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ReCurrent: Roses & Pixels

ReCurrent

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

Intimate Addresses: Frida Kahlo

Recording Artists

Black and white portrait photograph of Frida Kahlo seated.

The iconic painter writes to her gallerist (and former lover) about new work and pain

All’s Fair in Love and Games

If Objects Could Talk

Illustration of an astragalos (knucklebone) over a lime green background

An ancient kind of dice tumbles into the studio

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. The Recipe of Us

    Food, Family, and Memory

    A joyful woman making homemade flour tortillas. She is wearing a bright red sweater and white apron, smiling broadly at the camera. The kitchen features wood-colored cabinets and a black stove.

    Exploring how food in Los Angeles connects generations and preserves cultural heritage through food and family stories

If Objects Could Talk

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

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  1. Light on Your Feet

    Illustration of a lamp designed as a pair of feet in sandals over a lime green background.

    How a Roman lamp made the nights a little brighter

  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. Schooled by a Fish

    Illustration of a flask in the shape of a striped fish over a lime green background

    A fish-shaped glass flask shares a few life lessons

Recording Artists

Artists in their own words from the Getty Research Institute archives

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  1. Radical Women: Eva Hesse

    Oh, More Absurdity

    Eva stands under a slanted ceiling in a room full of tables that are covered in art supplies.

    The young artist reflects on the meaning of art as she nears the end of her short life

  2. Intimate Addresses: Marcel Duchamp

    Write Me Often, Just a Line or Two

    A woman wearing a hat and a fur coat poses for a photograph.

    The artist who broke modern art writes to a dear friend after escaping from Nazi-occupied France

  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. Riffing on Rubens in the Spanish Americas

    Book cover for Rubens in Repeat: The Logic of the Copy in Colonial Latin America

    How artists in Spanish colonies copied from European prints—and innovated on their designs

  2. Reading Ancient Scrolls with Modern Technology

    An array of CT images of scrolls. Top row are rolled up and bottom is unrolled.

    How CT scans and AI will let scientists and historians look inside carbonized papyri

  3. Beyond the Nile

    Egypt and the Classical World

    Portrait of a young man attached to a wrapped mummy made of red linen with a gilt leaf crown

    A tour of artistic exchange in ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome