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A Better World through Chivalry

Chelsea Chenelle | July 29, 2014

Chivalry gets a 21st-century, multi-generational spin through these artists’ workshops.

What Mask Do You Wear?

Kim Sadler | July 25, 2014

What is the Mobile Arts Platform and why should you tell us what mask you wear?

Art Historical Books Bound for Brazil

Richenda Brim | July 24, 2014

179 boxes of books and journals are headed from Los Angeles to the Universidade Federal de Saõ Paolo.

Planning for Utopia

Deborah Aschheim | July 22, 2014

The darker side of postwar suburban order.

Searching for Murmurs of History

Elana Mann | July 21, 2014

Frank Alvord Perret was a pioneering volcanologist who invented unique devices to measure geologic properties. One of these was a “geophone” that detected subterranean noises by amplifying the rumblings below the surface of the earth.

The photo below shows Perret listening to the whispers of volcanic activity in Campi Flegrei, a volcano located near Mount Vesuvius, which erupted and buried Pompeii and Herculaneum in A.D. 79. The archaeological site of the Villa dei Papiri in Herculaneum served as the architectural inspiration for the Getty Villa.