Reports
Network-analysis findings derived from the full Getty ULAN graph. Each report is regenerated periodically.
Moneyball — underexhibited works
Met Museum works worth a second look that aren't currently on view.
Latest run: 2026-05-31Triangulation candidates
Pairs of artists who share many mutual connections but have no direct Getty edge. Strong candidates for relationships Getty may have missed.
Latest run: 2026-06-21Longest mentorship chains
Longest unbroken teacher → student successions in the Getty graph. Some chains span 500+ years.
Latest run: 2026-06-21Hub artists per era
Most-connected artists born in each decade. Surfaces who was central to their generation's social network.
Latest run: 2026-06-21Gaps & anomalies
Artists famous on Wikipedia but sparsely connected in Getty; asymmetric mentorship pairs; Met-collected artists missing from Getty's graph.
Latest run: 2026-06-21Sleeper signals
Wikipedia *edit* activity tracked over 24 months. Rising stars (accelerating edits), cross-cultural reach (interwiki languages), and the decelerating canon.
Latest run: 2026-06-21Nepo babies
Artists whose Getty position is shaped by family: children of famous artist-parents, multi-generational dynasties (Brueghel, Peale, Nampeyo), and spouses who married into prominence.
Latest run: 2026-06-21Concentration index
How concentrated is cultural attention, and is it getting worse? Tracks Wikipedia pageview Gini month-by-month, within-cohort polarization by birth decade, and Met on-view share.
Latest run: 2026-06-21Donor-capture index
Which major US museums are most dependent on donors vs. audience-driven program revenue, and which are most "building-monetized" via rentals, retail, and events. From IRS 990 filings.
Latest run: 2026-05-31Trustee networks
The social graph of museum boards: who serves on multiple boards, which museums share trustees, and which trustees bridge otherwise-disconnected institutions.
Latest run: 2026-05-31