“Fortunately, Getty had made extensive efforts to clear brush from the surrounding area as part of its fire mitigation efforts throughout the year,” Fleming said. “Some trees and vegetation on site ...

The Getty Villa, modeled after the Villa dei Papiri at Herculaneum, is located on a verdant bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean and Santa Monica Bay. It was built by oil tycoon J. Paul Getty in 1954 ...

The villa site was quickly closed to non-emergency staff once the fire was reported around 10 a.m. local time, according to Katherine E. Fleming, president and CEO of the J. Paul Getty Trust.

In 1974, oil magnate J Paul Getty opened a museum of his holdings in a faux villa in Malibu, based on the remains of the Villa dei Papiri in Herculaneum. Derision from critics and ridicule from ...

The Getty Villa, a sprawling cultural compound and museum built for namesake billionaire oilman J. Paul Getty, sits between the Pacific Ocean and the brutally dry, open hillside that has been ...

As wildfires ravaged greater Los Angeles last week, the J. Paul Getty Museum faced encroaching flames on two fronts. Blazes nearly surrounded the Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades, coming within ...

Art from ancient Thrace is often flashy and brusque, as befits a warrior tribe. The archaic society was known for the prowess ...

The Getty Villa and the Getty Museum in Brentwood were ... and evacuated but emerged without significant damage. The post J. Paul Getty Trust and Other Arts Organizations Partner for $12 Million ...

The fast-moving wildfire has so far burned vegetation at the Pacific Palisades museum but not the building.

Under siege by Los Angeles wildfires, the J. Paul Getty Museum is emerging ... of hilltop acres surrounding the Getty’s two campuses: the older Getty Villa in the Pacific Palisades, which ...

LOS ANGELES — The Getty Villa, the museum built by oil tycoon J. Paul Getty and home to thousands of priceless antiquities, activated its emergency operations center in response to the fast ...

Fleming, President and CEO of the J. Paul Getty Trust ... You can also donate via the Getty’s site. The Getty Villa and the Getty Museum in Brentwood were both in the path of the Palisades ...