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Take a look at these details—would you ever guess this artwork was painted by two artists? I Was Thinking of You was a collaboration between Marguerite Gérard and her brother-in-law, Jean-Honoré Fragonard. But how do Getty scholars know that? Visit gty.art/4tosB2H to learn more. 🖼️ I Was Thinking of You, about 1785-1787, Marguerite Gérard and Jean-Honoré Fragonard. Getty Museum

Archives hold untold of Black art and artists, and Getty is working to make them more accessible. Today Getty awarded $1.8M to cultural institutions across the US through its Black Visual Arts Archives initiative. gty.art/4drOsR3

The Civil War-era regalia worn by those pictured were sourced from Western Costume Company in North Hollywood, the same costume house that provided props and costumes for D.W. Griffith's 1915 film The Birth of a Nation.

Few images of Asian soldiers who served in the American Civil War exist; Bruce Yonemoto became interested in how such an imbalance of representation came to shape our current perception of this period in US history.

People of all racial and ethnic backgrounds fought on both sides of the American Civil War. The photographs of Bruce Yonemoto, a Los Angeles-based artist and educator, prompt reflections on the ways racial identities are recorded and regularly excluded from history.

Happy #MosaicMonday! Can you tell what the four people in the corners of this mosaic panel represent? 🧐 Hint: Frankie Valli would be a huge fan. ℹ️ gty.art/3xOw01x

Is motherhood a creative act? Get to know this work by artist Annie Hsiao-Ching Wang. In a photo series that has lasted over 20 years, artist Annie Wang explores what it means to be a woman, an artist, and a mother through an autobiographical lens.

Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955–1985, organized by the @ngadc, is on view at the Getty Center through June 14, 2026. 🎟️ gty.art/bam

Inspired by his grandmother’s photo albums and accompanying stories about the Mississippi community where he was raised, Earlie Hudnall has been making portraits in Houston’s historically Black neighborhoods for over 40 years. Like other artists featured in the exhibition Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955–1985, Hudnall uses photography to highlight moments of connection. Whether a family in their Sunday best or siblings at play, Earlie Hudnall has a knack for conveying the many dimensions of human relationships in one single image. @PDNBGallery

A quiet moment, made monumental. Alexandre Charpentier’s Young Mother Breastfeeding Her Child celebrates the beauty and dignity of simple, everyday acts of tenderness. Senior Curator of Sculpture and Decorative Arts Anne-Lise Desmas reflects on why this rare work, newly acquired by Getty, continues to move viewers more than a century after its creation ➡️ gty.art/48OXhCZ ℹ️ Young Mother Breastfeeding Her Child, stoneware about 1895, Alexandre Charpentier. Getty Museum

We toadally knew you'd find these frogs ribbiting. Hop over to our online collection to see more: gty.art/48PSnWh

How'd you do? Tell us how many you got right, then go read more at gty.art/4cUwc3F. 🦉getty.edu/art/collection…

Trick question—it's both! Cornelis Ketel represents both gratitude and ingratitude through two figures who each receive a gift from Charity herself, but respond very differently. The man on the left repays Charity by biting and stabbing her. The kneeling woman accepts her gift with a humble bow. The obelisk behind her symbolizes that her gratitude is eternal. 🖼️ gty.art/virtue

Virtue and Vice: Allegory in European Drawing invites visitors to the Getty Museum to consider how art from the 16th to the 19th centuries served a moral purpose. To guide interpretation, the artists in this exhibition left visual clues to help differentiate between good and bad conduct. Sometimes the messages were clear, sometimes they were more challenging to decipher. Can you tell what is a virtue😇 and what is a vice😈 in these drawings?