The collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center includes pre-20th-century European paintings, drawings, illuminated manuscripts, sculpture, and decorative arts; 19th- and 20th-century American, European, and Asian photographs; contemporary and modern sculpture; and Robert Irwin's Central Garden, designed specifically for the Getty Center.
The unique design elements, beautiful gardens, open spaces and spectacular views at the Richard Meier-designed museum makes the Getty Center an extraordinary destination in and of itself.
Please check the museum website for updated exhibition information. Scheduling may have been modified as a result of the temporary museum closure.
Exhibitions & Dates
Dawoud Bey & Carrie Mae Weems: In Dialogue
Apr 4 2023 - Jul 9 2023
40+ years of work by two important photo-based artists in thematic pairings
Eighteenth-Century Pastels
Aug 30 2022 - Feb 26 2023
Explores the physical properties of pastels and tells of their rising renown across Europe
Uta Barth: Peripheral Vision
Nov 15 2022 - Feb 19 2023
Formative and critically acclaimed projects of Barth’s nearly 40-year career
Porcelain from Versailles: Vases for a King and Queen
Feb 14 2023 - Jan 28 2024
From the Sèvres porcelain manufactory before the French Revolution
Beyond the Light: Identity and Place in Nineteenth-Century Danish Art
May 23 2023 - Aug 20 2023
100+/- works explore notions of place, identity and belonging
A Passion for Collecting Manuscripts
Jan 1931 - Apr 23 2023
Intriguing stories about the manuscripts and the journeys that brought them to LA
Our Voices, Our Getty: Reflecting on Drawings
Feb 7 2023 - Apr 30 2023
Students’ reflections cast these drawings in a new light
Barbara T. Smith: The Way to Be
Feb 28 2023 - Jul 16 2023
Autobiographical exhibition explores the artist's first 50 years
Pastel Portraits: Drawn from Life?
Mar 14 2023 - Sep 17 2023
Two women pastel portraitists of 18th-century Europe
Tim Walker: Wonderful Things
May 2 2023 - Aug 20 2023
The fantastical worlds created by this internationally acclaimed fashion photographer
Play and Pastimes in the Middle Ages
May 16 2023 - Aug 6 2023
The surprising and engaging world of medieval games and leisure
Giacomo Ceruti: A Compassionate Eye
Jul 18 2023 - Oct 29 2023
A group of haunting paintings by this 18th-century Italian artist
Graphic Design in the Middle Ages
Aug 29 2023 - Feb 4 2024
Reveals the ways that design influenced the reading and interpretation of medieval books
Reckoning with Millet’s Man with a Hoe
Sep 5 2023 - Dec 10 2023
Charts the tumultuous public life of this iconic depiction of peasant labor
Finding an Audience: 19th-Century Drawings
Sep 26 2023 - Jan 7 2024
Explores strategies used by 19th century European artists to show and sell their work
William Blake: Visionary
Oct 17 2023 - Jan 14 2024
Explores Blake’s imaginative world through his most celebrated works