Reflections: Kenneth Lapatin on a Roman Gem
Listen as a curator explores the detailed story carved into an ancient gem.
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Highlights of Getty multimedia, new and from the archives.
Digging into David Tudor's Archive
In this episode of the Art + Ideas podcast, Getty president Jim Cuno explores the archives of avant-garde musician David Tudor (1926–1996), which constitutes a complete record of Tudor’s activity as a performer and composer who often incorporated visual elements like sculptures, found objects, video, light circuits into his live electronic work.
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PODCAST: Globalization and the Year 1000
Insights into the trade, migrations, and consolidations of power that transformed the premodern world.
Reflections: Bryan Keene on an Illuminated M
A curator meditates on crafts, manuscripts, and the passage of time.
Reflections: David Saunders on Ajax and Achilles
Hear what a curator learned from seeing two heroes playing games on an ancient vase.
PODCAST: Architecture, Community, and War in Syria
How one architect’s experience during a civil war shaped her approach to understanding architecture and urban space.
Reflections: Zanna Gilbert on Ed Ruscha
Listen to a curator consider photographs of LA's empty streets.
PODCAST: The Lives of Rubens
Understanding the cosmopolitan career of a master 17th-century artist through the writings of his contemporaries.
Reflections: Stephanie Schrader on Cornelius Saftleven
Hear a curator on monkeys, owls, and our upside-down world.
Reflections: Beth Morrison on Simon Bening
Listen to a curator consider how our pets link us to the Middle Ages.
PODCAST: The Lives of Caravaggio
Three biographies written shortly after the artist’s death shine light on his tragically short career.
Reflections: Mazie Harris on Walker Evans
Hear a curator discuss the unexpected poignancy of laundry drying.
PODCAST: Museum Directors on COVID-19 and Its Impact on Museums, Part 2
How the global pandemic is affecting art museums around the country and what their directors are doing in response.
