Four Minds on Herzog: A Conversation with Glenn Phillips
“You’re only rewarded by any encounter with an artwork if you get something out of it.” How to approach Werner Herzog.
Read More“You’re only rewarded by any encounter with an artwork if you get something out of it.” How to approach Werner Herzog.
Read MoreUnvarnished advice for political candidates from ancient Rome, courtesy of Cicero’s political-genius brother.
Read MoreWhen you look at sculpture in the Getty Museum’s galleries, you wouldn’t guess that some of the pedestals are somewhat unusual. Under their polished veneer, they’re engineered to protect art from the movements caused by earthquakes. Many museums in...
Read MoreDancers, a World War II searchlight, and 400 spools of thread combined to turn the Getty Center’s Arrival Plaza into a performative installation last Friday night. Hirokazu Kosaka’s Kalpa was part of the Pacific Standard Time Public Art Festival,...
Read MoreChuck Panama wants you to know that the whole thing is an accident. “I’m not a pin collector,” Chuck, a seven-year volunteer at the Getty Center, told me. “I’m not one of these people who studies it. I’m sure...
Read MoreWhat did 19th-century visitors to the Holy Land photograph?
Read MoreThey say the Getty Center never looks as beautiful as it does after the rain. I decided to find out! The day after a week of showers, I went out and filmed a sunny...
Read More“I will not participate in that patriarchy!” That was Olympia Dukakis’s reaction, almost 25 years ago, when director Carey Perloff approached her about starring as Clytemnestra in Ezra Pound’s translation of Elektra. Today’s production—with a text by acclaimed female...
Read MoreThe Getty‘s president on the importance of freedom of people and ideas.
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