Havana Mon Amour
This weekend, we’re screening a four-part film series, Soy Cuba!, that offers a brutal and beautiful look at Cuba through different perspectives in the... Read More
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Uncorking the Secrets to Ancient Cocktails
Update—We’ve posted video excerpts from Patrick McGovern’s talk. See below for his discussion of Midas Touch, here for Chateau Jiahu, and here for Theobroma.... Read More
¡Sí Cuba! SoCal
What is “¡Sí Cuba! SoCal,” you ask? Well, it all started in New York this spring with a multi-venue festival celebrating Cuban culture, called... Read More
All Roads Lead to Rome
What brings a group of architects, conservators, engineers, geologists, scientists, and archaeologists from twenty countries and six continents to Rome? Rocks—or more accurately, stone.... Read More
Unpixelated: Luther Gerlach Makes Photographs Like It’s 1851
There are digital photographers. And then there’s Luther Gerlach. In the time it took you to read that last paragraph, you could have snapped... Read More
Homer’s “Iliad,” Told in 135 Voices
It was an unusual day at the Villa. People wandered about with numbers clipped to their lapels. Intense conversations took place about Homer’s poetry,... Read More
Harvard Historian Robert Darnton on Blogging, 18th-Century Style
Opening this week at the Getty Center is Paris: Life & Luxury, which traces the refined activities that took place inside a luxurious Parisian... Read More
Mortals Pay Homage to Homer’s “Iliad,” Epic of Gods and War
Mighty sieges and human follies. The bravado of warriors and the rages and schemes of gods. The Iliad, one of the best-told epics of... Read More
Festival a Family Affair at the Getty Center
Early-morning showers and threatening clouds didn’t keep families from coming to our most recent Family Festival, a celebration of Chinese, Indian, and Japanese culture.... Read More
Conserving Mosaics in the Field: Challenges and Rewards
Update: video of this lecture is available here. Amid the moon-like landscape of the Sinai, the Holy Monastery of Saint Catherine has stood unfailing... Read More
Selected Shorts Celebrates the Written (and Spoken) Word
Rumors of the short story’s death have been greatly exaggerated. Only an appearance by Mark Twain himself could have capped an evening of well-crafted,... Read More
Making Over Early Photographs with Color
“First, ever so lightly, I take a little flesh-colored pigment and add a bit of color to his face,” said Luther Gerlach as he... Read More