Overpromise, Lie, and Other Questionable Political Advice from 64 B.C.
Unvarnished advice for political candidates from ancient Rome, courtesy of Cicero’s political-genius brother.
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Curators Talk Mapplethorpe at the Getty and LACMA
Curators Martineau and Salvesen discuss Mapplethorpe and his 2012 exhibitions.
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“The Last Days of Pompeii” and the Archaeology of Imagination
The stories we weave around the ruins and remains of Pompeii say much about ourselves.
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L.A.’s Modern Architecture Gets Its Due with “Pacific Standard Time Presents”
Pacific Standard Time Presents: Modern Architecture in L.A. presents exhibitions and events across the city.
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Percy Jackson, The Hunger Games, and Why Your Kids Need to Know Classical Culture
Some tips for exploring classical mythology with kids.
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Everyone’s Talking about Giotto
The Florentine painter helped to usher in the Italian Renaissance
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Poe-Inspired Prints by Ensor Join Research Institute’s Collection
The three Ensor prints were made in the 1890s, at the peak of his creative powers.
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Art and Coming Out
A portrait of Keith Haring and Juan Dubose in honor of National Coming Out Day.
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América Tropical Is Reborn on 80th Birthday
Reflections on conserving Siqueiros’s mural America Tropical for the public.
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Physiognomy, The Beautiful Pseudoscience
How did this dubious science influence European art and culture?
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Victims of Soicumstance: My Automatic Visual Reactions to Messerschmidt
Big, bald, and menacing: reactions to Messerschmidt’s A Hypocrite and a Slanderer.
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New SCI-Arc Media Archive Allows Forward-Oriented Institution to Look Back
A new online media archive offers conversations with makers and thinkers of our time.
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