Getty Center Closes After Fire Breaks Out Along Los Angeles’s 405 Freeway
10-09-2026 03:27 via artnews.com

Getty Center Closes After Fire Breaks Out Along Los Angeles’s 405 Freeway

Los Angeles’s Getty Center closed early on Wednesday after a fire broke out along the 405 Freeway.Per the Los Angeles Times, the fire was reported to the city’s Fire Department at 4:30 p.m.; it has already burned five acres. The Fire Department has issued an evacuation warning for an area that includes the Getty Center, a complex that includes museum buildings host to Renaissance and Old Master paintings, the Getty Research Institute, and a Robert Irwin–designed garden.Accordin
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