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
Exploring the Alps
Nov 12 2024 - Apr 27 2025
A focused exhibition highlights the ways late 19th-century artists depicted the Alps
Sensing the Future: Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.)
Sep 10 2024 - Feb 23 2025
Explores a collaboration between artists and engineers
Magnified Wonders: An 18th-Century Microscope
Sep 10 2024 - Feb 2 2025
The cultural and historical context of a magnificent object
Rising Signs: The Medieval Science of Astrology
Oct 1 2024 - Jan 5 2025
Mysteries of astrology intersecting with medicine, divination, and daily life in the Middle Ages
Ultra-Violet: New Light on Van Gogh’s Irises
Oct 1 2024 - Jan 19 2025
How his understanding of light and color informed his painting practice
Paper and Light
Oct 15 2024 - Jan 19 2025
Explores the interaction of paper and light
María Magdalena Campos-Pons: Behold
Feb 11 2025 - May 4 2025
Tracing 35 years of the cultural and personal impacts of migration and memory
Gustave Caillebotte: Painting Men
Feb 25 2025 - May 25 2025
His vision of modern masculinity in a major international loan exhibition
What They Saw: Historical Photobooks by Women 1843–1999
Apr 8 2025 - May 11 2025
A global history of photobooks by women photographers
Charles Ross: Spectrum 14
Sep 10 2024 - Sep 7 2025
A calibrated array of prisms cast a dazzling display of luminous color
Lumen: Helen Pashgian
Aug 6 2024 - Jan 26 2025
A meditative sculpture and light installation