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Take a Deep, Meditative Breath

Our newest video podcast encourages you to engage with works of art while participating in mindfulness meditation.

Listen to the Podcast
A smooth blend of bright colors and two opaque circles, one small and one large, with fading text reading “OMMM art + mindfulness”.

What We Do

  1. Our Locations

    Three people, a woman with long dark hair and a man pushing an elderly woman in a wheelchair, wander through a museum gallery filled with marble sculpture busts.

    Enjoy the art, architecture, and gardens of our two unique sites

  2. Art & Archives

    Two people wander through an art gallery filled with sculptures, pointing to the details in a stone bust

    Our art and research collections span ancient to modern times

  3. Research & Conservation

    A person seated before a large wooden table looks at a black-and-white stereograph of a streetscape through a modern stereoscope, while other stereographs are scattered on the table.

    We conduct and support research and conservation of visual art and cultural heritage in Los Angeles and throughout the world

News & Stories

All News & Stories

  1. Harry Gesner’s Buildings “Surf” the California Hillsides

    Article

    A circular home with a wraparound deck and a green tiled roof emerges from foliage above the ocean.

    How a modernist architect linked the natural and built environments

    Jul 28, 2026

  2. Getty Presents “The Making of a Medieval Manuscript”

    Press Release

    Manuscript illumination of a haloed figure sitting at a stand with writing implements in hand.

    Exhibition features the in-depth process of creating medieval books

    Jul 27, 2026

  3. Odilon Redon’s Dark Humor and Darker Worlds

    Article

    Skeletons against a black background.

    How Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Darwin, and other 19th-century luminaries influenced French Symbolist artist Odilon Redon

    Jul 22, 2026

Explore Our Work

All Projects & Initiatives

Noir: Technical Examination and Analysis of 19th-century Black Drawing Materials

Creating a framework to identify drawing materials in works on paper from the Getty collection and exhibitions

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of two men in silhouette poking long tools into a smoking mound

Resources

All Resources
Explore tools and support for work and study in visual art and cultural heritage