More than ten years ago — in June 2016 — the Getty launched its very first podcast, Art + Ideas. A decade later, the Los Angeles institution has produced hundreds of episodes across five different series: a treasure trove of art stories designed to keep you company through the rhythms of everyday life.
Doing the laundry? Try OMMM: Our Museum Mindfulness Meditation, which pairs quiet looking at masterpieces like Jean-Baptiste Greuze’s The Laundress with a moment of calm. Driving the kids to school? If Objects Could Talk, the Getty’s family podcast, turns Roman schoolchildren and Etruscan sheep into epic adventures. Cleaning up your studio? Recording Artists lets you hear artists like Eva Hesse in their own words, straight from the archives.
For deeper roots, ReCurrent finds cultural heritage in unexpected places — from treasured family recipes to the secret histories of Los Angeles, like the “Motown of the West” built inside an unassuming house in South LA. And Art + Ideas keeps the conversation going with experts from across the art world.
To mark the anniversary, the Getty released a handpicked list of episodes matched to daily tasks — chores, traffic, cooking, making art — a celebration of how art can turn even the most ordinary moment into something richer. All episodes are free to stream wherever you get your podcasts.
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