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Libras are said to be friendly and compassionate, but indecisive. Sound like a Libra you know? Scroll this 🧵 to reveal the dos and don'ts of Libra Season. ♎️
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According to medieval astrology, Libra season is a good time for short-term projects, making new clothes, harvesting grapes, and getting haircuts.
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According to medieval astrology, Libra season is a bad time for taking medicine for the eyes, moving into a new house, and going to war.
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What inspired this photograph? Hear artist @ceciliasalcedom describe in her own words how close looking over time inspired her creative process. Enjoy this photograph alongside works by 13 prominent photographers who recorded the "instantes y revelaciones" (instants and revelations) of a remarkable century of Mexican creativity. Open through January 3, 2027 at the Getty Center. ℹ️ gty.art/4Avy5xf?utm_source=t…
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Interested in seeing rare Yoko Ono archive materials? Join us September 30 for “Show and Tell: Yoko Ono Archive” at the Getty Center. See these special materials—including Ono’s Grapefruit—and join in on art-making stations inspired by Ono’s artist books in Getty’s collection. Tickets available: getty.edu/calendar/show-and-…
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This exciting event is in collaboration with @thebroad to celebrate their exhibition Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind, on view through October 11. thebroad.org/art/special-exh…
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Getty is welcoming its first painting by Diego Velázquez, a recently rediscovered portrait of the Count-Duke of Olivares. Learn more: gty.art/4ha6I4v
A painted portrait of a man in armor with a red sash. Text reads: Rediscovered portrait by Velazquez joins Getty's collection.

ALT A painted portrait of a man in armor with a red sash. Text reads: Rediscovered portrait by Velazquez joins Getty's collection.

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Heading to the Black Portraiture[s] conference? In anticipation, peruse a reading list of books that span art, architecture, migration, and the many ways Black communities create—and reclaim—space. getty.edu/news/black-portrai…
Stack of books featured in the reading list including: 1. Black Curators Matter: Conversations on Art and Change 2. Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographers: 1840 to the Present 3. Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955–1985 4. South of Pico: African American Artists in Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s 5. Of Interest to the General Public: About a Coronation Cloak from Ethiopia (Objects Talk Back series) 6. Kin 7. Fugitive Tilts: Essays 8. Archive of Desire: A Poem in Four Parts for C. P. Cavafy 9. When Home Is a Photograph: Blackness and Belonging in the World (The Visual Arts of Africa and Its Diasporas series) 10. Undesirability and Her Sisters: Black Women’s Visual Work and the Ethics of Representation 11. Devin Allen: Baltimore 12. The Revelation of Dionne Daphne

ALT Stack of books featured in the reading list including: 1. Black Curators Matter: Conversations on Art and Change 2. Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographers: 1840 to the Present 3. Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955–1985 4. South of Pico: African American Artists in Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s 5. Of Interest to the General Public: About a Coronation Cloak from Ethiopia (Objects Talk Back series) 6. Kin 7. Fugitive Tilts: Essays 8. Archive of Desire: A Poem in Four Parts for C. P. Cavafy 9. When Home Is a Photograph: Blackness and Belonging in the World (The Visual Arts of Africa and Its Diasporas series) 10. Undesirability and Her Sisters: Black Women’s Visual Work and the Ethics of Representation 11. Devin Allen: Baltimore 12. The Revelation of Dionne Daphne

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Black Portraiture[s]: Los Angeles: The Black Built Environment is taking place September 28–30 at the UCLA Luskin Conference Center. getty.edu/calendar/black-por…

The Black Built Environment | Getty Events

Conference at UCLA on the historicity of the Black built environment, both physical and imagined, and its relationship to photography, architecture, urban planning, and visual culture

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In medieval Europe, few families were as well-known as the Holy Family. 🧵 1/6 gty.art/4yGPGkr
The Virgin Mary holds the infant Jesus Christ. Joseph is in the background, looking rather bored and much older than his bride. Text: What did the “ideal family” look like in 15th-century Europe?

ALT The Virgin Mary holds the infant Jesus Christ. Joseph is in the background, looking rather bored and much older than his bride. Text: What did the “ideal family” look like in 15th-century Europe?

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Joseph's growing prominence in art reflects a change in how people imagined family life and fatherhood. It may also reveal an evolving understanding of humanity's relationship with the divine. Rather than emphasizing the lofty majesty of the Holy Family, artists highlighted tenderness, intimacy, and human connection. 🧵5/6 gty.art/46D93P8
Medieval manuscript in which Joseph guides Jesus by the hand.

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These depictions offer a more compassionate portrayal of fatherhood and a more personal connection to the divine. It's a good reminder that ideas about fathers, families, religion, and relationships aren't set in stone. We can see how art shifts culture, and how culture impacts art. 🧵6/6 gty.art/3SOrwF1
A close-up of the Holy Family is in a contemporary Netherlandish home. Joseph offers nourishing milk soup to Jesus, kept warm with a lid.

ALT A close-up of the Holy Family is in a contemporary Netherlandish home. Joseph offers nourishing milk soup to Jesus, kept warm with a lid.

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What happens when art historians leave their comfort zone? Since 2009, Getty's Connecting Art Histories initiative has worked to shift the way art history is practiced. Here's what happened when a group of art historians traveled the Amazon River: gty.art/4yPuuZw
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Did you know that green was a tricky pigment for artists across time? (And yes, arsenic is part of its story). But why? Watch the full video: piped.video/watch?v=sG5lJtAW…
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Join Jessie, host of Getty's Becoming Artsy YouTube show, as she explores the color green through the ages, from ancient art to modern paintings. Enjoy all episodes of Becoming Artsy now. gty.art/46EpZ7Z
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Our medieval art curator rates every scroll emoji. 📜
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JoyPixels, 8 out of 10. I give this one some credit for being the only one in writing that suggests cursive. That plus the uneven rolling and damage at the sides is giving it a bit of a Founding Fathers vibe and less medieval or ancient text.
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LG, 6 out of 10. Hear ye, hear ye! A bit of a Ren Faire/town crier energy here, but I’m into it, I just wish we could read the text.
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