Jean Paul Getty (1892-1976) was a billionaire independent oil producer who founded and controlled the Getty Oil Company and over 200 affiliated companies. Jean Paul Getty was born on December 15, 1892, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His father, George...

The J. Paul Getty Trust said Thursday that it has submitted revised staff policies to an independent monitor as part of an agreement between the Getty and the California attorney general's office.The independent monitor was appointed in October after a state investigation found some improper...

The J. Paul Getty Museum, under fire by countries that contend some of its priceless ancient art collection was stolen, on Wednesday announced the appointment of a new curator of antiquities.Karol Wight, an expert in ancient Roman glass, will be in charge of a staff...

Italy will return to Libya an ancient Roman statue taken from its former North African colony, a gesture Rome hopes will help its own campaign to retrieve allegedly looted antiquities from museums worldwide.The 2nd century statue of the goddess Venus was found in 1913 by...

Thomas W. Gaehtgens, an internationally respected art historian, has been appointed director of the Getty Research Institute.Gaehtgens, 67, will join the institute on Nov. 1. He currently heads the German Center for the History of Art in Paris, which he founded in 1997.His appointment, announced...