Comfort Food the Ancient Greek Way: Zeno of Citium’s Lentil Soup Recipe
A rich and flavorful soup from ancient times.
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All Posts by Carolyn Kellogg
As a new media consultant, I bring an enthusiastic layperson's eye to the Getty. I'm always stopping in front of paintings saying, "Hey, isn't that a so-and-so?," while the people on staff devote years to deep study of art. I've been Web editor for the radio show Marketplace and the metroblog LAist and regularly blog for the Los Angeles Times. I admit, I do have an MFA; it's in creative writing.
The Rise and Fall of Charles Le Brun: Q&A with Louis Marchesano
I talked to Louis Marchesano, curator of prints and drawings at the Getty Research Institute, about the exhibition Printing the Grand Manner: Charles Le... Read More
Silent Cinema’s Slant on the Ancient World
Old media artifacts like silent films are traditionally thought of as being windows into their individual moments in time. But when they portray another... Read More
Geoff Dyer Is Not a Bore
When British author Geoff Dyer came to speak at Zócalo Public Square at the Getty Museum, he was prepared to be a bore. “It’s... Read More
Seeing L.A. through Catherine Opie’s Lens
For six months, I lived up the hill from Sunset and Coronado in Silverlake. I’d go to Mariela’s for burritos—always a little too watery,... Read More
Selected Shorts: Story Meets Storyteller
It’s one thing to see a writer read her own work, but when someone else gets their hands on it, the fluid dynamic between... Read More
Eating with the Elite: A Culinary Tour of the Machine d’Argent
This spring the Museum is offering a feast of tours and courses about food in art. Nancy Real and Lilit Sadoyan, two gallery teachers,... Read More
“I Mean to Box with Love”—Classical Verse for National Poetry Month
Love, in all its glory and frustrations, its heady emotions and sheer physicality, comes alive in Classical Love Poetry, a refreshing dip into the... Read More