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Radical Women: Helen Frankenthaler

Recording Artists

Frankenthaler sits on a blue abstract canvas. There are large-scale, abstract canvases all around her, on the floor and walls.

The innovative painter on how she broke the mold

ReCurrent: Behold & Belonging

ReCurrent

A young person holds a camera in front of hanging fabrics.

Inside a youth photo classroom, a museum show sparks identity, memory, and migration stories that move from gallery walls into the city

A Very Brave Owl

If Objects Could Talk

Illustration of a ancient coin featuring an owl over a lime green background.

This little Athenian owl has a big job to do

If Objects Could Talk

Artifacts from the museum’s collection join us in the recording studio

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  1. Snake Charm on Your Arm

    Illustration of a snake wrapped into a circlet over a lime green background.

    An Egyptian snake bracelet spins a story

  2. I’m Ready for My Closeup Meow

    Illustration of a cat statue wearing a necklace over a lime green background.

    An Egyptian cat statuette gets her story out there

  3. Going for Glory: A History of the Ancient Olympics

    Greek, ceramic jar featuring images four nude, muscular men running.

    How the Olympics Have Changed From 776 BCE to Today, with Archaeologist Shelby Brown

ReCurrent

A podcast about what we gain by keeping the past, present

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  1. ReCurrent: Roses & Pixels

    The Fight Over an Icon

    A medieval drawing of the Virgin Mary holding Jesus surrounded by a radiant gold pattern sits atop a background of blue.

    A 2001 art clash opens a deeper story of the Virgen de Guadalupe in LA—holy mother or homegirl—and who gets to redraw her

  2. ReCurrent: Backlot & Barrio

    From star portraits to Eastside history with George Rodriguez

    George Rodriguez leans against a light table in front of a gallery wall full of art, photography, and prints.

    From red carpets to school walkouts, George Rodriguez’s lens links two LAs—and the first Chicano archive at Getty keeps that story alive

  3. ReCurrent: Monk at Palo Alto

    The Tape That Slept 50 Years

    Thelonius Monk sits at a piano under a sign reading "SILENCE Genius At Work"

    A teen books Thelonious Monk for his high school, a janitor hits record, and a lost reel becomes a landmark live album

Recording Artists

Artists in their own words from the Getty Research Institute archives

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  1. Radical Women: Alice Neel

    Viva la Mujer

    Black and white photograph of artist Alice Neel sitting on the floor amidst a riot of paintings and frames.

    The portrait painter perseveres in the face of inequality and mental health struggles

  2. Intimate Addresses: Nam June Paik

    I Don’t Want to Be Over Whelmed by Glory

    Paik holds a screen in front of his face, looking directly at the camera. The screen is filled with vertical characters.

    Exploring the personal and electronic networks of a boundary-pushing artist

  3. Experiments in Art and Technology: Billy Klüver

    Better Than Another Golf Course

    Two men inside a broadcast studio setting, tinkering with a large, conical speaker or horn mounted on a stand.

    What motivated this Bell Labs engineer to bring artists, engineers, and corporate sponsors together?

Art + Ideas

Hear artists, writers, curators, and scholars talk about their work

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  1. Mindfulness in the Museum

    Healing through Mindfulness

    A docent leads a tour for a group of people in an art gallery

    Using mindfulness to engage more deeply with others inside and outside of the museum

  2. The Art of Gardening

    California Native Plants

    A field of matilija flowers, poppies with white petals and yellow centers

    Celebrating and preserving the wide range of Californian plants

  3. Ed Ruscha’s Los Angeles

    Black and white photo of the Sunset Motel from 1966, with a car driving down the street in front of the building

    Reflections by the multidisciplinary artist on his life and his city