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Spooky season trivia time!
What scary story inspired this drawing by Odilon Redon?

🐈‍⬛ The Black Cat
🐦‍⬛ The Raven
🖤 The Tell-Tale Heart
☠ The Cask of Amontillado
The Tell-Tale Heart, 1883, Odilon Redon. Charcoal on brown paper. Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Museum purchase

Are you…
1️⃣ Looking for something to listen to while doing chores?
2️⃣ Needing something to listen to while driving your kids to school?
3️⃣ Wanting inspiration for an artsy dinner?

…then there’s a Getty podcast for you!

Today is , happy listening!
https://www.getty.edu/news/podcast-episode-recommendations/

Can you guess this mythological figure?

Some clues:
🔎 Spreads rose petals
🔎 Married to Tithonus, who is eternally growing old
🔎 Goddess of dawn, first light of day
If you guessed Aurora, you’re correct!

For more, check out Gods and Heroes in Art, available now.

🖼️:
Aurora Taking Leave of Tithonus, 1704, Francesco Solimena. Getty Museum

“My motivation comes from within. This is where my heritage as a woman and Latina lives. It reminds me always of how far I have come and how far I still have to go.”—Jay Jay, 1987

With the Latina Le***an series (1986-1990), Laura Aguilar documented the women of her community alongside statements of their beauty, strength, and dignity. The groundbreaking series combats negative stereotypes about q***r women both within and outside the Chicano/Latino community, serving as a type of social documentary (photography which calls attention to inequality and injustice by capturing the realities of life on the margins).

Every Minute Is History: Five Views of Los Angeles presents the work of five photographers whose distinct approaches helped expand traditional representations of Chicano/a communities in Los Angeles during the second half of the 20th century. Visit now through January 3, 2027.

ℹ️ https://www.getty.edu/exhibitions/five-views/

📷 Jay Jay, 1987, Laura Aguilar. Getty Museum, purchased with funds provided by the Photographs Council. © Laura Aguilar Trust of 2016

It’s Purrquoise’s world, and we’re just living in it.

In an *exclusive* interview, he touches down on his international travels, his east coast frienemy, and his starring role in Getty’s new season of the If Objects Could Talk podcast.

https://www.getty.edu/news/purrquoise-porcelain-cat-interview/

National Ghost Hunting Day is a day for ghosts who hunt...right? 👻

🔮 Hauntings and seances were all the rage in the 1860s, but as threatening as the “ghost” in this photograph may look, the only danger to the man in this photo… is financial. 💸

A supernatural scammer, William H. Mumler, claimed to have accidentally discovered “post-mortem photography:” portraits of living people alongside “spirits” of loved ones, captured from beyond the grave. 👻

Before being outed as a fake, Mumler successfully duped many rich and famous patrons out of their money, including Mary Todd Lincoln. Can you guess what method he used to capture these ghostly images? 📷

Unearth the truth at https://www.getty.edu/news/the-man-who-photographed-ghosts/.

📸 Unidentified bearded man seated, a female "spirit" in the background, 1861–1878, William H. Mumler. Getty Museum

Libras are said to be friendly and compassionate, but indecisive. Sound like a Libra you know?

Explore this album to reveal the dos and don'ts of Libra Season. ♎️