Getty Center

Getty Center, Los Angeles

The Getty Center in Brentwood, Los Angeles, is one of two locations of the J. Paul Getty Museum. The museum's permanent collection includes pre-20th-century European paintings, drawings, illuminated manuscripts, sculpture, and decorative arts and 19th- and 20th-century American and European photographs.

 

Among the works on display is the painting Irises by Vincent van Gogh.

 

The Central Garden

The central garden at the Getty Center is the work of artist Robert Irwin. Planning for the garden began in 1992, construction started in 1996, and the garden was completed in December 1997.