PODCAST: Assyrian Reliefs Tell the Story of an Empire
Making sense of the mesmerizing relief sculptures of ancient Assyria.
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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Reflections: Amanda Berman on a Pair of Decorative Groups
A curator discusses the implications of subtle racism in a work of art.
PODCAST: Beirut after the Explosion
Understanding the human and cultural crisis in Beirut.
Reflections: Anna Sapenuk on a Hydra Hydria
How is the coronavirus pandemic like the Hydra?
PODCAST: The Legacies of Pliny the Elder and Younger
A bond between uncle and nephew inspires an enduring historical legacy.
Reflections: Carolyn Peter on Hippolyte Bayard
A curator muses about the alchemy of early photography and its relationship to her home garden.
PODCAST: Michelangelo’s Drawings—Mind of the Master
Inside the mind and method of one of the most celebrated artists of the Italian Renaissance.
Reflections: Aleia McDaniel on an Illuminated Letter P
A curator sees her own writing reflected in a manuscript from 1180.
PODCAST: Finding Dora Maar—A Surreal(ist) Story Told through an Address Book
The accidental discovery of an artist’s address book leads to fascinating insights into her life and the artistic world of twentieth-century France.
Reflections: Johnny Tran on Pueblo del Rio
Hear a Getty staff member consider family dinners and the importance of home.
PODCAST: International Museum Directors on COVID-19 and Collaboration, Part 2
Museum directors from Shanghai and Berlin discuss the pandemic and their plans for the Ancient Worlds Now initiative.
Reflections: Larisa Grollemond on a July Calendar
A 15th century calendar page helps a curator make sense of the passing seasons.
