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Struck by Lightning at the Louvre

James Cuno | February 4, 2014

Sometimes the best way to discover your life’s work is by simple good luck.

Four Minds on Herzog: A Conversation with Anne Woollett

Arpad Kovacs and Anne Martens | January 29, 2014

The deep appeal of the imagined landscape.

Beyond Digitization—New Possibilities in Digital Art History

James Cuno | January 29, 2014

Museums and libraries have digitized millions of works of art. Now what?

Ancient Myth, Contemporary Politics

Alexandria Sivak | January 27, 2014

Jacques-Louis David made Greco-Roman myths directly relevant to the contemporary public, as this sly drawing shows.

Four Minds on Herzog: A Conversation with Paul Young

Arpad Kovacs and Anne Martens | January 22, 2014

“I think he sees Hearsay of the Soul as a poem, and doesn’t want to make a documentary—that was a very deliberate choice. It feels very personal, and that’s what makes it interesting.”

In This Unusual Exhibition, Sculpture Is Best Viewed by Car

Gwynn Murrill | January 16, 2014

Art best viewed from behind the wheel? In Century City, cast bronzes of SoCal fauna create an outdoor, drive-by art gallery. A tour.

New Audio Tour Celebrates the Getty Villa’s 40th Anniversary

Nina Diamond | January 16, 2014

Did you know Romans kept eels as pets and bought them…jewelry? Come stroll the grounds of this 40-year-young institution to hear that story and a few others besides.

Getty Voices: Aztec Idols, Explorers, and Egyptomania

Peter Bonfitto | January 13, 2014

How did a 19th century scholar misidentify an Aztec sculpture as Egyptian?

A Medieval Soap Opera

Elizabeth Morrison and Bryan Keene | January 7, 2014

Falling in love in the Middle Ages was more of a roller-coaster ride than today’s soap operas.

The Miracles at Canterbury

Cheryl Preston | December 26, 2013

Born from Thomas Becket’s martyrdom on December 29, 1170, the stained glass in Trinity Chapel at Canterbury Cathedral reveals some of the most fascinating tales of the miraculous.

Giorgio Vasari’s Monumental Painting “Last Supper” Reemerges After Nearly 50 Years

Melissa Abraham | December 23, 2013

For the first time in 47 years, the five wooden panels that make up Giorgio Vasari’s “Last Supper” are joined together again to make the artwork whole.