Art + Ideas

AUDIO: Walter Hopps – The Dream Colony

Friends and colleagues share their memories of a leading 20th century museum maverick.

A 17th-century Roman cabinet and a Bernini bust of one of its former owners.

How painters influenced writers in 19th-century France.

Looking closely at an American abstract expressionist’s painting reveals more than meets the eye.

Getty staff discuss the story behind an American abstract expressionist’s iconic painting.

How an artist from the Isle of Man came to photograph images of real life.

The right-hand man of a modernist architect talks about projects that helped shape two Indian cities.

A Swiss-French modernist architect and the city of Chandigarh, India.

Twin sisters who make powerful and mysterious images.

Museum conservation and gallery lighting: then and now.

The musical journey of a celebrated composer.

A Pulitzer Prize-winning composer’s beginnings.