Isotta Poggi

Bio

Isotta works at the Getty Research Institute on acquisitions and exhibitions of photographs, with a focus on the documentation of cultural heritage and cultural history of photography. She co-curated the exhibitions Connecting Seas: a History of Discoveries and Encounters and Promote, Tolerate, Ban: Art and Culture in Cold War Hungary.

Stories

  1. unaulutu: Pebbles in the Sand

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    Artists’ book standing upright, opened to a print featuring white mythical creatures against a dark background; opposite of the print is the title page unaulutu Steinchen im Sand

    A rare artist’s book from East Germany

    Aug 15, 2024

  2. Art Always Finds a Way

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    Two people look at photographs and art objects on a large table in a well-lit room

    What happened when East Germany tried to control its artists? They created provocative magazines, for one

    May 18, 2023

  3. Ted Soqui’s Icons of Protest

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    Zoom screenshot of Ted Soqui, holding a drone in each hand and with framed artwork on the wall behind him

    The photojournalist reflects on covering L.A.’s protest history and making artists' books

    Apr 29, 2021

  4. The Door that Closes: Art, Freedom, and Oppression in 1970s Hungary

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    Two pages of diagrams showing the various states of the bird cage.

    The metaphor of István Haraszty’s Like a Bird

    Jun 11, 2020

  5. Ottoman-Era Photographs Take on New Meaning in Their Digital Life

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    Sepia-toned photograph of a Mosque and a marketplace filled with people and horse carriages

    Thousands of images from the Pierre de Gigord Collection are accessible online

    Dec 13, 2018

  6. Colorful Board Game Turns the French Colonies into Child’s Play

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    Groups of colorful squares with illustrations arranged in a circle surrounding text and a map of the world with text that reads "JEU DES ECHANGES, FRANCE-COLONIES"

    This unusual game aimed to enlist French children in building the nation’s colonial economy

    Feb 24, 2014

  7. Getty Voices

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    In the middle of a pink grass field, two armed figures stand on a tall stone structure

    Continuing our series of stories from the exhibition Connecting Seas, reflections on two photographers and the legacy of colonialism

    Feb 17, 2014

  8. New Exhibition Offered Look Inside Pompeii’s Interiors

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    Colored engraving shows the detail of a transverse section of the House of the Tragic Poet in Pompeii

    Inside Out: Pompeian Interiors Exposed provided a historic glimpse inside the houses and villas of Pompeii and Herculaneum

    Oct 1, 2012

  9. Italian Artists’ Books

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    Rectangular steel box and a white fabric roll that reads "CREARE"

    Highlights from the Getty Research Institute’s collection of Italian artists’ books

    Dec 3, 2010