Capturing the feeling of the ocean on paper
As a marine scientist, Oriana Poindexter studies sustainable fisheries and ocean habitats. As an artist, she uses photography “as an excuse to go looking for things outside and in nature.” Lately she’s been diving into kelp forests to collect specimens for cyanotypes, each time feeling a sense of profound wonder.
A day at the beach with Oriana Poindexter
We challenged you to create a still life—here are the gorgeous results
We recently issued a challenge on social media for you to create your own still life artwork: a work that shows inanimate objects from the natural or man-made world. Since this past year has been, well, a lot, we wanted to see which objects helped you get through it—and how you would turn them into art.
Eleven artworks that show how you got through the past year
From Laundry Lists to Liturgies: The Origins of Writing in Ancient Mesopotamia
Wednesday, August 11, 11:00 a.m. PT
Join Assyriologist Irving Finkel of the British Museum and Timothy Potts, Maria Hummer-Tuttle and Robert Tuttle Director of the Getty Museum, for a lively conversation about the first known writing system, the cuneiform script of Mesopotamia. This program complements the exhibition Mesopotamia: Civilization Begins, on view at the Getty Villa Museum through August 16 (closes soon!).
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Nahua Voices on the Conquest of Mexico
Friday, August 13, 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. PT
This live public reading of Book 12 of the Florentine Codex—in Nahuatl, Spanish, and English—highlights the Mexica perspective on the conquest of Mexico and provides a powerful opportunity for audience participation. The reading closes with a musical performance by the Christopher Garcia Music project and poetry readings by the artist and poetry group Project 1521, featuring Gloria Alvarez, Adolfo Guzman-Lopez, and Diana Magaloni and the art of Sandy Rodriguez.
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A ceramicist explores the emotionally complex legacy of a 19th-century French collector
Prominent Jewish banker and art collector Moise de Camondo settled in Paris in the 1870s and quickly amassed the signifiers of wealth—a beautiful home, fine furniture, and artistic masterpieces. But after his only son was killed fighting for France in World War I, Camondo bequeathed his house and its luxurious contents to the state in his son’s honor. In this podcast episode, ceramicist and author Edmund de Waal discusses his new book, Letters to Camondo, and Camondo's compelling story.