This extraordinary board game, played for three thousand years over half the ancient world with unceasing enjoyment, has bewitched Irving Finkel of the British Museum since boyhood. Due to his extensive research of an ancient cuneiform tablet containing the original rules, we can see why the game endured. In this illustrated talk, Dr. Finkel describes […]
Take a journey back in time to where wild things told stories. A "descriptive or anecdotal treatise on various real or mythical kinds of animals, especially a medieval work with a moralizing tone," bestiaries are among the most enchanting and endearing of all illuminated manuscripts. Renowned manuscript expert Christopher de Hamel looks at what a bestiary comprises and […]
Art Break, a new digital program series, offers unique perspectives on the Getty collections. Featuring creative voices in a 30-minute dialogue with Getty curators, the series considers artworks in relation to contemporary social issues and artistic practices. The inaugural episode focuses on the role of labor in artworks selected by Los Angeles artist Rodrigo Valenzuela […]
