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Dark Humor and Darker Worlds: How Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Darwin, --and other 19th-century luminaries influenced French Symbolist artist Odilon Redon Read full story at getty.edu/news In the background, a drawing by Redon. A large nimbus floats in a glowing cosmic space. Its black circular center is a male head, partly shadowed and with eyes closed, sunk in deep dreaming sleep.
A blue ornate French bed with posts, a canopy, and ostrich feather decoration.
Wendell Campbell's St. Mark AME Zion Church, East Chicago, Indiana. Preserving Black architecture and design. This $4.85M initiative has helped communities across the US protect 26 modernist sites. Read full story getty.edu/news
A person crouches on a floor mosaic to examine its condition. Text: How to keep ancient mosaics safe. Reflecting on a 15-year initiative to protect these vulnerable treasures in the Mediterranean. Read full report: gty.art/mosaikon-report
Flyer for Acting Like Women
A conservator carefully works on a relic of feminist art history—a handmade dress with 14 latex breasts sewn onto the front in a cascade. Text overlayed reads: Breast Dressed. Restoring one of Getty's unique feminist treasures. Read full story getty.edu/news
12 images of ancient amphora in a grid
Getty Casting Call for The Odyssey: Meet characters from The Odyssey in the Getty collection Read the full story at getty.edu/news A close-up of a bronze statuette of minerva, or Athena. This statuette of Minerva once brandished a spear and shield, and is identifiable by the goddess’s war-like pose and the protective aegis, bearing the head of the gorgon Medusa, that covers her chest and back.
painting of clouds in the sky
Charcoal drawing of a somber, bearded face looking down with a cloud of black behind it.
Baronne de Domecy, a portrait of the titular woman, drawn in vibrant pastels.
An example of Redon's literature-inspired works is Orpheus, in which a ghostly figure looms over colorful flowers.
Charcoal drawing by Redon. An eye floats in the sky, pupil gazing upward.
"Who was Odilon Redon?" bold text asks. The background is a drawing of a skeleton, its head and left leg separated from its body, holding an arm up in the air in distress.
Purrquoise, a turquoise colored cat sculpture with a grin, sits on their golden stool.
Close up image of Purrquoise's face from the side, highlighting his teeth. Purrquoise is a turquoise colored cat sculpture with a grin.
Close up image of Purrquoise's face. Purrquoise is a turquoise colored cat sculpture with a grin.
"Lomandra longifolia 'Arctic Frost' (a.k.a. Variegated Mat Rush)" Tall thin green stalks point toward the sky.
"Pelargonium 'Martha Washington Elegance Imperial' (a.k.a. Regal Geranium)" Purplish-pink flowers with a bee buzzing from bloom to bloom.
"Gaillardia 'Sunset Orange Ruffles' (a.k.a. Blanket Flower)" A bee enjoys pollen from an orange many-petaled bloom.
"Leucadendron 'Jester' (a.k.a. Sunshine Conebush)" Tall stalks of green leaves with pink borders and undersides reach toward the sun, with a white building visible in the background.
"Coleus neochilus 'Mike's Fuzzy Wuzzy' (a.k.a. Variegated Lobster Flower or Lobster Bush)" A field of green succulents with purple stalks blooming from them.
"Bloomscrolling, not doomscrolling. Getty plants to brighten your feed and day." Pink flowers are visible in the background.
A conservation scientist looks at a laptop. Text: Art worth the risk. How art conservators merge science and risk analysis to keep cultural treasures safe. Read full story getty.edu/news
Odilon Redon Salon: Words and Music. Saturday, July 18, 2026 at the Getty Center. Free tickets at gty.art/RS26. A pastel drawing by Redon depicting a woman in a blue coat and a vibrant red blouse, surrounded by flowers.
Drawing by Henri Fantin-Latour of an artist, asleep at his canvas.
Lithograph of a large pensive face in profile in an arched window with two small figures looking up at it from below.
Cover of a scroll-through post. The heading asks: Want to time travel to a 19th-century Parisian salon? In the background, a large gathering of women in 19th-century dress, gathered for a salon.
Detail of a statuette representing a male torso with an incision from the breast bone to the abdomen that exposes the internal organs. The model is a schematic version of the human anatomy rather than an exact replica, but the relative placement, size, and shape of organs is generally correct.