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Celebrate Día de Los Muertos with a colorful bloom from our Central Garden—Matthew the horticulturist will tell you all about it. Enjoy another installment of Bloomscrolling, not Doomscrolling.
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Artist Accra Shepp developed an innovative technique to print photographs on dried leaves, and this summer, we brought Shepp to meet with a group of art professionals to discuss his work directly. Called a "Conservation Study Day," this unique gathering matters, learn more: gty.art/4BugeY9
Detail of a portrait on a leaf. Text reads: The artist who prints photographs on leaves. Read full story getty.edu/news

ALT Detail of a portrait on a leaf. Text reads: The artist who prints photographs on leaves. Read full story getty.edu/news

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Kids, families, listen up! Today's new ep of "If Objects Could Talk" tells the story of a slow moving snail who has traveled from Paris, to Chicago, and then to Brussels. Dive in to hear more about our small friend in the big city. gty.art/3UnZpgS
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"If Objects Could Talk" is a playful storytelling podcast for kids and families that imagines what antiquities at the Getty Villa Museum might say if they came alive and found their way to our podcast studio. New eps every Monday. Listen now: getty.edu/podcasts/if-object…
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Today, three interconnected exhibitions featuring new works by contemporary painter Reggie Burrows Hodges open at the Getty Center, @caaminla, and Art + Practice. gty.art/489TfUF Experience some of Hodges's most ambitious work to date in the artist's first solo presentations in Southern California. ⬇️ – at Burbank, CA
A shadowy figure in a pale blue-gray garment and head covering sits against a dark background, holding a cluster of flowers over a surface.

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Painting with hazy shapes resembling people standing in groups outdoors and blocks of color indicating a red ground, green trees and plants, and a purple sky.

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A white couch against a dark background. A woman in a blue skirt and white, flowing top sits on the couch. Another sits, leaning back, in a chair behind the couch in the background of the scene.

ALT A white couch against a dark background. A woman in a blue skirt and white, flowing top sits on the couch. Another sits, leaning back, in a chair behind the couch in the background of the scene.

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🗓️ Join Hodges and curators Davide Gasparotto and Bridget R. Cooks for a wide-ranging conversation about his artistic practice, inspiration, and storied career. For in-person attendees, a hosted reception and exhibition viewing follows the conversation. Register to attend: getty.edu/calendar/painterly… – at Burbank, CA

A Painterly Pursuit with Reggie Burrows Hodges | Getty Events

Artist Reggie Burrows Hodges comes to the Getty for a wide-ranging conversation about his artistic practice, inspiration, and career.

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Can you guess this mythological figure? Some clues:  🔎King of the gods 🔎Armed with thunder and lightning bolts 🔎Often seen with an eagle
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If you guessed, Jupiter (or Zeus, as he is known in Greek myth), you’re correct! For more, check out Gods and Heroes in Art, a Getty Publication available now. 🖼️: Jupiter, model about 1670, probably cast about 1680–1700, After a model attributed to Jean Raon. Getty Museum
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Happy spooky season! Celebrate with Halloween greeting cards featuring art from our collection. 🧵
Greeting card depicting a skeleton popping out of a tomb. Text: Bone-jour!

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Charcoal drawing of a skeleton that's falling apart, it's head on the ground next to the rest of its body. Text: Rest in pieces

ALT Charcoal drawing of a skeleton that's falling apart, it's head on the ground next to the rest of its body. Text: Rest in pieces

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Featured art: 1. The Eleventh Sign before the Day of Judgment (detail), about 1480–1490, English. Getty Museum 2. The Beast Acheron (detail), 1475, Simon Marmion. Getty Museum 3. Amateurs playing ghost scene (detail), 1887, W. S. Hobson. Getty Museum 4. A Nightingale; Bats (detail), about 1250–1260, English. Getty Museum Amateurs playing ghost scene (detail), 1887, W. S. Hobson. Getty Museum 5. Damselfly, French Rose, Spanish Chestnut, and Spider (detail), 1561–1562; illumination added 1591–1596, Joris Hoefnagel and Georg Bocskay. Getty Museum 6. Initial D: A Skull in a Rocky Field (detail), about 1469, Taddeo Crivelli. Getty Museum 7. The Battle of the Bones (detail), about 1881, Odilon Redon. Getty Museum
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Happy Scorpio season! Scorpios are said to be determined and intuitive, but also obsessive and jealous. Sound like a Scorpio you know? Scroll this 🧵 to reveal the dos and don'ts of Scorpio season. ♏️
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According to medieval astrology, Scorpio season is a good time for sowing, doing battle, and taking medicine.
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According to medieval astrology, Scorpio season is a bad time for planting trees, bathing, bloodletting, buying gold or silver, buying horses, and making new clothes.
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Need a medieval Halloween costume? ⚔️ Our medievalist's creatures might spark some ideas.
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