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Getty Pubs would like to introduce you to Scout, the newest member of our team! Here he is looking over some proofs for the upcoming book "Holbein: Capturing Character." As far as editors go, he's MEOWT of this world!

Learn more about the Getty Research Institute's latest title, "L.A. Graffiti Black Book" on the Getty blog, The Iris! This piece is a behind the scenes look at the making of an incredible compendium of LA street art. https://bit.ly/3eks0Mp

Loving this piece on "L.A. Graffiti Black Book" in UP Magazine featuring David Brafman, BIG Sleeps, AISEBORN - Visual Artist, Petal Blosm and others. Take a peek and learn more about how this project came to be! https://upmag.com/getty-la/

Happy Pub Day to Under Discussion! In almost thirty interviews, Donatien Grau probes some of the world’s most prominent thinkers and preeminent arts leaders on the past, present, and future of the encyclopedic museum. Over the last two decades, the encyclopedic museum, primarily a phenomenon of the US and Europe, has been called into question over location and their mostly Eurocentric collections. ... Are encyclopedic museums still relevant? Is there still a place for an institution dedicated to gathering, preserving, and showcasing all the world’s cultures? Order here: https://bit.ly/3d7jXSe

"L.A. Graffiti Black Book" is out TODAY! This book is a groundbreaking collaboration of 151 graffiti and tattoo artists from Los Angeles, who demonstrate a wide breadth of styles and an unparalleled mastery of lettering, calligraphy, and illustration. The idea for the book took root nearly ten years ago, when rare books curator David Brafman brought these artists together to peruse rare books of calligraphy and lettering at the Getty Research Institute. They immediately... spotted the 'liber amicorum', a 15th century autograph book passed around among friends and colleagues, generally within academic and aristocratic circles. The artists ended up making their own liber amicorum, one that commemorated the craft and distinct style of L.A. graffiti art. Housed at the Getty Research Institute, it was known as the Getty Black Book. Now, in 2021, it is being reissued and is available to the wider public. Watch the video below for more info, and pick up a copy of the "L.A. Graffiti Black Book" for yourself here: https://bit.ly/32Rxrvu AISEBORN - Visual Artist KING Cre8 DEFER CRYPTIK Estevan Oriol Fearo 153 Gajin Fujita Man.One Mister Cartoon Petal Blosm David Arquette & many more!

Maine author, historian and librarian Alexandra S.D. Hinrichs was featured on Foreword: A Podcast of Island Readers and Writers! Hinrichs is the author of the forthcoming picture book biography "The Traveling Camera: Lewis Hine and the Fight to End Child Labor." This children's book blends wonderful storytelling and a powerful message of social justice, and is accompanied by the beautiful illustrations of Michael Garland. Out on 9/14/21! Link to the podcast: https://bit.ly/3aprOJ2

Happy birthday Imogen Cunningham, born on this day in 1883! Cunningham enjoyed a long career as a photographer, creating a large and diverse body of work that underscored her unique vision, versatility, and commitment to the medium. In an interview held just two months before she died in 1976, Cunningham was asked what her favorite photograph was. She responded, the one I’m going to take tomorrow. ... Learn more about this incredible photographer in this recent blog piece, "Picturing Equality: How Imogen Cunningham Lived and Worked": https://bit.ly/321u58R

Happy Birthday Marcia Tucker! TODAY ONLY we're offering 20% off 'Out of Bounds: The Collected Writings of Marcia Tucker' in celebration of the groundbreaking founder of the New Museum. It’s no secret that Marcia Tucker, the late founder of New York’s New Museum, was brilliant, so it’s no surprise that 'Out of Bounds' is extraordinary. Artnews... At a time when there is renewed interest in the role of the museum, the critic, and the artistic activist, Tucker’s writing offers a much needed push to radical change. Hyperallergic What we need is arts leaders like Tucker who recognise that the paradigm of equality, ‘can’t just be a matter of programming but has to be somehow inscribed in the heart of an organization’ (p.198). Otherwise the status quo will remain exactly where it is. Burlington Contemporary Learn more and get your copy here: https://bit.ly/3dqwkHV

This month we're going to try something new: Fruit Friday! Up first, the mysterious quince! The quince is a tree fruit that bears a deciduous pome fruit, similar in appearance to a pear, and bright golden-yellow when mature. The fruit has been considered a symbol of love and fertility since antiquity and sacred to Venus. This beautiful image is from 'Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta', a treasury of extraordinary beauty and a landmark in the cultural debate between word and ima...ge. Learn more here: https://shop.getty.edu//mira-calligraphiae-monumenta-a-six See more

Learn more about commodes (and cabinets, desks, writing tables!) in 'French Rococo Ébénisterie in the J. Paul Getty Museum', available for online viewing now: https://www.getty.edu/publications/rococo/

Less than three weeks until the official publication of 'L.A. Graffiti Black Book', written by David Brafman and featuring work by Angst, Axis, Big Sleeps, Chaz, Cre8, Defer, EyeOne, Fishe, Heaven, Hyde, Look, ManOne, Prime, and many others! This collection of unique works by 151 Los Angeles #graffiti and #tattoo artists represents an unprecedented collaboration across the city’s diverse artistic landscape. What makes this project so provocative is how it draws connections ...between 17th-century vernacular art practices, the social/collaborative nature of contemporary street art, and the importance of documentation and archives. An Xiao Mina, Hyperallergic See more here: https://shop.getty.edu//l-a-graffiti-black-book-978-160606

Have you gotten your copy of 'Hollywood Arensberg: Avant-Garde Collecting in Midcentury L.A.' yet?

For nearly 30 years, Getty Marrow Internships have been diversifying the staff of museums and visual arts organizations through paid internships for students from underrepresented backgrounds. A new report looks at the impact of this program, which has introduced 3,200+ interns to arts careers at 175 LA arts institutions. https://www.getty.edu/interns-2020/report/

This week we're highlighting some of our #open-access publications as part of #InternationalOpenAccessWeek 'Keep It Moving? Conserving Kinetic Art' edited by Rachel Rivenc and Reinhard Bek, published by the Getty Conservation Institute Kinetic art not only INCLUDES movement but often DEPENDS on it to produce an intended effect and therefore fully realize its nature as art. It can take a multiplicity of forms and include a wide range of motion, from motorized movement to mot...ion as the result of wind or other sources of energy. This volume considers issues of technology, as well as looking at how professionals are rethinking concepts like authenticity. Read here for #FREE: https://www.getty.edu/publications/keepitmoving/

Wishing a VERY happy book birthday to 'Hollywood Arensberg: Avant-Garde Collecting in Midcentury L.A.' This beautiful and fascinating book is a reconstruction and interpretation of Louise and Walter Arensberg’s groundbreaking collection of modern and pre-Columbian art. It takes readers room by room, wall by wall, object by object through the couple’s Los Angeles home in which their collection was displayed.... Check-out the video below and get your copy here: https://bit.ly/2S2OkhC

SALE ALERT Visit the Getty Store for 50% off a selection of gift books, now through November 1st: https://bit.ly/2IHtTVP

This week we're highlighting some of our #open-access publications as part of International Open Access Week! First up is 'Values in Heritage Management: Emerging Approaches and Research Directions', edited by Erica Avrami, Susan Macdonald, Randall Mason, and David Myers. Over the last fifty years, conservation professionals have confronted increasingly complex political, economic, and cultural dynamics. ... Bringing together leading conservation scholars and professionals from around the world, this publication offers a timely look at values-based approaches to heritage management. Read here for FREE: https://www.getty.edu/publications/heritagemanagement/

Congratulations Julie Berry and April Lee, author and illustrator of 'Don't Let the Beasties Escape This Book', for winning a GOLD MEDAL in the 2020 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards. 'Don't Let the Beasties Escape This Book' is a beautifully illustrated and silly introduction to the medieval world and the illuminated bestiary. See more and get your copy here: https://bit.ly/37m3pUl

Los Angeles architect Pierre Koenig was born #onthisday in 1925! In 'Pierre Koenig: A View from the Archive' you can read about Koenig’s oeuvre, from the Case Study Houses to his later award-laden years. Includes drawings, photographs, diaries, building contracts and moremany published for the first time. Learn more about the man Time magazine said lived long enough to become cool twice": https://bit.ly/3j6QZSZ

Happy International Archeology Day! Take a at this fascinating article on the unsung women of #Egyptology: https://bit.ly/3dyxnVV Learn more about these amazing women in the recently published 'Egyptologists' Notebooks' by Chris Naunton - Egyptologist! Available now wherever books are sold!... #IAD2020 #aia #archaeologylovers #egypt

Earlier this week the Getty Museum announced the acquisition of 39 Dutch drawings, including "Metamorphosis of a Small Emperor Moth on a Damson Plum", a meticulously executed watercolor by Maria Sibylla Merian, created around 1679. Merian was one of the first to portray the appearance of insects from egg to maturity in relation to their food sources. Her artful depictions are so accurate that in most cases it is possible to identify individual species, making her a pioneer in the fields of entomology and ecology. Learn more about #Merian, her adventures and her work, in our book 'Maria Sibylla Merian: Artist, Scientist, Adventurer' -- written for middle-grade readers but a great introduction for all ages!

New on Art + Ideas "The idea of a kind of intact tomb, at a certain moment where the archaeologist breaks through the door and lifts up a lamp to reveal the glint of gold everywhere. That’s become the defining moment for archaeology." What do we know about the people who explored and studied Egypt’s ancient civilizations? The notebooks of well-known figures such as Howard Carter, who unearthed King Tut’s tomb in 1919 and created stunning, detailed renderings of it, reve...al how Europeans have tried for centuries to unravel the mysteries of Egypt’s ancient languages, cultures, rituals, and monuments. The history of the exploration of Egypt tells not only of our drive to understand the ancient world, but also the political machinations and contests that motivated such exploration. Chris Naunton - Egyptologist's new book, 'Egyptologists’ Notebooks: The Golden Age of Nile Exploration in Words, Pictures, Plans, and Letters', uses the often-beautiful records of early explorers and archaeologists from the 17th through 20th centuries to give insight into their discoveries. In this episode, Naunton discusses some of the key figures in Egyptology, highlighting their contributions to the field and to our contemporary understanding of ancient Egypt. Listen here: https://blogs.getty.edu/ir/podcast-egyptologists-notebooks/