PODCAST: Preserving and Conserving Gunpowder in the Art of Cai Guo-Qiang
Artist Cai Guo-Qiang discusses his relationship with his unusual medium and his collaboration with GCI scientists to preserve his art.
Audio & Video
Highlights of Getty multimedia, new and from the archives.
Digging into David Tudor's Archive
In this episode of the Art + Ideas podcast, Getty president Jim Cuno explores the archives of avant-garde musician David Tudor (1926–1996), which constitutes a complete record of Tudor’s activity as a performer and composer who often incorporated visual elements like sculptures, found objects, video, light circuits into his live electronic work.
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PODCAST: Contextualizing the Nude in Renaissance Painting, Sculpture, and Drawing
The curator discusses a groundbreaking exhibition on the nude human figure in Renaissance art.
PODCAST: The Salk Institute Part 2 – Conservation for the Future
How does the architecture of the Salk affect the science performed there, and how can careful conservation support this work?
PODCAST: The Salk Institute Part 1 – Founding and Forming
Understanding the special relationship between a scientist and an architect that led to the Salk Institute.
PODCAST: India & the World with Curator Naman Ahuja
Using objects to tell the long history of our “global village” from the Bronze Age to the present day.
PODCAST: Funerary Sculpture in Ancient Palmyra
How funerary portraits illuminate cultural exchange in ancient Palmyra.
PODCAST: 20 Years Later, Robert Polidori Reflects on Photographing the Getty Museum
A photographer captures the nearly finished museum on film.
PODCAST: Julian Stock on Discovering a New Michelangelo
Finding, identifying, and learning from a newly discovered drawing by Michelangelo.
PODCAST: The Lives of Vincent van Gogh and Édouard Manet
Understanding Édouard Manet and Vincent van Gogh through two deeply personal biographies.
PODCAST: Rainer Maria Rilke on the Life of August Rodin
Viewing Auguste Rodin’s sculptures through the eyes of poet Rainer Maria Rilke.
PODCAST: Cultural Exchange between Egypt and the Classical World
Take a curator-led tour of this exhibition on cultural exchange and art in ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome.
PODCAST: Three Perspectives on the Life of Rembrandt
Viewing the art and career of Rembrandt through the lens of three artist-authors writing within fifty years of his death.
