Art + Ideas

PODCAST: Mario Vargas Llosa on Culture

A Nobel laureate on contemporary culture and politics.

Leafing through Russian futurist artists’ books.

How the Los Angeles Central Library was built: people, politics, and design.

A look at a newly discovered Rembrandt.

Alchemy in art, science, and beyond.

The people of India’s history.

The story of a portrait of spring.

Projects in Berlin, New York, and Los Angeles.

Piecing together the panels of an extraordinary altarpiece.

The illustrated art book and global art history.

An update on a Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA Getty exhibition featuring postwar Latin American art.

The Los Angeles architect talks about two of his shiniest buildings.