y la atención a los detalles dieron forma a su proceso creativo.
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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Interested in seeing rare Yoko Ono archive materials? Join us 9/30 for “Show and Tell: Yoko Ono Archive” at the Getty Center. See these special materials—including Ono’s Grapefruit—and join in on art-making stations inspired by Ono’s artist books. Tickets available: gty.art/yokoono
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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Getty is welcoming its first painting by Diego Velázquez, a recently rediscovered portrait of the Count-Duke of Olivares. Learn more: gty.art/4ha6I4v
A painted portrait of a man in armor with a red sash. Text reads: Rediscovered portrait by Velazquez joins Getty's collection.
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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Heading to the Black Portraiture[s] conference? In anticipation, peruse a reading list of books that span art, architecture, migration, and the many ways Black communities create—and reclaim—space. www.getty.edu/news/black-p...
Stack of books featured in the reading list including:
1. Black Curators Matter: Conversations on Art and Change
2. Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographers: 1840 to the Present
3. Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955–1985
4. South of Pico: African American Artists in Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s
5. Of Interest to the General Public: About a Coronation Cloak from Ethiopia (Objects Talk Back series)
6. Kin
7. Fugitive Tilts: Essays
8. Archive of Desire: A Poem in Four Parts for C. P. Cavafy
9. When Home Is a Photograph: Blackness and Belonging in the World (The Visual Arts of Africa and Its Diasporas series)
10. Undesirability and Her Sisters: Black Women’s Visual Work and the Ethics of Representation
11. Devin Allen: Baltimore
12. The Revelation of Dionne Daphne
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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
In #medieval Europe, few families were as well-known as the Holy Family. 🧵 1/6 gty.art/4yGPGkr
The Virgin Mary holds the infant Jesus Christ. Joseph is in the background, looking rather bored and much older than his bride.
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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
What happens when art historians leave their comfort zone? Since 2009, Getty's Connecting Art Histories initiative has worked to shift the way art history is practiced. Here's what happened when a group of art historians traveled the Amazon River: gty.art/4yPuuZw
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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Did you know that green was a tricky pigment for artists across time? (And yes, arsenic is part of its story). But why? Watch the full video: youtube.com/watch?v=sG5lJtAW8lw&t=5s
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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Our medieval art curator rates every scroll emoji. 📜
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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Curators shape cultural memory—they often determine what histories are preserved and centered. Hear from LeRonn P. Brooks, curator of African American collections and acquisitions at Getty, on a new book "Black Curators Matter: Conversations on Art and Change": gty.art/3VC7wXc
The profile of man in a navy blazer and white shirt looking at a photo of a black and white photo of the Los Angeles cityscape. Text reads: Broadening the Idea of American Art. Reflecting on what Black curators preserve, and why it matters.
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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Looking for more art and culture in your life? There are Getty events for you: concerts, workshops, artist talks, and more! www.getty.edu/calendar/
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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
If your favorite artworks could talk, what would they say? A new season of “If Objects Could Talk” answers that now! Hear from a new object every Monday at getty.edu/IOCT or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
After 250 years, this portrait has arrived at the Pacific: the ocean that its subject called home. 🌊 bit.ly/4hum0ks
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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Sound on! 🔊 Enjoy some archive ASMR with Getty mountmakers rehousing a papier-mâché dress by artist Fabiola Jean-Louis featured in her artwork "Marie Antoinette is Dead."
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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The beauty is in the details. ✨ Can you guess this artwork? Check the replies to reveal.
Close up view of the face of a bearded man from a drawing that utilizes very detailed hatch marks in different directions to contour his features.
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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Looking for love and tired of the apps? 💘 Click through the thread for a curated selection of singles from our photographs collection, as inspired by the Hot Victorians Instagram account.
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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
🔎 Closer Look With a Curator: Danielle Canter's insights on Le Jour (Day) by Odilon #Redon ⬇️ 🧵1/5
Black-and-gray drawing of a darkened room with a window facing a sunny tree. Orbs float around the room. Text: What are these floating orbs?
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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The Getty Center is reopening to visitors on Friday, September 11 after a brief closure due to a nearby brushfire. Huge thank you LAFD for your hard work. Book your free reservations: getty.edu/visit
Getty Center reopens after brief closure due to wildfire. Thank you LAFD for all your hard work. The Getty Center will resume normal operating hours starting September 11.
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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
What happens when you combine one of Sophocles’ classics with pre-Hispanic art, music, and poetry? You get #Antigone: In the Language of the Kings! Witness the timeless story of love versus tyranny reimagined in pre-conquest Tenochtitlan, Mexico. Presented by Latino #Theater Company and Getty.
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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Update: The Getty Center will remain closed to the public on Thursday, September 10 to support ongoing LAFD access. The Getty Villa Museum will be open as normal.
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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The brushfire north of the Getty Center has been contained. Thank you to LAFD for their hard work, and to staff and visitors who evacuated safely and swiftly. The Getty Center will resume normal operations tomorrow, and will open as usual at 10am.
The brushfire north of the Getty Center has been contained. Thank you to LAFD for their hard work, and to staff and visitors who evacuated safely and swiftly.

The Getty Center will resume normal operations tomorrow, and will open as usual at 10am.
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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
They say do as the Romans do, but how did ancient Romans stay cool and beat the heat? *Spoiler alert* No A/C. Find airflow, water fountains, shade, and more ways ancient Romans cooled off during summer: www.getty.edu/news/how-anc...
Getty Villa architecture with text: How Ancient Romans Kept Their Cool
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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Why was the surface of Degas’s self-portrait looking cloudy? Getty staff wanted answers. gty.art/4A4rcD4
Self-portrait of the artist Degas, his gaze looks to us. Text reads: The curious gaze of the hazy Degas. Read full story, getty.edu/news
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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
How does a transplant begin the journey of belonging in their new home? We New Yorkers is a photocollage by Josef Breitenbach depicting a human circulatory system stretching across a cityscape, and part of a major multi-year acquisition of the refugee artist's photographs: gty.art/46FdgBP
A photocollage depicting a human circulatory system stretching across a cityscape, many illuminated windows behind it.
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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
How was photography used in the fight against child labor in the United States? Learn about the work of photographer Lewis Hine who depicted children working in factories, mines, and on the streets of the United States in the early 20th century.
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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Did you know the Getty Library is one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive art libraries? The Getty Library has over a million books and periodicals, photographs, and artist archives covering all eras of human history as it relates to art.
Aerial photograph of the Getty Research Institute which houses the Getty Library.
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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This is an #ushabti. These figurines were designed to be placed in a person's tomb. According to Egyptian beliefs, when the deceased came alive in the afterlife, the ushabtis would also come to life and would perform any menial tasks that the deceased might be asked to do. #BookOfTheDead
Closeup on the carefully-molded face and upper body of the ushabti. The figure wears a ceremonial false beard and slight smile on their face.
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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Researchers, scholars, aspiring professionals—looking for upcoming funded research opportunities, professional workshops, or graduate internships? A round-up of all our open opportunities and new resources 👇
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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
A brief history of photography and photo booths 📸
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The Art of Photo Booths | Getty News
When the sign said, “Close the curtain, strike a pose, and collect your photos here,” you were in for a treat.
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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Our paintings curator rates every "framed picture" emoji. 🖼️
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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
What was it like on Olvera Street in 1970? Here's a snapshot. 📷 #OlveraStreet #LosAngeles
A crowd sits in folding chairs on Olvera Street. A young boy in the foreground stands with his arms crossed looking directly at the camera.
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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
¿Cómo era la vida en la calle Olvera en 1970? Aquí tienes una instantánea. 📷 #CalleOlvera #LosAngles
Un grupo de personas sentado en sillas plegables en la calle Olvera. En primer plano, un niño de pie, con los brazos cruzados, mira directamente a la cámara.
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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Explore the rich tapestry of cultural & artistic dialogues that shaped Mexico's photographic history. 📸 Featuring photographs spanning the years 1920-2017, Instante/revelación: Moments in Mexican Photography features works by some of the most prominent figures in 20th-century Mexican Photography.
A woman leaning out of a window—she and the surrounding building are shadowed in a cross-hatch lattice.
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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Explora el rico entramado de diálogos culturales y artísticos que marcaron la historia de la #fotografía en México. Instante/revelación: Moments in Mexican Photography reúne obras de algunos de los artistas más destacados de la fotografía mexicana del siglo XX. ➡️ www.getty.edu/exhibitions/...
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Instante/revelación: Moments in Mexican Photography | Getty Exhibitions
Works by 13 photographers trace Mexico’s evolving visual culture across a creative century.
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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Looking for more art and culture in your life? There are Getty events for you: concerts, workshops, artist talks, and more! www.getty.edu/calendar/
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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Slow down and explore your body’s experience of patience (and impatience) inspired by Edgar Degas’s enigmatic pastel drawing, Waiting. Listen to this week's episode of OMMM: Our Museum Mindfulness Meditation: gty.art/4xDmvP4
A pastel of two figures on a bench, one wears a ballet costume and the other is dressed in all black.
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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Hey, can we show you this cool flower for a sec? 👨‍🌾 Step inside the Getty Center's Central Garden with one of our horticulturists to learn all about calico pipevine, or Aristolochia littoralis. What do you think, beautiful or bizarre?
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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Quick—he's taking requests! What song is this cat playing?
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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Our paintings conservators’ hands stay busy. 🤝 Dusting, cleaning, varnishing, filling, inpainting, and more—a lot goes into conserving paintings! Curious about paintings conservation? Peek behind the scenes at gty.art/3ue1bEl #PaintingConservation #Paintings #Art
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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Archivists organize, preserve, and manage all kinds of important cultural and historic material, and their work inevitably involves lots of smart and long-lasting storage solutions. Here are their ratings of the card file box 🗃️ emoji.
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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Get ready with me, neoclassical edition.
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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
In honor of #NationalDogDay, may we suggest one of these authentic and delightful medieval dog names for your next pet? Tell us which is your favorite in the comments 👇
Medieval Dog Names (Real Names from medieval sources). Artus, Balbina, Bellina, Bembino, Bo, Borgettus, Curte, Dammast, Dyamant, Famia, Fortuna, Furstli, Gardiner, Gerland, Hapeguay, Hardy Hemmerli, Jakke, Lachne, Mamselle, Megastomo, Melesinn, Mignone, Monsieur, Mopsulus, Mopsus, Orsina, Petitcreiu, Purkoy, Rubino, Saphyrus, Sattin, Soldan, Speichli, Stosel, Sturdy, Terri, Turgk, Venus, Viola, Violina, Whitefoot, Zabot. List from Kathleen Walker-Meikle's book "Medieval Pets" @gettymuseum
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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Did you know that lacquer as a decorative art form is older than writing itself? gty.art/4gvdFLB
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Preserving Lacquer One Paper-Thin Layer at a Time | Getty News
How Getty conservators are working to protect an ancient craft.
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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Take a trip to Pompeii without leaving your home. Italian artist Luigi Spina had unprecedented access to photograph in all its glory—all times of day, in all seasons, in natural light, and without visitors.
Various photographs of Pompeii's archaeological site interiors and exteriors in different times of day and different seasons without visitors.
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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Virgos are said to be loyal and practical, yet overly critical. Sound like a Virgo you know? Scroll this 🧵 to reveal the dos and don'ts of Virgo season. ♍️
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