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Experiments in Art and Technology: Robert Rauschenberg

Recording Artists

Robert Rauschenberg stands amid a large group of seated people holding a packet of paper in a hand that is gesturing to his right

How did the artist keep innovating in the face of failure?

Maverick and Rebel

ReCurrent

A black and white photograph of a man leanign over a grand piano, looking off to the side. The man is wearing glasses and a knitted sweater. A musical score is in front of him.

Jaime uncovers the powerful and provocative legacy of Julius Eastman, exploring how the composer’s music and life defied boundaries and continue to resonate

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?

ReCurrent

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

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  1. 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

  2. América Tropical

    Art, Activism, and Los Angeles’s Hidden Story

    Jaime Roque stands in front of a large, faded mural

    Exploring how public murals in Los Angeles, like América Tropical, connect generations and preserve cultural narratives

Art + Ideas

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

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  1. Fluxus, Change, and the Nature of Art

    A clear plastic box with a hinged lid and 12 compartments with an assortment of found objects.

    A critic shares personal insights into an avant-garde art movement

  2. Inside LA’s Most Iconic Modernist Home, Case Study House #22

    Color photograph of modernist Case Study House showing the outdoor pool and large roof overhand as well as the glass living room. Below is a view of Los Angeles.

    The story of an awe-inspiring building and the family that grew up there

  3. 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