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On September 23, 2026, the J. Paul Getty Museum announced the acquisition of "Portrait of the Count-Duke of Olivares" (ca. 1626) by Spanish artist Diego Velázquez (1599–1660).
On September 22, 2026, Getty announced that six large-scale reproductions of artworks from its collection will be installed across Paris from October 1 through November 30, 2026, in partnership with L’Art dans la Ville.
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On September 22, 2026, the Getty announced the upcoming conference Black Portraiture[s]: Los Angeles: The Black Built Environment, cohosted with New York University and UCLA.
On September 21, 2026, the J.
On September 17, 2026, the J. Paul Getty Museum announced the release of "Becoming Artsy, Episode 506," which traces the history of green pigments in art across nearly 2,000 years.
On September 14, 2026, the J. Paul Getty Trust announced that the Latino Theater Company’s adaptation of Sophocles’ Antigone, titled Antigone: In the Language of Kings, is now on stage at the Getty Villa in Los Angeles.
On September 14, 2026, Getty announced the launch of season two of 'If Objects Could Talk,' an award-winning family-friendly podcast that brings to life objects from its art collection.
On September 8, 2026, the J. Paul Getty Museum, California African American Museum (CAAM) and Art + Practice (A+P) announced three concurrent solo exhibitions of new works by contemporary painter Reggie Burrows Hodges, inspired by artworks from Getty's collection.
On September 9, 2026, the Getty Villa announced a specialty cocktail called El Cosmico, created for the Latino Theater Company's production of 'Antigone: In the Language of Kings.' The drink features agave wine, a fermented beverage with roots in Aztec mythology, and is part of the concessions me.
On September 9, 2026, the Getty Villa announced a collaboration with the Latino Theater Company to stage 'Antígona: en el lenguaje de los dioses,' a reinterpretation of the Greek tragedy set in pre-conquest Tenochtitlán.
On September 9, 2026, the Getty Foundation announced a multinational traveling research seminar, "The Amazon Basin as Connecting Borderland," supported by its Connecting Art Histories initiative.
On September 3, 2026, the J. Paul Getty Museum published a retrospective look by curators Julian Brooks and Virginia Heckert at two focused exhibitions held in 2017 to celebrate David Hockney’s 80th birthday, collectively titled "Happy Birthday, Mr.
Getty Scholar Rachel Ama Asaa Engmann and Getty Graduate Intern Tom Keep are collaborating to reimagine research and storytelling around the transatlantic slave trade through 3D digitization of artifacts from Christiansborg Castle in Ghana.
On August 25, 2026, the Getty Research Institute announced the publication of 'Black Curators Matter: Conversations on Art and Change,' a volume edited by Kellie Jones and Tumelo Mosaka.
On August 18, 2026, the Getty Conservation Institute announced ongoing conservation of an 18th-century French commode by Bernard II van Risenburgh that incorporates Japanese lacquer panels.
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