As videos and images circulated of flames and smoke from an explosive wildfire approaching the Getty Villa museum in Los Angeles, art lovers worried the facility's world class collection of antiques ...
The Palisades fire has spread to the grounds of the Getty Villa. The museum holds more than 44,000 antiquities from ancient Greece and Rome. Trees and vegetation on the property have burned, but the ...
As of Wednesday morning, the Palisades Fire had spread to thousands of acres (an updated count is still being conducted by fire officials) along the Los Angeles coastline, burning more than 1,000 ...
"When disaster approaches, people can be evacuated, but rooms and vaults filled with irreplaceable works of art cannot," writes The Times' art critic Christopher Knight. (Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times) ...
Update, January 15, 2025: The Getty Villa remains safe, but will be closed indefinitely. “We remain acutely aware of our affected staff, our Getty neighbors, and the whole Los Angeles region, and ...
Los Angeles Getty Center’s priceless collection braces for wildfires as evacuation order expands to museum - The museum is considered the ‘safest place for art during a fire’ ...