Art + Ideas

Reflections: Anna Sapenuk on a Hydra Hydria

How is the coronavirus pandemic like the Hydra?

A bond between uncle and nephew inspires an enduring historical legacy.

A curator muses about the alchemy of early photography and its relationship to her home garden.

Inside the mind and method of one of the most celebrated artists of the Italian Renaissance.

A curator sees her own writing reflected in a manuscript from 1180.

The accidental discovery of an artist’s address book leads to fascinating insights into her life and the artistic world of twentieth-century France.

Hear a Getty staff member consider family dinners and the importance of home.

Museum directors from Shanghai and Berlin discuss the pandemic and their plans for the Ancient Worlds Now initiative.

A 15th century calendar page helps a curator make sense of the passing seasons.

Museum directors from Mumbai and Mexico City discuss the pandemic and their plans for the Ancient Worlds Now initiative.