The J. Paul Getty Museum announces a new Center for Photographs program devoted to surveying the collection through a series of exhibitions inspired by great themes in the history of art. In Focus: The Nude, at the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Getty Center through February 24, 2008, offers an overview of the history of the photographic nude through a selection of prints from the dawn of the medium to the 20th century.

Getty Conservation Institute hosts Williams on Thursday, October 18, at 7 pm as part of its conservation matters lecture series. Nearly every parent has their child's macaroni art stashed somewhere in the house, or brittle sepia photos of family relatives and fading snapshots of childhood tucked into a box.

The Decorated Letter, at the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Getty Center, November 13, 2007-January 27, 2008, explores the stylistic traditions of decorated initials preserved from a period that spans over 700 hundred years. Exhibition materials are primarily drawn from books of scripture and prayer, with a few examples from the realms of law and history, and provide insight into the trends that shaped medieval artistic production.

At the age of 96, living legend Julius Shulman is one of the few individuals to have witnessed and documented the growth of Los Angeles during the past century. More than mere works of art or images for commercial promotion, Shulman’s captivating photographs now serve as critical visual records of this metropolis’ dramatic evolution.

Rare examples of decorative works of gold and silver, armor, carved ivories, enamels, sculpture, paintings and illuminated manuscripts from the 3rd through the 16th centuries will be on view in Medieval Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art at the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Getty Center, October 30, 2007 - January 20, 2008, providing an unprecedented opportunity for West Coast audiences to view these extraordinary objects outside of Cleveland.

Some of the largest and most beautiful manuscripts that survive from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance are books containing the music of Christian church ceremonies. Music for the Masses: Illuminated Choir Books, at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center, August 14-October 28, 2007, is an exhibition of over 40 manuscripts and leaves from the Getty Museum's collection that explores the various types of choir books and their characteristic illumination.

Imagine getting so close to a painting that you can spot details barely visible to the naked eye. That’s just not possible in a museum under the watchful eye of a diligent security officer. But, thanks to a new Web tool developed by the J. Paul Getty Museum, it’s now possible online.

The J. Paul Getty Museum announced today that it is convening an international group of scientists, archaeologists, and art historians to further research the origins of the Cult Statue of a Goddess, an object in the Museum's collection often referred to as the "Aphrodite," which has been claimed by the Italian Ministry of Culture.

Inspired by the current exhibition Stories in Stone: Conserving Mosaics of Roman Africa; Masterpieces from the National Museums of Tunisia at the Getty Villa in Malibu, the Los Angeles Conservancy will partner with the Getty to present a one-day tour of historic public mosaics in Los Angeles on Sunday, March 25, 2007. Tour sites include: