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article culture schedule Jun 16, 2026

Getty launches art-focused meditation podcast

The Getty in Los Angeles has launched a video podcast called "Our Museum Mindfulness Meditation" (Ommm), hosted by gallery educator Lilit Sadoyan. The first episode, released on June 16, focuses on Vincent van Gogh's *Irises* (1889). The 12-episode first season will feature works from the Getty collection, including Edvard Munch's *Starry Night* (1893) and Franz Xaver Messerschmidt's *The Vexed Man* (1771-83), along with guided mindfulness exercises. Bonus episodes will include conversations with guests such as astrologer Chani Nicholas and Buddhist monk Shoukei Matsumoto.

article policy schedule May 13, 2026

Getty’s Black Visual Arts Archives receives additional $1.8m in funding

The Getty Foundation has awarded an additional $1.8 million to its Black Visual Arts Archives initiative, bringing total funding to $4.5 million across 20 awards. The program supports institutions in processing, digitizing, preserving, and activating archival collections related to Black artists and arts organizations in the US. Grantees include Afro Charities, the Auburn Avenue Research Library, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Charles H. Wright Museum, Morgan State University, the South Side Community Art Center, the University of Chicago’s South Side Home Movie Project, and the David C. Driskell Center. Notable discoveries include footage of the original Wall of Respect mural from the South Side Home Movie Project.

museum exhibitions schedule Apr 14, 2026

Olafur Eliasson stages public wake for the Great Salt Lake in Utah

Icelandic-Danish artist Olafur Eliasson presented 'A symphony of disappearing sounds for the Great Salt Lake,' a large-scale multimedia installation in Salt Lake City’s Memory Grove Park. The work featured a three-story luminous sphere projecting visuals of wind currents and geothermal light, accompanied by a soundscape of migratory birds, brine flies, and frogs. Commissioned by the Salt Lake City Arts Council and Bloomberg Philanthropies, the ten-day public event served as a creative wake for the rapidly receding lake.

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