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Introducing If Objects Could Talk Season 2

Getty’s podcast for kids and their families, If Objects Could Talk, is back for season 2!  Listen as art leaves the museum vault and comes alive to share its own story.

Introducing OMMM: Our Museum Mindfulness Meditation Podcast

Today, we're sharing the first episode of OMMM, Getty's newest podcast and first video podcast. This series encourages you to engage with works of art mindfully, whereve

Jaime Roque Host of ReCurrent on Immigrantly

This episode is an invitation to slow down, find meaning in the quiet moments, and celebrate the fullness of our identities. To learn more about Immigrantly, visit our w

Central American Art and Resistance in 1980’s LA

In this episode, we go back to 1980s Los Angeles, when civil wars in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua sent hundreds of thousands of people north and helped turn LA i

Motown of the West: Before Motown

Before the Supremes, before Berry Gordy, a Los Angeles record label run out of a garage was shaping the future of American music. Founded by Dootsie Williams in the earl

Monk at Palo Alto: The Tape That Slept 50 Years

Jaime Roque follows a lost concert that almost never happened—and the homemade tape that kept it alive. The story begins in 1968 with a teenager who can’t get into jazz

Behold & Belonging: From Getty to Boyle Heights

A community photo classroom opens the door to a different way of entering a museum. Inside Las Fotos Project—part classroom, part studio, all community—young photographe

Backlot & Barrio

Jaime Roque follows photographer George Rodriguez through two LAs at once—red carpets and street marches. Hollywood assignments put him beside movie stars and musicians;

Roses & Pixels

Jaime Roque follows the life of a familiar image across LA, beginning with the 2001 backlash to Alma López’s digital artwork Our Lady. What looked like a small museum fi

ReCurrent Season Two Trailer

In season two of ReCurrent: Stories about What We Gain by Keeping the Past Present, host Jaime Roque explores how culture builds community—how a camera passed from mentor

Recording Artists: Robert Rauschenberg

Check out the newest season of Recording Artists, hosted by actor, artist, and futurist Ahmed Best. Explore the Getty archives and learn about the innovative art-science

Maverick and Rebel: Julius Eastman

Jaime dives into the compelling story of Julius Eastman, a Black, openly gay composer who revolutionized minimalist music in the 1970s and ’80s.

Legacy of the Land: Wupatki National Monument

This episode highlights the ongoing efforts to protect Wupatki National Monument's legacy, ensuring that the stories, traditions, and spiritual connections of this remark

Stories From the Chair: Cuts and Heritage in a Haircut

This episode illustrates the vital role barbershops play in maintaining cultural continuity and supporting community identity.

Resonance of the Codex: Exploring Mesoamerican Music Then and Now

On this episode of ReCurrent, Jaime Roque explores the music and instruments of the Florentine Codex, a 16th-century manuscript that recorded the life and culture of Meso

América Tropical: Art, Activism, and Los Angeles’s Hidden Story

On this episode of Recurrent, Jaime Roque explores the hidden story of América Tropical, a mural painted by Mexican artist David Alfaro Siqueiros in 1932 on Olvera Street

The Recipe of Us: Food, Family, and Memory

In this inaugural episode of ReCurrent, host and producer Jaime Roque shares a heartfelt journey through his family's history and the role of food in preserving cultural

ReCurrent Trailer

Join Jaime Roque as he uncovers the profound impact of keeping the past alive in the present, and discovers the treasures of our heritage. ReCurrent is available now wher