Exposition : “Artemisia’s Strong Women – Rescuing a Masterpiece”, Los Angeles, The Getty Center, du 10 juin au 14 septembre 2025
In 2020, a massive explosion in the port of Beirut devastated the city. Among the wreckage was a previously unknown painting by Artemisia Gentileschi, the most celebrated woman painter of 17th-century Italy. Depicting a scene from the Greek myth of Hercules, the severely damaged painting came to Getty for in-depth conservation treatment. In an installation focused on its repair, the restored painting is accompanied by three of Gentileschi’s other paintings, highlighting her special focus on...