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Scarlet fever: exploring our fascination with blood
Plus via Yahoo News· 2 months agoIn medieval Europe, blood was a fascination; frightening, powerful, mysterious. Centuries later, the bright red liquid pulsing through our bodies...
From dusty bedroom to the Getty Museum: Long-lost de Kooning painting is back on exhibit
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 2 years agoShortly after 9 a.m. on Tuesday, a worker at the J. Paul Getty Museum put the finishing touches in...
Getty Museum in LA to return illegally exported art to Italy
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles is returning ancient sculptures and other works of art that...
Fact check: False claim that thousands of children are being held beneath the Getty Museum
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe claim: Thousands of children are being held under the Getty Museum The J. Paul Getty Museum in southern California is renowned for its design and art collections, but a claim circulating ...
European court upholds Italy's right to seize prized Greek bronze from Getty Museum, rejects appeal
Associated Press via AOL· 2 weeks agoA European court on Thursday upheld Italy’s right to seize a prized Greek statue from the J. Paul...
See gorgeous ancient Egyptian 'mummy portraits' from nearly 2 millennia ago
Live Science via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThis portrait, painted between A.D. 150 and 200 on wood, shows a young woman with brown doe eyes, a...
European court affirms Italy's right to seize ancient bronze statue from LA's Getty Museum
Euronews via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoThe statue, a life-sized bronze believed to date from 300-100 B.C., was purchased by the Getty in...
These antique dealers found a stolen de Kooning painting. Now they’re the toast of the art world
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLOS ANGELES — David Van Auker and Buck Burns stepped off an elevator and into a second-floor gallery...
US, UK galleries buy masterpiece 'Portrait of Mai' for $62M
AP Finance via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoOne of the earliest portraits of a person of color by a British artist will remain on public display...
Review: A striking Danish art show at the Getty unpacks what it means to be a nation in turmoil
LA Times via Yahoo News· 11 months agoAlmost five years ago, the J. Paul Getty Museum acquired a very beautiful, very strange painting by a 19th century Danish artist not widely known outside Northern Europe. The museum’s recently ...