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Getty Art + Ideas

Join Jim Cuno, president of the J. Paul Getty Trust, as he talks with artists, writers, curators, and scholars about their work. Listen in as he engages these important thinkers in reflective and crit... Read more

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Jackson Pollock’s “Mural” Part 1

Jackson Pollock’s “Mural” Part 1

Jackson Pollock’s "Mural" (1943) is a monumental eight-by-twenty foot work that marks a turning point in the artist’s ca... Read more

23 Aug 2017

40mins

Ranked #2

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Beyond Boundaries: Visual Culture in the Provinces of Ancient Rome

Beyond Boundaries: Visual Culture in the Provinces of Ancient Rome

The Roman Empire’s rich and multifaceted visual culture is a manifestation of the sprawling geography of its provinces. ... Read more

18 Jan 2017

45mins

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Scott Allan on Manet’s “Jeanne (Spring)”

Scott Allan on Manet’s “Jeanne (Spring)”

At the Salon of 1882, just one year before his death, Édouard Manet exhibited a painting depicting the actress and model... Read more

1 Feb 2017

23mins

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The Lives of Vincent van Gogh and Édouard Manet

The Lives of Vincent van Gogh and Édouard Manet

In this episode, curator Scott Allan discusses two artist biographies: one of Édouard Manet by author and art critic Émi... Read more

22 Aug 2018

58mins

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Jackson Pollock’s “Mural” Part 2

Jackson Pollock’s “Mural” Part 2

Although Jackson Pollock’s iconic "Mural" (1943) may appear to have been swiftly executed, close examination of the pain... Read more

6 Sep 2017

33mins

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Composer John Adams Part 1

Composer John Adams Part 1

In the first half of a two-part conversation, we hear from John Adams, composer of the Art + Ideas theme music, about hi... Read more

10 May 2017

41mins

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Anne Woollett on “Rembrandt Laughing”

Anne Woollett on “Rembrandt Laughing”

In 2007 an English family decided to sell a small painting in their collection: an image of a man laughing with a label ... Read more

15 Mar 2017

22mins

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Manet and Modern Beauty: The Late Career of the Painter

Manet and Modern Beauty: The Late Career of the Painter

French painter Édouard Manet is perhaps best known forhis large scale paintings like Olympiaand Le déjeuner sur l’herbe,... Read more

27 Nov 2019

51mins

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Sunil Khilnani on India’s History in Fifty Lives

Sunil Khilnani on India’s History in Fifty Lives

"India's history is a curiously unpeopled place. As usually told it has dynasties, epochs, religions, and castes—but not... Read more

15 Feb 2017

1hr 3mins

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Interviewing Anselm Kiefer

Interviewing Anselm Kiefer

In this episode, an interview with German painter and sculptor Anselm Kiefer doesn’t go as planned. But all is not lost.... Read more

13 Dec 2017

25mins

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Lives of the Artists: Rilke on Rodin

Lives of the Artists: Rilke on Rodin

In 1902, Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke visited sculptor August Rodin in Paris to write an essay on the artist for a n... Read more

8 Aug 2018

45mins

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Kenneth Breisch on the Los Angeles Central Library

Kenneth Breisch on the Los Angeles Central Library

The Central Library in downtown Los Angeles is an iconic architectural landmark with high open ceilings, remarkable mura... Read more

29 Mar 2017

40mins

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The Unusual Life of Photographer Julia Margaret Cameron

The Unusual Life of Photographer Julia Margaret Cameron

Although 19th century photographer Julia Margaret Cameron did not pick up her first camera until the age of 49, the arti... Read more

6 Mar 2019

42mins

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Museum Directors on COVID-19 and Its Impact on Museums, Part 1

Museum Directors on COVID-19 and Its Impact on Museums, Part 1

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic was swift and confusing, with breaking news and information about the virus changing ... Read more

6 May 2020

33mins

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Recording Artists—Lee Krasner: Deal with It

Recording Artists—Lee Krasner: Deal with It

Today on Art + Ideas, we’re bringing you an episode from Getty’s new podcast, Recording Artists. In season one, Radical ... Read more

12 Nov 2019

40mins

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Lives of the Artists: Three Biographies of Rembrandt

Lives of the Artists: Three Biographies of Rembrandt

Dutch artist Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn was a well-known and somewhat controversial artist in his time, and many histor... Read more

11 Jul 2018

46mins

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Nancy Perloff on Russian Futurist Book Art

Nancy Perloff on Russian Futurist Book Art

Between 1910 and 1915, Russian painters and poets invented an experimental language called "zaum," which emphasizes soun... Read more

12 Apr 2017

41mins

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Rerelease: Jackson Pollock’s Mural, part 1

Rerelease: Jackson Pollock’s Mural, part 1

Jackson Pollock’s Mural (1943) is a monumental eight-by-twenty foot work that marks a turning point in the artist’s care... Read more

23 Jan 2019

29mins

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Golden Kingdoms: Luxury Arts in the Ancient Americas

Golden Kingdoms: Luxury Arts in the Ancient Americas

Gold nose adornments, feather paintings, and beaded shell collars. These are some of the objects featured in the Getty’s... Read more

29 Nov 2017

56mins

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The Lives of Velázquez

The Lives of Velázquez

The painter Diego Velázquez (1599–1660), commonly known as Velázquez, was an immensely talented painter who achieved gre... Read more

26 Jun 2019

50mins

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