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Recording in progress
Historian and archivist Keith Rice preserves Los Angeles history through the stories of its minority communities. We caught up with him to discuss his contributions to the exhibition Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955–1985, now on view at the Getty Center through June 14.
How the Getty logo started and where it’s going
Can you imagine a Getty logo that looked like the Nintendo “racetrack” that launched in 1982? Or the psychedelic Mexico 1968 Summer Olympics logo, beloved by graphic design nerds? As Getty’s new digital-friendly logo and first-ever tagline debut, we also look back to the 1980s, when typographer Larry Brady created Getty’s initial commissioned logo and typeface.
Browse Getty’s historic logo designs, greenlighted or not
How to merge with the gods
With Getty’s ancient Egyptian “Book of the Dead” manuscripts back on view, we revisit a popular story wherein Foy Scalf, who heads the research archives at the University of Chicago’s Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, demystifies the Book of the Dead, a collection of nearly 200 spells, or ritual incantations and instructions, that played an essential role in the religious life and burial practices of Egyptians for nearly 1,500 years.
Explore an ancient book of spells
One artist continues where the other left off
During a period when social and cultural restrictions allowed few women to pursue a career as a professional artist, Marguerite Gérard (1761–1837) inventively developed a signature style that proved popular on the art market. She was enormously successful and became one of the most appealing genre painters of her generation. In this new Getty acquisition, Marguerite Gérard and her brother-in-law, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, collaborated on a scene of courtship.