On the morning of Jan. 7, I was writing at my desk and just into paragraph 4 of a museum exhibition review when my phone pinged. Wildfire had broken out high in the Pacific Palisades hills, and ...

“Should the Getty move?” Times art critic Christopher Knight asked in a recent commentary. “Should the Villa, and the Getty Center in the fire-prone Brentwood hills nearby, both evacuate ...

The Getty Museum has bolstered its collection of Spanish works with a painting by 16th-century master Luis de Morales.

The Getty Villa is a Getty museum showcasing Greek and Roman art from before the Middle Ages, as well as rotating special exhibitions. Wander through the re-created Roman country home with a large ...

When fire razed the Pacific Palisades in January, the Getty Villa proved itself to be practically impenetrable. Built like a fortress and outfitted with state-of-the-art firefighting ...

Colonnade and long pool of the Getty Villa in Los Angeles ... advanced smoke and fire detection systems, state-of-the-art video surveillance and communication systems, and emergency preparedness ...

So where did the Getty staff take the art for safekeeping as flames and smoke approached? Nowhere. The Getty itself, its president says, is the safest place for art during a fire. That claim is ...