Harald Szeemann’s “Project Files”
As director of the Venice Biennale, curator Harald Szeemann created new ways of showing art—and new places to show it.
Read MoreAs director of the Venice Biennale, curator Harald Szeemann created new ways of showing art—and new places to show it.
Read MoreReflections on East L.A.'s Golden Gate Theater.
Read MoreA conversation on expanding digital art history.
Read MoreHow did this dubious science influence European art and culture?
Read MoreA look at the ancient Romans' practice of reclining when dining.
Read MoreStarting this Friday, June 1, the Getty Center will be open until 9:00 p.m. on Fridays as well as Saturdays. That’s two evenings a week to enjoy Herb Ritts: L.A. Style, which continues through most of the summer, plus...
Read MoreThe luxuriant locks sported by this medieval figure might seem to say more “Marilyn Monroe” than “Saint John.” Both he and the movie star sport hairstyles from the glamorous ‘40s—in the saint’s case, the 1340s. In the Middle Ages,...
Read MoreOne of the most influential sculptors active in Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s, De Wain Valentine is perhaps best known for his striking, semitransparent, and delicately colored large-scale polyester resin sculptures of simple geometric forms that interact...
Read MoreA rich and flavorful soup from ancient times.
Read MoreCan you handle this book? It’s one of the most challenging we’ve ever published. Not in the words—it has only 97 of them—but in what it does to your mind. Featuring beautiful surrealist-inspired paintings by artist Sarah Perry, If…...
Read MoreWe’ve asked our Museum educators, who work in the galleries and get to know the art as intimate friends, to let us in on lesser-known objects they especially love—and that we ought to explore. First up are three relief...
Read MoreMore than any other exhibition I’ve worked on, Leonardo da Vinci and the Art of Sculpture: Inspiration and Invention feels historic. To stand there as the crate containing Leonardo’s painting of Saint Jerome from the Vatican was opened, to...
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