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Getty

American  
[get-ee] / ˈgɛt i /

noun

  1. J(ean) Paul, 1892–1976, U.S. oil magnate and art collector.


Getty British  
/ ˈɡɛtɪ /

noun

  1. J ( ean ) Paul. 1892–1976, US oil executive, millionaire, and art collector

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Since the Getty news, though, international art attention has been fixed.

From Los Angeles Times

At the Getty, Los Angeles, and then at the Art Institute of Chicago, “Gustave Caillebotte: Painting Men” celebrated the wealthy yachtsman, boat designer, soldier, philatelist, horticulturalist and accomplished painter who exhibited with his Impressionist friends and collected their work.

From The Wall Street Journal

The resulting image, along with others Shulman made of the house, is now owned by the Getty Research Institute.

From Los Angeles Times

For four of the others, Nike licensed game photos from Getty Images, overlaid tag designs from Ramos and then had the images blown up and printed as murals.

From Los Angeles Times

Our second date at the Getty summer concert yielded a third date at SoFi Stadium, where the Red Hot Chili Peppers sang our song: “Sometimes I feel like I don’t have a partner / sometimes I feel like my only friend is the city I live in, the City of Angels / Lonely as a I am, together we cry.”

From Los Angeles Times