Examine Getty’s much-loved painting, Irises by Vincent Van Gogh, from the perspective of modern conservation science. This exhibition shows how the artist’s understanding of light and color informed ...

To watch online, register via Zoom. In the late 1920s, artist and inventor Thomas Wilfred developed innovative “lumia instruments,” time-based artworks which dazzled and mesmerized viewers. Wilfred ...

This immersive exhibition tells the story of a unique mid-20th-century collaboration between artists and engineers. It explores the beginnings of the organization Experiments in Art and Technology, or ...

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The fifteen papers in this volume focus on treatments of western European tapestries and ecclesiastical embroideries, mostly from the Renaissance period, although one work, a liturgical sandal, dates ...

Image: 38.9 × 38.4 cm (15 5/16 × 15 1/8 in.)Sheet: 41.9 × 40.4 cm (16 1/2 × 15 7/8 in.) ...

9. Mosaic Panel with Peacock Facing Left Roman, from Syria, possibly Emesa (present-day Homs), AD 400–600 Stone tesserae, 196.9 cm × 115.5 cm 75.AH.121 Gift of William Wahler 10. Mosaic Panel with ...

Take a deep dive into the medieval and Renaissance galleries in this 30-minute guided exploration. Tours are first-come, first-served. Arrive a few minutes early to secure your spot at the Information ...

Spectrum 14 is a calibrated array of prisms that cast a dazzling display of luminous color across the Museum’s rotunda. Bands of spectral light traverse the space in relation to the sun, which follow ...

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To be human is to crave light. We rise and sleep according to the rhythms of the sun, and have long associated light with divinity. Focusing on the arts of western Europe, Lumen explores the ways in ...