Art + Ideas

PODCAST: Edmund de Waal’s Letters to Camondo

A ceramicist explores the emotionally complex legacy of a 19th-century French collector

Inside the exhibition Photo Flux: Unshuttering LA and Getty Unshuttered

Exploring a living work of art

Unpacking the reputation of a visionary British artist

A poet and a curator respond to Lange’s influential work

Exploring an exhibition on the ancient civilizations that flourished in modern-day Iraq

A non-profit’s mission to identify and conserve masterpieces by women artists from the Renaissance to the modern era

How a German treatise published in 1908 shaped the history of art and museum studies

The long history of the ancient site where Buddhism began and its continued importance today

How CT scans and AI will let scientists and historians look inside carbonized papyri

An art historian remembers one of her greatest discoveries

What postcards and board games tell us about the politics of representation