Change: Collecting Coins at the Getty Museum
You close your eyes, make a wish, and throw a coin in a fountain. This scene isn’t uncommon here at the Getty. Last year, some $1,649.03 worth of coins were collected from the Azalea Pool in the...
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Ancient Sicilian Coins: Miniature Masterpieces, Full-Scale Challenges
Coin with a Head of Apollo (detail), 410–403 B.C., Sikeliote (Sicilian Greek), minted in Katane. Silver tetradrachm signed by Choirion, 1 1/16 in. diam. Courtesy of the Museo Archeologico Regionale...
View ArticleWhat’s New to Explore in the Reinstalled Getty Villa Galleries
As we shared last week on The Iris, the display of antiquities in the Getty Villa galleries has been reenvisioned, literally from the ground up. Nearly every work of art—1,357 objects—has been moved,...
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