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Sr. Cliff’s, negative 2017; print 2021, Melodie McDaniel. Inkjet print. Getty Museum. © Melodie McDaniel
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NEWS & STORIES
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Urban equestrians
When Melodie McDaniel was introduced to the Compton Jr. Posse in 2015, she knew she had to take their photographs.
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Free Spirit, negative 2017; print 2021, Melodie McDaniel. Inkjet print. Getty Museum © Melodie McDaniel
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How do you become a conservator?
Makayla Rawlins was an undergraduate intern when she came across an object that changed the trajectory of her life.
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Makayla Rawlins
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“I simply found them beautiful”
Käthe Kollwitz’s searing images were so successful at reaching the masses that they became a symbol of Germany’s abortion-rights struggle.
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Portraits of Misery III (At the Doctor), in Simplicissimus, No. 35 (1909): 587, Käthe Kollwitz. Getty Research Institute (85-S1389)
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Cancer season
It’s a good time to garden, but DO NOT plant any trees.
There’s news about your phlegmatic humors, too.
Get your medieval horoscope here
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Cancer (detail) from Miscellany: descriptions of planets, zodiacs, and comets, shortly after 1464, German. Watercolor and ink on paper. Getty Museum
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EVENTS
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Bacchus Uncorked: The Ancient Greek Drinking Party
Saturday and Sunday, July 13 and 14
5:15 pm to 8:30 pm
Getty Villa
Do wine and truth really go hand-in-hand, as the Greek poet Alcaeus said? Join archaeologist Kathleen Lynch as she takes us back in time to explore the cultural role of the symposium (drinking party) in ancient Greece. Then, enjoy a selection of wine curated by wine educator Diego Meravigila. Tickets for this event are $90 and sell out quickly!
Learn more and purchase tickets here
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Terracotta kylix (drinking cup), about 480 BCE, signed by Hieron; attributed to Makron. Terracotta. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1920 (20.246)
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Make a sunprint!
Sunday June 30, 11 am to 2:30 pm
Getty Center
Only one more opportunity to harness the power of the sun and make photographic prints called cyanotypes. This series ends this month.
Learn more about this free, drop-in family workshop
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AROUND TOWN
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FRAMED
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When a window frames a view just so…
From Get Inspired subscriber Luciana LoPresto:
A view from the window of the the Sheats-Goldstein House, Beverly Hills.
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Have a window-framed scene “hanging” on your wall? Did you snap one somewhere else? Send us the photo! Include your name, camera used, location, and anything else you’d like to share at stories@getty.edu.
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Photo: Luciana LoPresto
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