In Getty We Trust

The Getty has been having a tough time lately. Its former antiquities curator has been accused of trafficking in art looted from Italy and Greece, and its nonprofit tax status may have been jeopardized by allegations that Barry Munitz, the recently resigned Getty Trust chief, did things the IRS takes a dim view of, such as using Getty money to buy a $72,000 Porsche. Garrison Frost, publisher of theaesthetic.com, a website that covers the arts and politics in the South Bay and L.A., has been following the crisis with interest. “The Getty is one of my favorite places, but they have too many pictures of saints being flayed and Danish boats at sunset,” he said. He was happy to share with us the five works he thinks the Getty should add to its collection in light of the scandals:

“Money to Burn” by Victor Dubreuil, 1893

“Oh, Tax ‘em by all means!” by Charles Samuel Keene, 1888

“ ‘Thou Shalt Not Steal’ ” by John Singer Sargent, 1918

“The Ship of Fools” by Hieronymus Bosch, c. 1510

“Pity” by William Blake, c. 1795