Why I Changed My Mind About Concrete

Becoming Artsy, Episode 307

A woman in a floral shirt smiles with her mouth open. A concrete building is blurred in the background. Text reads "concrete architecture" and, below it, with empty checkboxes, "brutalism, beautiful"

By Meg Butler

May 16, 2024

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In this episode of Becoming Artsy, Jessie joins up with Getty’s Conserving Modern Architecture course to learn all about concrete and brutalism.

Along with an international roster of modern heritage professionals, she visits a couple of Southern California landmarks (including the Salk Institute and University of California San Diego) to learn about the importance of conserving concrete. Jessie also tags along on a concrete conservation day at the Getty Villa Museum, and sits in on some course lectures at the Getty Center!

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